{"id":2059,"date":"2009-01-19T08:43:22","date_gmt":"2009-01-19T00:43:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chekyang.com\/musings\/2009\/01\/19\/lego-bricks\/"},"modified":"2010-01-14T09:02:30","modified_gmt":"2010-01-14T01:02:30","slug":"lego-bricks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chekyang.com\/musings\/2009\/01\/19\/lego-bricks\/","title":{"rendered":"Lego bricks"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"blog-tbt_0179_brick_lego_indiana_jones\"<\/a> 30 years ago while the three of us were growing up at our old place at Sembawang Hill Estate, we had a lot of Lego bricks. And we had huge tubs and boxes of those things. They must have cost our parents a fortune too, and a couple of the smaller pieces get lost easily. In fact, I recall one or two pieces turning up on occasion underneath the bed, shelves etc. years and long after we were done with those toys.<\/p>\n

One great thing about Lego bricks though is that they\u2019re pretty much unbreakable unless you\u2019re out on a limb to destroy those little plastic pieces. So, they make for great hand-me-downs: from my elder brother to me, then from me to my younger brother.<\/p>\n

Thing is, you don\u2019t really read about Lego bricks in The Straits Times, so a letter<\/a> like the below which showed up on Saturday\u2019s forum page was an eye-opener\u2026<\/p>\n

More than 50 pieces missing from Lego set<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

AS A mother of two, I believe in fostering creativity and learning through play. And Lego fits my criteria when it comes to buying toys for my children. To date, we own five sets of Lego bricks.<\/p>\n

One afternoon, when I sat down to play with my child with a new Lego set bought on Nov 11 last year, I realised that a brick was missing. After counting three times, I realised that more than 50 bricks were missing.<\/p>\n

One week later, I called Crestar Education Group, where I had bought the set. The sales assistant I spoke to was not helpful and said the missing bricks could be due to packing errors at the factory.<\/p>\n

She insisted that there was nothing she could do to help, and said: ‘You are just unlucky to have bought that box.’<\/p>\n

(etc.)<\/p>\n

\u2026 and followed immediately by wonder why the newspaper would have wanted to print such a letter to begin with. I mean, shouldn\u2019t the lady had kept this to the distributor \/ shop\u2026?<\/p>\n

It does bring to mind what someone lamented on the forum page a few years ago: that some letters to The Straits Times really makes him bewildered on exactly what is the national significance or interest for some of the letters that see print.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

30 years ago while the three of us were growing up at our old place at Sembawang Hill Estate, we had a lot of Lego bricks. And we had huge tubs and boxes of those things. They must have cost<\/p>\n

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