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I just love Legos. I spend countless hours in my childhood building whole cities in my room... I was so excited when we got our baby boy that I bought a brand n

by baxtr 9y ago

I just love Legos. I spend countless hours in my childhood building whole cities in my room... I was so excited when we got our baby boy that I bought a brand new Lego police station right away, which I've stored in the basement of ourhoise. He's now 2... we'll get there. That said, I have the feeling that when I was a kid there was a bigger variety of "joinable" toy systems. Lego has gotten so big that all of them vanished by now. However, that's just ust based on my gut feeling, I don't have real data for that

semi-extrinsic 9y ago
I assume you have duplos already? Our oldest got a couple of the small proper-Lego Easy-To-Build sets when she was 2 1/2. That worked out very well. Obviously we had to play together with her the entire time, and assist with the smallest pieces, but we quickly developed our own vocabulary for orienting parts along the different axes ("rotate" is around global z-axis, while "turn" is around global x- or y-axis, etc.) I'm positive it did wonders for her spatial cognitive abilities. Especially the digger was a big hit, we must've built and rebuilt it dozens of times. Unfortunately it's no longer for sale: https://shop.lego.com/en-US/Digger-10666 https://shop.lego.com/en-US/Digger-10666 Nowadays she's does a lot of freeplay with the bunnies and Elsa and stuff, but we still regularly do the teardown and rebuild of e.g. her Arctic Helicopter set: https://shop.lego.com/en-CA/Arctic-Helicrane-60034 https://shop.lego.com/en-CA/Arctic-Helicrane-60034 FWIW, most of the Lego City series has that "join all the sets together" vibe going.
deadbunny 9y ago
> Legos Lego. They are Lego bricks not Legos.
- basseq 9y ago
  I had a ton of legos growing up, and it was always that—legos. Though the "proper" pronunciation may be singular with a plural noun (e.g., bricks, pieces, sets, etc.), the vernacular has most certainly evolved to include the general "legos".
- Aissen 9y ago
  Please. Do not buy into the way the brands want to impose us how we use their trademarks. It's our decision, not theirs.
- art0rz 9y ago
  In that same vein it's LEGO, not Lego. :)
- kmill 9y ago
  Didn't you know that "Legos" is a portmanteau of Lego and bricks? :-)

by baxtr 9y ago

semi-extrinsic 9y ago

I assume you have duplos already? Our oldest got a couple of the small proper-Lego Easy-To-Build sets when she was 2 1/2. That worked out very well. Obviously we had to play together with her the entire time, and assist with the smallest pieces, but we quickly developed our own vocabulary for orienting parts along the different axes ("rotate" is around global z-axis, while "turn" is around global x- or y-axis, etc.) I'm positive it did wonders for her spatial cognitive abilities. Especially the digger was a big hit, we must've built and rebuilt it dozens of times. Unfortunately it's no longer for sale: https://shop.lego.com/en-US/Digger-10666 https://shop.lego.com/en-US/Digger-10666 Nowadays she's does a lot of freeplay with the bunnies and Elsa and stuff, but we still regularly do the teardown and rebuild of e.g. her Arctic Helicopter set: https://shop.lego.com/en-CA/Arctic-Helicrane-60034 https://shop.lego.com/en-CA/Arctic-Helicrane-60034 FWIW, most of the Lego City series has that "join all the sets together" vibe going.

deadbunny 9y ago

> Legos Lego. They are Lego bricks not Legos.

basseq 9y ago
I had a ton of legos growing up, and it was always that—legos. Though the "proper" pronunciation may be singular with a plural noun (e.g., bricks, pieces, sets, etc.), the vernacular has most certainly evolved to include the general "legos".
Aissen 9y ago
Please. Do not buy into the way the brands want to impose us how we use their trademarks. It's our decision, not theirs.
art0rz 9y ago
In that same vein it's LEGO, not Lego. :)
kmill 9y ago
Didn't you know that "Legos" is a portmanteau of Lego and bricks? :-)