Working around the limitations of your materials (including skills, tools, budget, support network, ...) is the story of making anything. Legos are intended as

Working around the limitations of your materials (including skills, tools, budget, support network, ...) is the story of making anything. Legos are intended as a kids’ toy, and a few years of experience working within their capabilities and constraints to build increasingly tricky projects is great experience for kids, with lots of skills transferrable to any other kind of creative technical work.