Lego Tape

Back when I were a lad, Lego was real Lego. Just blocks, boards and building talent. Tiles were stretching the concept a bit, but they came in handy, so I let it slide.

Then came the little Lego men - they always annoyed me. If I'd have wanted a little Lego man, I'd have built one myself, thankyouverymuch. Out of Lego. Shortly after, they introduced the abomination that was Space Lego. Ready made aerials, rocket boosters and suchlike, with a couple of Lego nubbins stuck onto them almost as an afterthought. And don't even get me started on Wild West Lego... (Little plastic horses. Horses, for God's sake! That's not a building block, that's a bloody doll.) In sheer disgust, I decided to grow up and put away such childish things.

Anyway, I'm digressing (and starting to foam at the mouth a little). None of that little rant has anything to do with the following idea. Although I do feel better for getting it off my chest.

So - pills these days tend to be be sold in blister packs. You know the kind of thing I mean - thin plastic bubbles on one side, with a tinfoil covering on the other through which the pills are pushed. This is kind of the same thing, but with no pills and a coating of strong adhesive (covered by a waxed-paper strip, a la double sided sticky tape) instead of the tinfoil. The blisters themselves are not hollow but solid, and are the exact size and shape of Lego nubs. The whole shebang comes in a roll, like duct tape.

The point? Suddenly everything becomes Lego. Cut off a section of tape, peel off the backing, and stick it to whatever you want. Lego handles for beer cans. Lego tailfins for your car. A Lego doorknocker for your front door, which visitors can cusomize themselves if you're a little tardy in letting them in. DIY can be tiresome and a bit of a chore, but Lego's always fun - suddenly installing a new shelf in the bedroom or a toilet-roll holder in the bathroom is literally child's play.

And for those of you into body-modification: let rip with the tape, and let your creativity run free. Non-permanent, non-toxic, eminently modifiable - only drawback is it hurts like hell when you tear the tape off afterwards.