IKEA is a store that sells ready-to-assemble furniture. It’s often been compared to children’s LEGO plastic construction toys.
“Start with LEGO, graduate to IKEA” was posted on Twitter by Grenville Kent on March 23, 2015. “Legos is great practice, then u graduate to IKEA” was posted on Twitter by Xilin Chen on December 3, 2022. “You don’t grow out of Legos, you just graduate to Ikea” was posted on Twitter by Henpecked Hal on January 3, 2023.
“Lego is a gateway drug to IKEA” and “IKEA: Legos for adults” are similar sayings.
Wikipedia: Lego
Lego (/ˈlɛɡoʊ/ LEG-oh, Danish: [ˈle̝ːko]; stylized as LEGO) is a line of plastic construction toys that are manufactured by The Lego Group, a privately held company based in Billund, Denmark. The company’s flagship product, Lego, consists of variously colored interlocking plastic bricks accompanying an array of gears, figurines called minifigures, and various other parts. Lego pieces can be assembled and connected in many ways to construct objects, including vehicles, buildings, and working robots. Anything constructed can be taken apart again, and the pieces reused to make new things.
Wikipedia: IKEA
IKEA (Swedish: [ɪˈkêːa]; US: /aɪˈkiːə/) is a Swedish multinational conglomerate based in the Netherlands that designs and sells ready-to-assemble furniture, kitchen appliances, decoration, home accessories, and various other goods and home services. Started in 1943 by Ingvar Kamprad, IKEA has been the world’s largest furniture retailer since 2008.
Twitter
Grenville Kent
@BQFilms
Start with LEGO, graduate to IKEA. http://fb.me/3Fv1WW9ym
10:50 PM · Mar 23, 2015
Twitter
Xilin Chen
@ceddiexilin
Replying to @NorthmanTrader
Legos is great practice, then u graduate to IKEA.
4:54 PM · Dec 3, 2022
Twitter
Henpecked Hal
@HenpeckedHal
You don’t grow out of Legos, you just graduate to Ikea.
3:10 PM · Jan 3, 2023
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