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I promise you, my friend, that any 10 year old with a little imagination can build a thousand treasures with any 100+ piece lego set.

by tricky 14y ago

SatvikBeri 14y ago
Edit: as the commenters below pointed out, I was completely wrong-generic lego bricks are still being sold. Legos were much more customizable 15 years ago than today. Here's a comparison: http://betterwrappedinbacon.wordpress.com/2012/03/31/lego-blocks-are-killing-our-future/ http://betterwrappedinbacon.wordpress.com/2012/03/31/lego-bl...
- Avshalom 14y ago
  that's not a comparison it's at best an anecdote.
- iy56 14y ago
  Those are cherrypicked examples. 15 years ago they still had the custom horse, dragon, stone wall, etc pieces and today they still have sets of just plain pieces.
  - recoil 14y ago
    Longer ago than that... More than 30 years ago there were themed sets with somewhat custom pieces: http://letsbuilditagain.com/instructions/6630/ http://letsbuilditagain.com/instructions/6630/ http://letsbuilditagain.com/instructions/6880/ http://letsbuilditagain.com/instructions/6880/ (To pick 2 completely random examples) Back in '82 there weren't as many different themes (afaik there were maybe 4: space, town, castle and trains), but the concept definitely existed. Some might even argue about the gender-neutrality of those themes too: the majority of Lego I owned around that time was the space-themed stuff, and my sister had some of the town sets. In fact, as long ago as 1979 Lego brought out a range called Scala [1] that was targeted almost exclusively at girls (my wife has really fond memories of those sets!) [1] http://lego.wikia.com/wiki/Scala http://lego.wikia.com/wiki/Scala
- hdctambien 14y ago
  "We couldn’t find a single package of Lego blocks that didn’t have a theme" I don't think they looked hard enough: http://www.amazon.com/LEGO-Ultimate-Building-Set-Pieces/dp/B000NO9GT4/ http://www.amazon.com/LEGO-Ultimate-Building-Set-Pieces/dp/B... http://www.amazon.com/LEGO-Bricks-More-Builders-Tomorrow/dp/B0039PUTZY http://www.amazon.com/LEGO-Bricks-More-Builders-Tomorrow/dp/...

I promise you, my friend, that any 10 year old with a little imagination can build a thousand treasures with any 100+ piece lego set.

by tricky 14y ago

I promise you, my friend, that any 10 year old with a little imagination can build a thousand treasures with any 100+ piece lego set.

SatvikBeri 14y ago

Edit: as the commenters below pointed out, I was completely wrong-generic lego bricks are still being sold. Legos were much more customizable 15 years ago than today. Here's a comparison: http://betterwrappedinbacon.wordpress.com/2012/03/31/lego-blocks-are-killing-our-future/ http://betterwrappedinbacon.wordpress.com/2012/03/31/lego-bl...

Avshalom 14y ago
that's not a comparison it's at best an anecdote.
iy56 14y ago
Those are cherrypicked examples. 15 years ago they still had the custom horse, dragon, stone wall, etc pieces and today they still have sets of just plain pieces.
- recoil 14y ago
  Longer ago than that... More than 30 years ago there were themed sets with somewhat custom pieces: http://letsbuilditagain.com/instructions/6630/ http://letsbuilditagain.com/instructions/6630/ http://letsbuilditagain.com/instructions/6880/ http://letsbuilditagain.com/instructions/6880/ (To pick 2 completely random examples) Back in '82 there weren't as many different themes (afaik there were maybe 4: space, town, castle and trains), but the concept definitely existed. Some might even argue about the gender-neutrality of those themes too: the majority of Lego I owned around that time was the space-themed stuff, and my sister had some of the town sets. In fact, as long ago as 1979 Lego brought out a range called Scala [1] that was targeted almost exclusively at girls (my wife has really fond memories of those sets!) [1] http://lego.wikia.com/wiki/Scala http://lego.wikia.com/wiki/Scala
hdctambien 14y ago
"We couldn’t find a single package of Lego blocks that didn’t have a theme" I don't think they looked hard enough: http://www.amazon.com/LEGO-Ultimate-Building-Set-Pieces/dp/B000NO9GT4/ http://www.amazon.com/LEGO-Ultimate-Building-Set-Pieces/dp/B... http://www.amazon.com/LEGO-Bricks-More-Builders-Tomorrow/dp/B0039PUTZY http://www.amazon.com/LEGO-Bricks-More-Builders-Tomorrow/dp/...