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AIBU to not like Lego?

145 replies

MotherWol · 23/10/2021 11:22

Yes, I know it's an excellent construction toy, creative, doesn't break easily, but it's so annoying! DD is 5 and just starting to show an interest in it, but all I can see are tiny parts that get lost and endless tidying up - we live in a small home and don't have a playroom, so all of her toys live in her bedroom, which will soon be shared with her baby sister. We really don't have room for e.g. Kallax units and endless boxes.

The inventory manager role is one of my least favourite parts of parenting, and IME one that almost always falls to mothers. At least with Duplo the bits are too big to step on/hoover up and the builds don't have to stay on display. Plus so much of the range aimed at girls is twee nonsense (e.g. the Friends range). I'm probably being VU, but surely I'm not alone in this?

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ChimChimeny · 23/10/2021 11:27

I love lego! We all do in our house, we have specific plastic boxes for various things to keep it organised (boards, people, animals, tiny bits) and I don't think we vacuum any up because DD has an allocated area of the lounge floor to build it

RedCarsGoFaster · 23/10/2021 11:30

Just have two things with it - a large enough box to throw it all in, and a large board to affix projects while they are being made. Solves most issues.

My DB made cities across his large floor right up until he left home! I think he plays with his DS lego more than his DS...

GTAlogic · 23/10/2021 11:33

Yabu. Lego is ace and you don't have to buy the sets aimed towards girls just because you have a girl. We keep ours in a massive plastic lidded box that lives under the dining room table and any models they've made just get put into the box still assembled.

41sunnydays · 23/10/2021 11:41

Lego is messy but also amazing. It's timeless and so good for kids coordination and imagination. I hate the mess it makes and the dust it collects but I am so much happier with the kids playing with lego than screens or other plastic tat

Legoisthebest · 23/10/2021 11:42

Ooh where do I start?
(See my user name Grin)
I recommend buying the 4+ sets (previously known as Juniors - you still come across the odd set for sale in the old packaging). Less parts, less really tiny parts, easier builds.
Classic sets are good (the yellow boxes) as they tend to be full of a good supply of decent bricks and doors, windows etc.
As for the Friends sets..... don't dismiss them. Some sets are very cool. One of the characters (Olivia) is all about STEM. She builds robots. The characters of Stephanie and Mia are very sporty and have lots of sets that are sports related.
You can get Friends in 4+ to.

Legoisthebest · 23/10/2021 11:43

I also love City sets (as well as Friends) and they all live happy together along with that Ninjago lot Grin

authenticforgery · 23/10/2021 11:51

Yabu.
You don't even have to but the Friends stuff. There's so many different themes of Lego I would struggle to list them all here. We have Disney, DC and Marvel, Harry Potter, Lego City, Creator sets.. it's endless. If you don't want it, don't buy it but there really isn't an issue with the LEGO. You just don't like it.

Whatsnewpussyhat · 23/10/2021 11:58

Yes you are being unreasonable to not like lego.

You are also being extremely unreasonable to dismiss lego friends as 'twee nonsense'. Like all those who cry about 'pink' lego without actually knowing a bloody thing about it.

UnLunDun · 23/10/2021 11:59

I’ve six daughters, they’ve loved Lego and I’ve never once bought a Friends set. Just an under-the-bed type shallow plastic box or two full of it and some good base plates. We’ve always preferred plenty of standard bricks/doors/windows and our imaginations rather than named sets where you follow instructions but that’s just us 😁.

Legoisthebest · 23/10/2021 12:10

Whatsnew yes anyone who has the Friends Hot Dog Van knows you can't call it 'twee' !
(One of my favourite sets)

Aroundtheworldin80moves · 23/10/2021 12:17

Yanbu to dislike any toy. Liking lego isn't compulsory.

Yabu to call Lego friends twee nonsense. Its got roller coasters swimming pools, race track boats, houses, animal rescue...

NannyR · 23/10/2021 12:23

This type of drawstring playmat is the best way of storing lego, especially for younger kids.

hangrylady · 23/10/2021 12:25

The best thing I ever bought was a massive bag which has a drawstring round the edge. You open it up and it's a flat mat with all the Lego spread out and when it's time to tidy it away you pull the drawstring and it's all in the bag again. Not sure I've described it very well but it cost about a tenner on Amazon and saved hours of picking up Lego.

DoNotGetADog · 23/10/2021 12:41

Lego is brilliant and you are so unreasonable!

I would happily have my kids have Lego and nothing else! I’ve got loads of Lego of my own too. There are so many good themes of sets to get too.

If you think about it, you’re being a bit sexist really in assuming you would have to get Friends sets for your child because she’s a girl.

Although as a PP said, the Hot Dog can is amazing!

TheKeatingFive · 23/10/2021 12:41

Another one recommending the drawstring bag. Life changing.

And lego friends is very popular with my boys. You get lots of cool bits that you wouldn't get in other sets like animals and skateboards and stuff.

So yes YABU.

SpiderinaWingMirror · 23/10/2021 12:50

That drawstring bag is a brilliant invention!

ohdelay · 23/10/2021 13:06

Stepping on random lego bricks barefoot, good times. Lego is amazing though.

Crunchymum · 23/10/2021 13:10

You could always but the non pink / twee lego?

Lego is a lifesaver on this house. All of mine love it and can lose hours to it.

Crunchymum · 23/10/2021 13:11

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Trygowithflow · 23/10/2021 13:14

I'm with you on the lego. I worry about all that plastic presumably languishing for everSad

TheKeatingFive · 23/10/2021 13:18

I'm with you on the lego. I worry about all that plastic presumably languishing for ever

Lego's among the most passed down/reused toys ever. We have 40 year old lego in our house. Save your concern for the much more problematic poor quality plastic toys.

CheapFoodShits · 23/10/2021 13:21

Much as I hate standing on the pieces, we absolutely love Lego in our house. I was made up when my 9 year old asked for nothing but Lego for Christmas this year. It's great for boosting creativity and it's something we both enjoy doing together. I'm just trying to convince myself that it will be fine for me to buy myself the second Friends (TV show) set. I have the first one proudly displayed in the living room but £135 for the second set isn't justifiable... Is it??

Paddingtonthebear · 23/10/2021 13:24

It irritates me that the Lego friends stuff is considered twee because it has a girl friendship theme. Playsets are playsets, playing with a Ninjago or Harry Potter set doesn’t make anyone more superior 🙄

TheKeatingFive · 23/10/2021 13:25

It irritates me that the Lego friends stuff is considered twee because it has a girl friendship theme. Playsets are playsets, playing with a Ninjago or Harry Potter set doesn’t make anyone more superior

Totally agree

Snugglemuffin · 23/10/2021 13:29

I hate it too op Blush

My dcs are 6 and 3 and neither of them like it yet. The 3yo likes Duplo and the 6yo has lego sets, but they rarely get played with. I actually think it's not that well designed, but I'm massively in the minority I know!

You get lego workshops where kids can go and play with lego and it's all organised etc. I like taking mine to those places as they get more out of it. At home, pieces inevitably go missing - that may just be my house though!