It’s dangerous to go alone. Take this 2,500-piece Lego set.
  • Tronn4@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 month ago

    I don’t understand the interest in lego sets. They were great to me as a kid because they were cheap and you could build whatever. But now as an adult they do have these expensive ass sets that always look fugly as hell and you really can only build what the box shows as the pieces are custom to the set

    • Kecessa@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      1 month ago

      Both exist though and it’s surprising the number of pieces they reuse and adapt just by changing their color

    • PM_ME_YOUR_ZOD_RUNES@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      1 month ago

      Completely agree. I loved Legos as a kid but now they suck. Why would I want to buy a set that can realistically only be used with that set. It’s way too complicated. I want to dump them all in a bin then build whatever I want and not have to sort through all these useless niche fucking pieces.

      • Tronn4@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        1 month ago

        I only remember getting lego buckets and occasionally a lego design book. This is in the early 80’s

        • LostMyMind@mastodon.social
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          1 month ago

          @Tronn4 @jacksilver

          That’s what I had. Just buckets and buckets of second hand legos. Some probably from the 1950s.

          Some were probably so dirty that they were permanently dirty. And I build a dino-cow. What’s a dino-cow? It’s a half T-rex, half cow. Because I can!!!

          Now kids are like “Here, build THIS”. My niece doesn’t know what to do with random assorted legos with no build.

          I told her to quote Carl, “I don’t NEED no INSTRUCTIONS to know how to ROCK!!!”