I liked the old LEGO up to around the 1990s or so, give or take. When I look at LEGO nowadays, of course they have some of the old spirit still in place, but in

I liked the old LEGO up to around the 1990s or so, give or take. When I look at LEGO nowadays, of course they have some of the old spirit still in place, but in other areas they are just overpriced now and addicted to maximizing cash influx. This was a bit different in the pre-1990s era. 1990s already got more commercialized but I still would say it was somewhat ok. Then something shifted and I am not sure what. The creativity seems to have been degraded. I saw some huge LEGO sets for several hundred euros as collectors edition. And I understand that he had fun building it with his kids, but to me this was no longer LEGO. The most fun I had was assembling my own pieces back when I was young. For instance, after seeing the old movie Tron, I built a few of the objects in the "matrix", in particular those floating T-like thingies. These were quite easy to build via LEGO. I did not need instructions, I just experimented until it worked. I think this was the biggest selling point of LEGO, to be able to build things on your own. When I look at those huge expensive sets, that seems to have shifted. I get it, different portfolio and what not but this is also corporate fluff. It changed what LEGO is, and IMO it changed it to the worse.