It's bits of plastic moulded at low cost. There's a woefully small number of the good sized bricks in the same colour and size.I also think that Lego is seriously over-priced. If they're going to have so many colours, they need to increase the number of bricks so there's enough bricks of each colour to make it worthwhile. I miss that they haven't included the little lego people - the girl with the black hair and the boy with the blonde hair.I still think they've got the colour thing wrong. The trick is to forget how Lego used to be and focus on what it is today with all their weird little pieces. Thought it was a waste and a plot by the lego people as a way to bump up the brick count without giving much value.However having spent time playing with the set, I'm beginning to accept the pieces. ![]() Shapes that have no purpose you can think of. The small ones are for finishing touches and detail right? There's also quite a few mystery pieces. After all, when you're building, you want to build with the big bricks. In practical terms this means that if you want to build a blue wall, you're going to end up with a blue/red/pink wall because there aren't enough blue pieces.That's my main gripe.The box comes over-loaded with small pieces. When you tip them out and separate them into like pieces, you find there's a huge colour range now. The pieces are separated by colour into little plastic bags and fill up about half of the box. Now it's primarily sold in kits and the kids get the parents to build it for them (or perhaps that's just in my extended family).This Classic XXL box is much bigger than it needs to be, in terms of the cardboard box itself. Not me though, I brought Lego.It's changed from how it was when I was a child. Some people hit middle age and buy a Porsche. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 20 April 2020Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 5 August 2017 Overall and expensive but of course brilliant set. I don't mind that because it forces children into using their fingers more and helps dexterity. There are plenty of parts many of which are small and fiddly. If you think your kids are ready to start building then this is a great set to start with. What it lacks which, will add another fifteen quid are a couple of base plates upon which the small people in your life can build their creations. Of course LEGO is expensive and this set is simply a start. On line of course as the virus prevents direct contact. They have used this every day and I can see the spark of creativity building. This process took a few hours and away they have gone. The Bubs got this last week and since then they have taken small steps needing a bit of encouragement where they basically commissioned their dad to make stuff to taking over the manufacturing duties completely. It's an almost overnight transformation and because of that we figured that LEGO would now be the ideal next step.Īnd this is the case. 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. 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.
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