What was your favorite childhood game or toy? Mine were my Barbie, Bike and Jump rope. Colorforms. And you?

[nuxvomica]

46. American Bricks

They came in great cardboard drums instead of boxes and were superior to Legos because their limited colors (red and white) and shapes demanded more of your imagination. They even had little white inserts of sculpted doors and windows so if you are trying to make a model of a suburban brick home in the 1950s you had everything you needed. The standard piece was rectangular with eight nibs and sockets and I discovered you could created sturdy, futuristic circular towers by overlapping them on the corners.

Thinking about this made me realize it inspired my novel. It was only two years ago that I realized the main character's name was inspired by an Italian comic book character. Hmm.