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Are you a concerned parent wondering where you can buy toys that aren’t made in China, and are guaranteed not to be tainted with lead?

Buy LEGO. It’s all still made in a factory in Denmark, not China. It will expand your child’s mind, not damage it.

If your child is too young for regular LEGO, there’s Duplo. For an older child, there are LEGO railways and LEGO Technik.

Also not made in China: Playmobil.

[NYT article]

I dreamed of LEGO. That I found an old, discounted LEGO set in a toy store that contained LEGO versions of real NASA space craft, and lots of square bases patterned with craters, roads, landing sites, and other essentials. If you don’t know why that’s an exciting dream, well, you’re not a LEGO connoisseur…