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The Lincoln Logs Desk Reviewed for kids & the grown-ups who shop for them Reviewed from the windowsill
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Lead Review · From: Lincoln Logs
The Tin Is the Toy; the Logs Are Just Packaging
Our critic dismisses the logs as inconvenient packaging but crowns the collectible tin a napping cylinder of the highest order.
By Pete · Resident Feline Critic

My Human, in a fit of what they call “nostalgia,” has acquired a tin full of glorified sticks. Apparently, these 111 pieces of notched maple wood are meant to be stacked into a crude shelter, a "Meeting House" or some such nonsense. I will concede that the scent of real wood is mildly intriguing, far superior to the plastic trash they usually bring home. Th…

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Fig. 1 — the subject
Pete's Verdict
★★★☆☆
Worthy tin; logs merely fill it.
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327 Pieces Liberated From Their Village

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