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Mom2Steen · 07-10-2004, 02:25 PM

DS has moved up to regular Legos and is having a difficult time keeping them picked up. I remember a sort of Lego "vacuum" that could be pushed across the floor and would flip the legos into a container. Does anyone have one they would be willing to sell or know where I could find one. (I did look briefly on ebay but a simple search turned up nothing and I don't feel like wading through the thousands of lego listings.)

Also, I'm hoping to find a brick separating tool for legos. Some of the really small blocks are impossible for him to get apart and my already pathetic fingernails can't survive too much more abuse.

TIA!

J3 · 07-10-2004, 03:53 PM

Angela
I have one, but it is not new. I'd say "vintage" but no chips or cracks that I see.

Shoshoni · 07-10-2004, 03:59 PM

Why not wrap a sock around the vaccuum tube and hold it on or rubber band it on and pick them up that way?

Mom2Steen · 07-10-2004, 04:52 PM

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Originally posted by Shoshoni
Why not wrap a sock around the vaccuum tube and hold it on or rubber band it on and pick them up that way?

Thanks for the suggestion but I want DS to be responsible for keeping them picked up on his own. At 3 (well, almost 4 I guess) he's not allowed to use the vacuum alone yet. Only mommy is allowed to use the beautiful purple Dyson. lol

Marina · 07-10-2004, 06:14 PM

I just saw in the latest catalog that they are making these again! it was an animal, like a hippo or something, I can't remember what but it was cute! If you call lego they will send you one of the grey seperaters.

edited to add:I found it! it's a crocodile. lol It's called "Block-o-dile", has a place to build with legos on his back and comes with some duplos i think, because it says 26 pieces and shows some duplos in the pic, but it says it picks up standard lego pieces. Item # 5359 in the catalog for 14.99.

Shoshoni · 07-10-2004, 08:40 PM

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Originally posted by Mom2Steen
Thanks for the suggestion but I want DS to be responsible for keeping them picked up on his own. At 3 (well, almost 4 I guess) he's not allowed to use the vacuum alone yet. Only mommy is allowed to use the beautiful purple Dyson. lol

Oh, okay. I understand that! My ds used the vaccuum up until he started vaccuuming things without knowing what they were