Lincoln Log Conestoga Homestead
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Manufacturer: K'NEXBrand: K'Nex
Model: KNEX00956
Product features:
- Buil a Lincol Logs homestead and a covered wagon
- Real Wood Logs plus colorful figures and accessories
- Ages 3+
Toys and Games Reviews of Lincoln Log Conestoga Homestead
Customer Review: Feed Your Imagination with Lincoln Logs
Summary: 5 Stars
As a child, Lincoln Logs were one of my favorite toys. Some would argue that I have yet to grow up, but if playing with Lincoln Logs makes you a child, maybe that is a good thing. Lincoln Logs allow you to build houses, forts, roads, fences, and just about anything else you could imagine for a piece of wood. Lincoln Logs have changed over the years, but they remain a wonderful toy to stimulate imagination.
This particular set is very different from the days of yore, in that it includes all the pieces to build a Conestoga wagon. These wagons have become legendary as the mechanism that moved the pioneers across the prairies into the west. Someone interested in using Lincoln Logs as a diorama may want to buy several of these sets or the Conestoga Ranch Lincoln Logs set to create a wagon train, or show a wagon train getting ready to make the long trip across the prairie. Regardless of your intent, I always wanted more Lincoln Logs to build bigger forts, which was one of my favorite themes. However, western and frontier themes seem to be somewhat old-fashioned for many children who would rather be punching video game buttons for hours than imagining what it would be like to create houses by hand and then living in them.
This particular set includes pieces that are improvements over the original. Plastic windows, a door, two people, two horses, and other miscellaneous pieces increase the imagination factor rather than detract from it. I initially was disappointed that the wood-slat roof pieces are not included in this set, but quickly realized that the plastic roof remained in place as opposed to the wood slats that seemed to fall off with little encouragement. On the other hand, you could use the roof slats in other arrangements, such as bridges and roads. The plastic roof is better for younger children, though older children would benefit from the hand-eye coordination and the problem solving skills the wood roof pieces provided.
While I think it is interesting to build the models included in the original instructions, which includes a corral, a Conestoga Wagon, and a log cabin, Lincoln Logs are sufficiently versatile and easy to use that even very young children begin stacking them with ease in their own configurations. This capability is a real imagination builder. I prefer Lincoln Logs for their greater reliance on imagination than most other building blocks and toys, which tend to emphasize a specific configuration.
John Lloyd Wright, the son of Frank Lloyd Wright, first created Lincoln Logs in 1916. Strangely, he claimed that the construction of the foundation of Tokyo's Imperial Hotel was his inspiration for the toy rather than log cabins. The toys were an instant success because they developed good hand-eye coordination and for the other reasons noted above. The toys became an even bigger success after World War II and the baby boom era.
Lincoln Logs are one of the few toys that seemed to have survived for decades. There have been many challengers to Lincoln Logs, and they are probably much less popular with children today because of the many more sophisticated choices. However, Lincoln Logs remain a great toy, especially for younger children. Even older children, like those in their 40s and 50s, can find a lot of enjoyment in a toy that was much more popular in a previous era, and retains most of the characteristics that were the reasons for that popularity.
Description of Lincoln Log Conestoga Homestead
Construct a cozy home on the range with Lincoln Logs. With 75 pieces of wooden logs, colorful figures and accessories, youngsters will have their Conestoga Homestead built in no time. There's even a covered wagon to transport the Lincoln Logs figures.Building Sets Toys
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