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To think Lego now is rubbish

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fermerswife · 07/02/2019 11:54

When I was growing up I loved nothing more than my Lego. Many an hour was spent building houses, cars you name it. My mum still has it and my 5 year old loves getting creative....

When then is all the Lego you can buy now wee small complicated pieces that doesn't have enough big bits to make anything remotely creative on your own at that age? I know there are Lego classic boxes but even then it's still all 'bits' doors, wheels etc need assembled. Happy to be corrected if I am wrong and please can you send me a link to where I can buy it!

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Crunchymum · 07/02/2019 12:26

6yo DC1 adores lego, he can follow the instructions but also builds his own things as well.

bookmum08 · 07/02/2019 12:29

Aeroflot the size and shape of the basic bricks are exactly which same as 60 years ago!
Curious to which set you had.

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fermerswife · 07/02/2019 12:31

This is the sort of thing I had and loved. My 2.5 year old could play with that too and make different things with it. Even classics boxes seem bitty.

We do have lots of the juniors (and creators) stuff I guess I still just find it too much and when it all gets mixed together far too many small bits - for the age he is at now.

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floribunda18 · 07/02/2019 12:34

Surely it's all compatible?

So you buy Friends, City, basic set or bricks, vintage Lego, whatever and it all fits together?

Personally I'd have loved Friends and having a design to copy in the 1980s. I just had basic bricks and if I was lucky, a bunch of flowers, windows and a few fence pieces with which to decorate my houses.

JassyRadlett · 07/02/2019 12:34

I think the Juniors range is more what you’re after in terms of faster build, solid car bases with built in axles, etc. And then extend with Classic brick boxes etc. Some of the City stuff is also a ‘faster’ build in terms of eg wall panels.

I really disagree with you overall - having a 7 year old having the flex to swap out wheels with tyres, not get stuck with pre-built stuff etc is one of the big advantages. And looking at the stuff we’ve inherited from my parents, what we played with back then was still ‘bits’ except for sub-brands like Fabuland and Castle.

Mudmonster · 07/02/2019 12:35

We have a Huge mix of Lego, Duplo is exactly 4 times bigger than Lego so fits on Lego base plates much easier to build a wall
We have some specific sets and then a mix of classic, friends and junior. It all ends up in the vacuum cleaner though.

Isleepinahedgefund · 07/02/2019 12:38

I don’t think it’s changed that much. For one, it’s still extremely painful to stand on with bare feet.

JassyRadlett · 07/02/2019 12:39

Sorry, x-post with you on Juniors.

My favourite ranges are City and Creator. Creator 3 in 1 in particular is good for the more flexible base plates plus other stuff. The lighthouse and treehouse have gone through many evolutions and uses in our house...

subscribeBelow · 07/02/2019 12:41

But they sell the 'old type' bricks in sets too.

I love Lego. DH loves the Technics car sets which has made the last few Christmases easy. There's a massive variety from more rigid and designed sets like Marvel or Harry Potter, there's classic and there's Technics or the architecture sets.

Lego is timeless, lasts forever - grandson plays with son's Lego. It's cheaper in real terms than it used to be. It can spark imagination either as an artifact to be played with or as components to build an artifact.

AugustRose · 07/02/2019 12:44

We have quite a bit of lego (4 DC spanning many years) and it has changed in that there are far more sets to make specific things. My DC usually make the thing, play with it for a bit then use the bits to make other things.

However, they do complain that there aren't enough plain blocks for buildings or wheels and to buy those sets is quite expensive, so I bought some off eBay and it was much cheaper.

bookmum08 · 07/02/2019 12:46

What funny is before I sat down to read mumsnet I had got the Lego out to build Benny the Spaceman and his friend a little house!

StormyLovesOdd · 07/02/2019 12:48

I don't think its rubbish but I do think its very expensive for the sets but saying that I don't mind paying for it as my DD (aged 11) still loves her lego, its the only toy that she has played with from a tiny tot to an almost teenager.

We brought a couple of boxes of basic bricks and had a huge bag of bricks from ebay years ago, added to that all the box sets we have brought over the years and we have thousands of bricks now.

YetAnotherSpartacus · 07/02/2019 12:57

Did anyone else have betta-builder as a child? Teeny-tiny pieces in white, red and green?

Onlyjoinedforthisthread · 07/02/2019 12:58

Wilkos do pick and mix fake lego, so you can get the bits you went

Fresta · 07/02/2019 13:04

The large classic brick box has windows, doors, wheels etc- I don't know what you ae talking about- you have just got the wrong sets, they are available!

InDubiousBattle · 07/02/2019 13:06

If you like the old post office have a look at the Creator Tree House treasure set, Asda had it for £20 recently and it has lots of bricks. Probably a trickier build but my 5 year old managed it .

EhlanaOfElenia · 07/02/2019 13:07

here you go OP. Enjoy!

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