OT: whenever I play Lego with my kids these days, I cannot help but to be slightly disappointed by the number of very specialized brick shapes there are today.

OT: whenever I play Lego with my kids these days, I cannot help but to be slightly disappointed by the number of very specialized brick shapes there are today. Of course, this allows you to build a lot of things that weren't possible before. But I do appreciate the simplicity of the Lego box sets in my own youth. Limitation can also spark creativity.