When I was a kid, legos were just the bricks, and you had to use your imagination to make things. Then, decades later, they started putting out the kits where they tell you what you are making, and include all the special pieces to make it look pretty much exactly like the thing you are making; no imagination. Estes rockets used to require hours of building the rockets; cutting balsa wood, gluing it, applying decals, etc., and then, when you finally launch, it might go squirrly and crash on the first launch, but that was part of the fun. Now, you just pop the nosecone on, and you have a rocket! Kids want instant satisfaction now, and the toy makers are more than glad to provide it, along with the parents who enable it.
I would expect now the 'work tables' with the hammer and different shapes all have the same shape and the same holes. You sure wouldn't want a child have the frustration of trying to figure out how to match the right piece with the hole!
When my parents finally sold their house they found my big box of legos (not sure how they didn't go away in a garage sale) I took it and eventually gave it to my friend for his boy. Kid loved it. It had the early days of the advanced sets, where you could make gears, differentials, big tires etc. and his kid make all kinds of cool stuff.
Lincoln logs will be next and erection sets, errr erector.
Too much critical thinking and planning to construct something from your imagination.
When I was a kid, legos were just the bricks, and you had to use your imagination to make things. Then, decades later, they started putting out the kits where they tell you what you are making, and include all the special pieces to make it look pretty much exactly like the thing you are making; no imagination. Estes rockets used to require hours of building the rockets; cutting balsa wood, gluing it, applying decals, etc., and then, when you finally launch, it might go squirrly and crash on the first launch, but that was part of the fun. Now, you just pop the nosecone on, and you have a rocket! Kids want instant satisfaction now, and the toy makers are more than glad to provide it, along with the parents who enable it.
Yup. It's a terrible thing.
I would expect now the 'work tables' with the hammer and different shapes all have the same shape and the same holes. You sure wouldn't want a child have the frustration of trying to figure out how to match the right piece with the hole!
When my parents finally sold their house they found my big box of legos (not sure how they didn't go away in a garage sale) I took it and eventually gave it to my friend for his boy. Kid loved it. It had the early days of the advanced sets, where you could make gears, differentials, big tires etc. and his kid make all kinds of cool stuff.
Anyways.
Fuck commies.