Is there any actual point to the specific lego sets for my your average child? Ds1 has basically asked for skylanders and other video games, so I thought I would also get him a lego or playmobil set and a cheapo hexbug set to compliment.
Thinking about it though, every playmobil toy we have ever had has quickly shed it's tiny parts to god knows where, the little figures we still have although most are hairless now 
. We had a couple of lego city sets a couple of years ago and they were fun for me to build, but fairly useless in the play stakes as bits constantly fall off, they ended up in the general lego box.
Do these toys require a certain type of child? Or am I missing something.