That's very true and it reminds me of our local farm show that awards prizes for the best vegetables, baked goods, and handcrafts. There's a category for Lego

That's very true and it reminds me of our local farm show that awards prizes for the best vegetables, baked goods, and handcrafts. There's a category for Lego models and every year, I see wonderfully inventive creations by kids of all ages, but the prizes always go to the expensive kits that anyone can make just by following instructions. (Sometimes there were duplicate kits and the prize would go to the people who desecrated their models by slathering them with paint!) We were so enraged by this when we were younger that we wrote a letter to the farm show committee asking them to rethink their judging criteria. It didn't work, sadly, but maybe one day I will be able to volunteer as a judge. I'd look for inventive mechanics, a nice sense of style, and unusual uses for mundane pieces. I'd want to rewrite the admission manual as well, with better categories than "miscellaneous land vehicle" and "diorama."