> Lego did extensive research and found that girls preferred to play with the characters rather than build sets. I barely roleplayed with Lego, I was all about

> Lego did extensive research and found that girls preferred to play with the characters rather than build sets. I barely roleplayed with Lego, I was all about building (first by following the exact instructions, then by ignoring them and trying to figure it out on my own, and finally by building my own stuff based on my own imagination). When I became about 11 or 12 I finally got, via a friend, into roleplaying, with Lego (I got bored of the other 3 purposes). He used the lego in the garden and made entire plays with stories, and I joined in, and we co-interacted a lot. I didn't even know you could roleplay like that! His parents and me, we kinda didn't like each other (they were quite hardcore Christian, while my parents were more loose Christians who let me decide for myself and I was atheist from elementary school because even at age 5 or 6 I asked questions with answers which I found inconsistent in [the] religion and ended up seeing it as just a story). Eventually that difference between us ended our friendship. I look back fondly to my past friendships.