Suddenly they are obsessed with colouring and drawing along with making things. I also - along with my wife - noticed that our grandchildren had reached a tipping point. This means they tend to be put together and taken apart to make other things rather than the more complex and individual sets where there is a temptation to make the main item and then never break it down again. I'm ranting, I know, but to my mind as a fairly successful engineer I really do see that more practical and hands on toys help more.Īnyway, I bought this set because it is a general set of all purpose bricks. I learned the basics which is far more important and things like LEGO and Meccano are far more important tools in stimulating small brains than intelligence sucking computer programs. Not once have I ever felt that I missed out as a child by not having a computer which, to be fair were not around. I can use CAD and I have worked on complete control systems.
You can tell me until purple in the fact that children need to have them but I would disagree completely. Mostly not fulfilled but I did learn to love making stuff partially because of these small and deadly to the bare feet, bricks.Īnd despite being an engineer in a high tech world I have a passionate hatred of computers as learning tools. I'm an engineer and as a child loved LEGO for it's ability to let me indulge my manufacturing dreams. It wasn't hard to persuade me to be honest. Over the years I have, despite being a bloke of some obstinacy, come to understand when a suggestion becomes an order. Naturally when this kind of advice is given by The Boss, one either does it with speed or one learns the error of one's ways.
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If (document.I bought this set for my grandchildren on the instigation of my wife - She Who Must Be Obeyed - who decided that it was time for our twin grandchildren, a boy and a girl of 5 3/4 to learn how to make stuff. A great purchase!īon produit et mes petites-filles s’amusent beaucoup avec. Wish Lego offered one in this price range. Disappointed when we opened it and found that most of the pieces are small odd-shaped specialty pieces that younger kids can't use for building structures. We already had Lego sets with a million teeny pieces and while those are fun, I was looking for JUST bricks for my younger kids for building houses and whatnot. Good variety of pieces and colours, no lego people.Ĭurbside pick-up was really quick (same day) and hassle-free. I feel like I'm going to have to start reviewing your catalog before (if) I hand it to children. I guess there's no where to go but pick-a-brick, as this seems to be de-rigueur for all the sets now.Īnd though it's not apropos of this set, I have some other feedback: I don't like the new focus on brand licensing from shows I consider inappropriate for children. Anyone who wants to build with aesthetically pleasing color schemes should look elsewhere. And so on! Because there are so very many colors, you only get a handful of each one, and that emphatically includes the basic blacks, blues, and reds that most of have in our collections. Several shades of pink-everyone here hates pink, especially the girls. This smallish set contains SIX (!) different shades of the color green. We didn't have any particular building needs in mind, but just requested a set of basic bricks to increase our reserves for future projects. Please LEGO, quit it with the riotous multiplicity of colors. But this is not a set any of us would recommend. I've been collecting LEGO since the mid-70's and have thousands upon untold thousands of bricks.