W.r.t. lego, after my daughter was born, my wife turned into lego-duplo collector. Currently we have a full zoo (including animals from arctic, savanna, forest,

W.r.t. lego, after my daughter was born, my wife turned into lego-duplo collector. Currently we have a full zoo (including animals from arctic, savanna, forest, even some dinosaurs), a full house (including stove, tables, chairs, toilet, bath, sink), and several vehicles (cars, planes, trains, boats). But what she realized in few months, that our little one plays with duplo in the same way she plays with her plushies, what in my mind as well was not really utilizing the strengths of duplo. So then she bought her some more discrete pieces. Weird legs with suction cups. Butterfly wings. Head of the giraffe. Weird eyes. Spider legs that can jump. And then my daughter built an awesome frankenstainian monster utilizing all of the body-parts, she called it Chomper and it was her best friend for a month :-)