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When I was a kid I loved specialized pieces and often re-used them to add flair or distinct touches to my own creation. Having alternatives to rectangles is gre
by majormajor 5y ago
When I was a kid I loved specialized pieces and often re-used them to add flair or distinct touches to my own creation. Having alternatives to rectangles is great!
I don't see what all the fuss is about, it doesn't seem either/or to me. The days of off the shelf models having enough general purpose 2x4 or whatever bricks to build totally arbitrary large structures have been gone for at least 30 years, but nothing really seems to be stopping mixing and matching and getting basic blocks for the backbone of a collection. They've just added the existence of $TEXAS display pieces with unique stuff.
I even accidentally got some pieces stuck together in ways that required screwdrivers or pliers to get them out. No big deal!
- kevstev 5y agoI am not too familiar with the current day sets, but around the early 2000s they started pushing the branded movie tie in sets really hard and I do remember seeing sets where a "piece" was essentially half a tie fighter wing and had no real reasonable reusability. I have heard they have pulled back on this almost entirely. I would agree though that some specialized pieces are fine. My memories from the early 90s were probably the best balance from my time using Legos. By the mid-late 90s the castle and pirate sets did start moving into imho overly specialized pieces which then lead to the 2000s nadir.
- Sosh101 5y agoYeah, I suppose the lego "tree" (spruce?) is a great example of a very specialised piece that's fondly remembered.