LEGO in Eastern Europe before 1989

[kabel]

Hey there,

I've noticed that there are actually quite a few members from Eastern Europe around here. So I was wondering how you got into contact with LEGO as in the GDR Lego was not available, unless you could get it from relatives in West Germany.

Instead I grew up with PeBe, an East German clone brand that looked like this (amongst others):

So I was wondering, did you have these too, or did you actually have real Lego?

[Kolonialbeamter]

Hi,

this sounds very interesting. Never heard of PeBe, but surely gonna ask my parents about it.

Despite having received the one or other small set as a western relative's present and my grandmother and father both having had quite a number of old bricks from the 70's (I guess), my "Lego-age" only began after the reunification of Germany.

Thanks for sharing this interesting find!

Regards