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These boxes only have standard pieces, which is why the truck and house look boxy. Today's boxes include too many specific pieces. Car hood, top, helicopter no

• gambiting 12y ago
  I actually think that the "Lego Movie" set is a perfect example of unbound creativity. Pretty much every set uses parts which do not match with their original use,and yet they are all used to build interesting things. The worst Lego bricks are the ones which have something painted/written on them, that usually does limit the applications.
• Jgrubb 12y ago
  Trust me, a kid the age of the one in the ad can take it apart and make something different. Mine do it nonstop.
• xanderstrike 12y ago
  In any given kit the ratio of custom pieces to generic pieces is still favorable. As a random sample check out the parts inventory of this kit [1] from Lego's Star Wars: Clone Wars system. When you sort by quantity, you see the vast majority of parts are generic wedges, blocks, and plates. Browse around the site, you'll see the same is true for any set over 50 pieces. The idea that you "can't take it apart to build something different," is a little ridiculous, it isn't a model airplane. I take it you haven't played with any of the modern kits. I encourage you, if you enjoyed lego as a kid, to buy a couple and see for yourself. The model on the box is more polished, but the building blocks are very much the same. 1. http://www.peeron.com/cgi-bin/invcgis/inv/sets/7752-1?PagerSortDir=r&PagerSortCol=Qty http://www.peeron.com/cgi-bin/invcgis/inv/sets/7752-1?PagerS...