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Shopping a lego brick box - unfortunately I am under impressed by today's selection. Only traditional shaped box I found - unfortunately littered with too many

by frik 9y ago

Shopping a lego brick box - unfortunately I am under impressed by today's selection. Only traditional shaped box I found - unfortunately littered with too many special parts, little traditional bricks: https://www.amazon.com/LEGO-Bricks-10662-Creative-Bucket/dp/B00AWBLS80/ https://www.amazon.com/LEGO-Bricks-10662-Creative-Bucket/dp/... Modern "classic" brick box - unfortunately very little traditional bricks, most parts are special parts - sad :( https://www.amazon.com/Original-Classic-Large-Creative-Brick/dp/B074HRTJ3D/ https://www.amazon.com/Original-Classic-Large-Creative-Brick... Back in the 1990s Lego had these big red Lego boxes, with many Lego pieces with many big and small traditional Lego bricks (4, 6 and 8-style bricks) in traditional colors. Such a Lego box used to be best to engage creativity. How can one buy new traditional 4-, 6-, 8-style Lego bricks in large quantities nowadays?

kbouck 9y ago
http://bricklink.com http://bricklink.com
PhasmaFelis 9y ago
You can't have a Lego thread without someone who hasn't touched Lego in 20 years declaring that Legos are morally bankrupt and no longer "creative," ignoring thousands of awe-inspiringly creative efforts made with a variety of brick types. Do an image search for "lego moc" (My Own Creation) for some lovely examples. I think nostalgia is fooling you anyway. Even in the '80s, the big brick boxes had plenty of angle bricks, headlight bricks, wheels/axles, and so on. Use BrickLink to compare their parts inventories to the ones you linked to, and I think you'll find the ratio of basic rectangle bricks is similar.
- frik 9y ago
  "Constraints make us more creative" See classic Lego and it's spiritual digital counterpart "Minecraft" for how constraints to only classic brick blocks inspires one. I had two red Lego brick buckets (and a handful of Lego City sets). Most useful to build almost anything were the Lego bricks from the big buckets. The Lego City sets supplied only special parts needed to build cars, and door mechanics, and figures. And back in 1990s Lego sets contained many traditional parts too. Nowadays, there are too many special parts. Younger kids who only got Lego sets and no Lego buckets have never experienced the freedom to create anything. They often simply build the set once and play a little bit and put it aside. Unfortunately even the latest Lego brick buckets nowadays contain way too many special parts and not enough classic brick to build anything. How many buckets do one need to build three houses nowadays? To you "lego moc". I saw several professional photos. These builds cost a lot, I guess. But I am talking about Lego for kids. Buying a Lego bucket isn't enough nowadays, a kid won't be able to build things like you with a handful of Lego sets + a bucket. A kid would need to wish dozends of Lego sets just to get "random" parts.

by frik 9y ago

kbouck 9y ago

http://bricklink.com http://bricklink.com

PhasmaFelis 9y ago

You can't have a Lego thread without someone who hasn't touched Lego in 20 years declaring that Legos are morally bankrupt and no longer "creative," ignoring thousands of awe-inspiringly creative efforts made with a variety of brick types. Do an image search for "lego moc" (My Own Creation) for some lovely examples. I think nostalgia is fooling you anyway. Even in the '80s, the big brick boxes had plenty of angle bricks, headlight bricks, wheels/axles, and so on. Use BrickLink to compare their parts inventories to the ones you linked to, and I think you'll find the ratio of basic rectangle bricks is similar.

frik 9y ago
"Constraints make us more creative" See classic Lego and it's spiritual digital counterpart "Minecraft" for how constraints to only classic brick blocks inspires one. I had two red Lego brick buckets (and a handful of Lego City sets). Most useful to build almost anything were the Lego bricks from the big buckets. The Lego City sets supplied only special parts needed to build cars, and door mechanics, and figures. And back in 1990s Lego sets contained many traditional parts too. Nowadays, there are too many special parts. Younger kids who only got Lego sets and no Lego buckets have never experienced the freedom to create anything. They often simply build the set once and play a little bit and put it aside. Unfortunately even the latest Lego brick buckets nowadays contain way too many special parts and not enough classic brick to build anything. How many buckets do one need to build three houses nowadays? To you "lego moc". I saw several professional photos. These builds cost a lot, I guess. But I am talking about Lego for kids. Buying a Lego bucket isn't enough nowadays, a kid won't be able to build things like you with a handful of Lego sets + a bucket. A kid would need to wish dozends of Lego sets just to get "random" parts.