This Lego box will make you crave snacks
The things you experience in your youth shape your personality as an adult. Don’t believe that? Think back to your first school trip: a lifelong hatred of camping. Or gym class back in the day: you still feel (un)happy when you see a climbing frame. And do you have a memory of playing with Lego? It may even have determined your culinary taste today. Huh? We’ll explain.
Lego today is a collection of unusual blocks and glittery bits; you no longer recognize the bricks from your childhood. In the eighties, Grandma says, the average box of Lego consisted mostly of ordinary, straightforward bricks, baseplates and perhaps flashing lights. Even better: Lego for boys and girls was exactly the same, with no princess bricks or Star Wars trinkets in sight. No, your imagination had to take care of all that.
Retro Lego
Luckily, those old bricks can still be found. You can even buy complete retro packages online—the little boxes you used to get for your birthday or from Sinterklaas. And when you see this beautiful building set, you’ll want to start building today: the vintage Lego snack bar. Complete with a bottle of ketchup and a jar of mustard, it’s good for hours of play. An instant throwback to the days when mayo, ketchup and applesauce mixed together were supposedly delicious, and every children’s party ended with a large bag of fries and, depending on your preference, a croquette or a frikandel.
Five guilders’ worth of fries, please
No wonder such an ordinary snack bar gives you an instantly familiar feeling! Feel like building something deliciously retro with your Lego? Order online—on Marktplaats, the snack-bar sets are widely available. Then tonight, simply get five guilders’ worth—or euros—of fries, with a croquette, for old times’ sake.
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Image: Ebay, bouwsteentje.info
