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Is this what you are looking for from Toy's R Us? https://www.toysrus.com/product?productId=45199456&source=CAPLA_DF:45199456:TRUS&cagpspn=plat_123169BE&camp=P

Is this what you are looking for from Toy's R Us? https://www.toysrus.com/product?productId=45199456&source=CAPLA_DF:45199456:TRUS&cagpspn=plat_123169BE&camp=PLAPPCG-_-PID123169BE:TRUS&gclid=Cj0KCQiAieTUBRCaARIsAHeLDCQL_R0M1h-e5mDcriTIqIesKUMQKUDxRjuf8xQoaEYoyjVca6-0zNIaAhplEALw_wcB https://www.toysrus.com/product?productId=45199456&source=CA...

bradleyjg 9y ago
That's the closest I found, but it still has plenty of wheels, doors, windows, half height pieces, round pieces, eyes, knobs, flat on top pieces, etc, etc, etc. The child I was buying for has some sets like that, but I wanted to buy just a large number of regular lego blocks for freeform play. I couldn't find anything on their website like that other than individually picking out single blocks.
- Avshalom 9y ago
  Pretty sure that's never actually been a thing.
  - ghostbrainalpha 9y ago
    The Lego Store near me has bins separated by color. You can buy as many pieces as you need of each size. Kind of like how you buy bulk candy or nuts at Whole Foods.
    - mcphage 9y ago
      For the price they charge for that, though, they'd be better off buying one of the creative line boxes and throwing out all of the non-rectangular pieces. Which would be dumb to do, but apparently they want those pieces and none others.
  - panzagl 9y ago
    Yeah the 'basic' sets I got in the 70's had plenty of wheels, slopes, windows, and those weird articulated arm people- the mythic age of children building everything out of rectangles never really existed.
  - icebraining 9y ago
    It seems they have: https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?S=5576-1 https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?S=5576... https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?S=6177-1 https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?S=6177...
- punchclockhero 9y ago
  Sometimes I see Ebay sellers selling random bricks by the pound.
  - megaman22 9y ago
    This is one of the best ways to go. If you're lucky, you can come upon somebody who isn't a professional seller that's getting rid of a whole collection, and snag an entire tub for < $100.
  - bradleyjg 9y ago
    This is really helpful, thanks. Not sure why I didn't think of it.
- dragonwriter 9y ago
  All those specialty pieces are useful in freeform play and have definitely been a part of the non-specific Lego boxes since at least when I was getting them as a kid starting in the 1970s.

bradleyjg 9y ago

That's the closest I found, but it still has plenty of wheels, doors, windows, half height pieces, round pieces, eyes, knobs, flat on top pieces, etc, etc, etc. The child I was buying for has some sets like that, but I wanted to buy just a large number of regular lego blocks for freeform play. I couldn't find anything on their website like that other than individually picking out single blocks.

Avshalom 9y ago
Pretty sure that's never actually been a thing.
- ghostbrainalpha 9y ago
  The Lego Store near me has bins separated by color. You can buy as many pieces as you need of each size. Kind of like how you buy bulk candy or nuts at Whole Foods.
  - mcphage 9y ago
    For the price they charge for that, though, they'd be better off buying one of the creative line boxes and throwing out all of the non-rectangular pieces. Which would be dumb to do, but apparently they want those pieces and none others.
- panzagl 9y ago
  Yeah the 'basic' sets I got in the 70's had plenty of wheels, slopes, windows, and those weird articulated arm people- the mythic age of children building everything out of rectangles never really existed.
- icebraining 9y ago
  It seems they have: https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?S=5576-1 https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?S=5576... https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?S=6177-1 https://www.bricklink.com/v2/catalog/catalogitem.page?S=6177...
punchclockhero 9y ago
Sometimes I see Ebay sellers selling random bricks by the pound.
- megaman22 9y ago
  This is one of the best ways to go. If you're lucky, you can come upon somebody who isn't a professional seller that's getting rid of a whole collection, and snag an entire tub for < $100.
- bradleyjg 9y ago
  This is really helpful, thanks. Not sure why I didn't think of it.
dragonwriter 9y ago
All those specialty pieces are useful in freeform play and have definitely been a part of the non-specific Lego boxes since at least when I was getting them as a kid starting in the 1970s.