Need an inspiration or a distraction? This 'typewriter' can be both for fatigued writers


With moving keys and carriage, a fabric spool ribbon, and the ability to feed a real piece of paper into the platen roller, this Lego set is very nearly a functional typewriter. Photo: Lego

As the pandemic takes grip of another year, maybe it’s time to unplug from digital life and return to simpler times with an old-fashioned typewriter.

Here’s the best part... you get to build this classic model yourself, one brick at a time.

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