> Action figures and games are ultimately just timewasters. Kids learning to build stuff with woodworking tools would seem less childish because that is a usefu

> Action figures and games are ultimately just timewasters. Kids learning to build stuff with woodworking tools would seem less childish because that is a useful skill compared to building things out of legos. As a grown-ass adult, I'm both into building things out of wood and of building plastic model kits. Either is, on paper, a foolish uneconomic conceit. I can spend hours turning a wooden bowl, making a small table, or making shop furniture; but I can buy the items for cheaper than what I could sell my time for. Doing a good job of building and painting the plastic figure can be as difficult as turning the bowl. And if someone is particularly adept at either making the action figures or turning the wooden bowls, they can eke out a comfortable living from that alone. For me, either activity is restful and produces objects that I like having around.