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I do like this idea, but surely I'm not the only one with fond memories of just bloody building random crap with the bucket of lego pieces I had as a kid. Why

I do like this idea, but surely I'm not the only one with fond memories of just bloody building random crap with the bucket of lego pieces I had as a kid. Why not just encourage them to enjoy Lego for the random fun that it is, instead of needing step-by-step guides for absolutely everything?

pknight 11y ago
Because building random crap and building models from instructions are both fun. Even cooler when your random crap/custom creations can be enjoyed by others.
dpflan 11y ago
It may be easier to 'repackage' that encouragement in the form of a 'new' LEGO set in many cases.
pbreit 11y ago
It's a little trickier these days because Lego sets now consist of a high percentage of "custom" bricks, not the basic core building blocks we're used to. Also, as mentioned by another, building from plans can be really fun, too.
- DanBC 11y ago
  LEGO does sell some "creative" and "basics" sets that are just a bunch of bricks without too many specialised weird bricks.
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Luc 11y ago
One does not exclude the other. If you have styles of playing A (follow the manual) and B (random fun), both A and B may actually become more fun than either by itself. Variety is good.
jerf 11y ago
My kids are of an age and a level of mental development where having plans to look at is very helpful for them. The easiest way for them to progress out of that is to have more practice building plans. For various reasons, neither kid I have is going to progress straight to Lego virtuosity without some intermediate scaffolding. If you were able to do so, more power to you and no sarcasm, congrats, but that is not the path all can follow. For that matter, I've learned some things from building the plans myself lately, a lot of ways of combining them I didn't realize were valid, how to use those weird bricks that don't seem to go with anything until you know the trick, etc. And I haven't even tried Rebrickable yet.
mrfusion 11y ago
That's exactly what the Lego movie was about!
stuaxo 11y ago
Came here to say the same thing, built the stuff from the instructions once, but then made some great things without needing ideas from someone else. Seems a bit boring to be making someone elses stuff tbh, but each to their own.

pknight 11y ago

Because building random crap and building models from instructions are both fun. Even cooler when your random crap/custom creations can be enjoyed by others.

dpflan 11y ago

It may be easier to 'repackage' that encouragement in the form of a 'new' LEGO set in many cases.

pbreit 11y ago

It's a little trickier these days because Lego sets now consist of a high percentage of "custom" bricks, not the basic core building blocks we're used to. Also, as mentioned by another, building from plans can be really fun, too.

DanBC 11y ago
LEGO does sell some "creative" and "basics" sets that are just a bunch of bricks without too many specialised weird bricks.
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Luc 11y ago

One does not exclude the other. If you have styles of playing A (follow the manual) and B (random fun), both A and B may actually become more fun than either by itself. Variety is good.

jerf 11y ago

My kids are of an age and a level of mental development where having plans to look at is very helpful for them. The easiest way for them to progress out of that is to have more practice building plans. For various reasons, neither kid I have is going to progress straight to Lego virtuosity without some intermediate scaffolding. If you were able to do so, more power to you and no sarcasm, congrats, but that is not the path all can follow. For that matter, I've learned some things from building the plans myself lately, a lot of ways of combining them I didn't realize were valid, how to use those weird bricks that don't seem to go with anything until you know the trick, etc. And I haven't even tried Rebrickable yet.

mrfusion 11y ago

That's exactly what the Lego movie was about!

stuaxo 11y ago

Came here to say the same thing, built the stuff from the instructions once, but then made some great things without needing ideas from someone else. Seems a bit boring to be making someone elses stuff tbh, but each to their own.