Sticklebricks

Ruu_Old

Anyone remember these when they were babehs? I can't remember actually building anything with them, the only thing I remember doing is playing fetch with my dog with one of the sticks.

Kojak

I sort of remember them - I think we used to have them when we were in Junior Infants.

They had to be banned after some fool began eating them

trout

had them at home as a kid, and also in school ... never liked them tbh and i am glad they didn't stand the test of time (did they?)

according to my mum, i used to just roll the blocks in plasticine, rendering both useless

i really preferred meccano ... and a kind of lego / drinking straws combo ... what was that stuff called ?

emeraldstar

i loved these!! my grandmother kept a massive box in her press and whenever we were over there we went mad playing with them. That and a mountain of lego that was there since my dad and uncles were kids. Good times aw im all nostalgic now!!

Owen

Yup, I'd sticklebricks before proceesing to Meccano via Lego. I do remember being driven insane that my sister had broken one of the pins on a blue brick, and I could see it everytime I went to use it! :eek:

Pigman II

Pretty cool stuff. I had some when I was about 3 iirc. Nice easing-in material until you discover the magic of lego.

WindSock

ohh a thousand colourful plastic tasting memories came into my head when I viddied the pic. Never came across the butterfly and various other shapes though. Maybe they were the tastiest?
I too also remember merging them with plastcine.

simu

Stickle y'r brick, Sir?

trout

boreds wrote:

I too also remember merging them with plastcine.

great days ... great days .... except when yer da proclaims "look at him! he's at it again! that lad will be done for semtex when he grows up!"

now, many years later, i see the same mindless destructive tendencies in my own son :eek:

Cormic

I have a load of Sticklebricks that my 3 YO plays with. When she is bored with that there is a black bag full of lego for her.

rediguana

Lego 9/10

Meccano 5/10 (too much effort)

Sticklebricks 3/10 -> They bring back memories alright, but mostly of how the bits would bend and then it would be difficult to stick pieces together properly. Sticklebricks lacked the coolness of Meccano and the compactness of Lego constructions. They had charm and accessibility in abundance, however.


Anyway, anyone remember stickleBACKS? Those small fish that you'd try to catch in the drains and dirty streams at the back of your housing estate?