All my 5 grandkids ask for are more Lego Bricks/Sets. They range from 5 to 11 and consist of 4 boys and 1 girl. Over the past half dozen years, all they ask for is another set of Lego Bricks. Whether it be a birthday or Christmas - Get me more Lego Bricks.

Yesterday, I think they collectively received over 15,000 pieces of the colored bricks, in probably 10 sets, from parents, grandparents, uncles and aunts. One set consisted of 3,600 pieces and cost over $300.

The young granddaughter seems to enjoy them as much as the grandsons. Truly a success story.

I've seen all sorts of things built with Lego Bricks including a replica of Lambeau Field at Lambeau Fields last spring.



Too bad they aren't publicly traded.

Thanks, Lego for making kid gift-giving easy.

Mike

Legos are where it's at, I still got all mine, and I'll kill you if you try and take them.

My girlfriend never got Legos as a kid, I told her that's child abuse, and her parents are bad people.

I think it spurs creativity and fires up the imagination. From similar uniform standard blocks you created complex things.

With the sets that build up to a specific model like the millennium falcon, it’s more like a puzzle and triggers a different set of mental responses.

I remember reading a story about an attorney who tried out and made it as a LEGO Master Builder. He justified that although he took a substantial paycut to work for LEGO, given the amount he spent annually on LEGO, the net difference wasn't as much as it seemed.

BTW, the plural form LEGOs is not officially recognized by LEGO.

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Originally posted by iron chef:
I remember reading a story about an attorney who tried out and made it as a LEGO Master Builder. He justified that although he took a substantial paycut to work for LEGO, given the amount he spent annually on LEGO, the net difference wasn't as much as it seemed.

BTW, the plural form LEGOs is not officially recognized by LEGO.

I fixed it.....Don't want the folks at Legos - - I mean Lego Bricks to accuse me of non-PC.....Just kidding.

Mike

Some of my childhood sets are missing, but I still have some pieces and I've bought a lot of LEGO sets for all of my kids over the years. My youngest keeps asking for more, although it's pretty much just Star Wars sets anymore. I still love them to this day, and I'm middle aged. I bought myself a few Star Wars sets and never opened the boxes; they collect dust in my office.

I did the Lego thing for my kid. He enjoyed it and my cats enjoyed them too. Lego brick on a hardwood floor is good for hours (often at 4 AM) of cat hockey. Kid / cat toys all rolled into one. You cant beat that.

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Legos are where it's at, I still got all mine, and I'll kill you if you try and take them.

My girlfriend never got Legos as a kid, I told her that's child abuse, and her parents are bad people.

I never got any, either. Of course, they hadn't been invented yet when I was a kid. I had to make do with Tinker-Toys, Lincoln Logs, and an Erector Set knockoff. However, I think I personally would enjoy a K'Nex set more than Lego bricks--one of my nephews had one and we built the roller coaster--it was great!

flashguy

Lego Bricks & Sets are the best, I enjoyed them and so did my children.

I did also experience hand-me-down Tinker-Toys and Lincoln Logs as a kid at my Grandma's house. Not as good at Lego Sets but still pretty cool.

One of the best sets made in recent history IMO is the Lego NASA Saturn V. We bought one and it was great fun to put together.

I have all my old sets, back around the time we had our first kid, I salvaged them from my parents and put them all together, almost all of them are complete. I owe that to the fact my parents had a Rainbow vacuum and one of the tasks after vacuuming was digging through the dried out dirt paddy outside to recover LEGO and GI Joe pieces. With the Interwebs today, its pretty easy to purchase missing pieces from Bricklink and other websites.

I think the price per LEGO piece has stayed pretty consistent, about a dime each, but sets today involve far more pieces than those of the 80s and 90s, as vehicles are set up an 6 stud wide chassis instead of 4. Our son this year received the LEGO cargo train that is battery powered. I bought it pretty cheap from Amazon or Target online when it was getting close to retirement. I just looked at its current value when wrapping it, and it was going for around $240 instead of the $100-$120 I think I bought it for. Should have bought more, but our son is really enjoying that set.

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Erector and Chemistry sets for me.

I bought the three nephews lego for Christmas. My childhood sets are at my mom's house and the nephews play with them there. I've recently bought myself at few sets. How could I possibly pass up lego Voltron?

I sprinkle them randomly under my windows when I go on vacation !!!

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I sprinkle them randomly under my windows when I go on vacation !!!

Aka, Danish caltrops.

Best toy in history hands down!

6yo got one this year that can be programed and ran via a smart phone.....very cool. Already looking up other ideas for it on Utube.

But the instruction are only online.....bad move

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I sprinkle them randomly under my windows when I go on vacation !!!

Aka, Danish caltrops.

Exactly !!

Over here in UK at many cathedrals are funding their maintenance by having a 'build a cathedral' model project - in Lego. Make a £1 donation and put your brick on the building so far! Lego specialists are on hand to help you out, and, I'm told, many custom church-y Lego parts have been made to enable it all to happen. Chester Cathedral needs over 1.6 million bricks......

This is Durham Cathedral in the NE of England, the very first Norman cathedral in the country.

https://www.durhamcathedral.co...ego-durham-cathedral

My Son is 29 and would still get upset if he didnt get at least some Legos for Christmas.
he has a 4x8 sheet of plywood with a city and Farms set up in the basement.
He would always want to shop after Christmas and get them at a store that had 50% off toys after Christmas.

Costco had a box of 1500 bricks and pieces for $39. We bought 2.