So, I dug out The First Toy Bricks I Ever Owned. I have never identified what brand they are. They are very obviously not LEGO, nor are they LEGO-compatible. And I’m curious. I would like to know what they are, and maybe add to the set from eBay (if you’re going to find old toys, it’s the place to go.)
I’ve been scrolling through images, and my best guess is they *might* be Tyco Preschool? It’s close, at any rate. I might buy some of the not-outrageously expensive ones at some point to compare, but in the meantime, here’s some pictures. Any toy experts following me know what these are?
(The red and blue bricks are from the mystery set. The yellow are authentic LEGO for comparison.)
I was stressed about my messy computer cables and decided to finally solve this problem for REAL. So now I'm using fake Lego pieces to organize them and BAM, no messy cables anymore! It's a simple idea, but it works so damn well! I had seen someone do the same thing on some site a few years ago so why have I never done this before?! Best DIY ever, LOL!
One detail I've noticed is that Wukong's outfit is different before and after Tripitaka places the circlet on him (and Wukong was notably unwilling to be chained):
Which is distinctly different than every other iteration of this scene we've been shown:
Other retellings of this moment have Wukong kneeling in servitude...when the reality is he was kneeling after being subdued—continuing lmk's tradition of biased/false narratives (like what was done with the multiple explanations of the samadhi fire). I think it's interesting to see the ways in which Wukong's past was made easier to swallow as time went on (or if you were Azure and didn't want to believe that Wukong had been changed by his journey lol)
Fake Lego - Star Wars by Darth Ray
Via Flickr:
Another wave of Fake Lego - Star Wars Figures - More Clones from Bad Batch - Rainbow of ARC Troopers - Bo-Katan Kryze with Dark Saber, Mace Windu's 187th Legion & Ki-Adi-Mundi's Galactic Marine