<story><title>Lego has designed a set that can&apos;t be taken apart</title><url>https://brickset.com/article/67650/lego-has-designed-a-set-that-can-t-be-taken-apart</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>wirthjason</author><text>I saw a term in the comments: AFOL. I had to look it up: Adult Fan Of Legos.&lt;p&gt;I loved legos as a kid and would spend hours building stuff. Now the kits seem more like models to be assembled and put on display and not touched rather than “a paint brush of blocks” where I can use my imagination. It lost my interest. My attention is now on software where I feel I can build anything. I liken it to my lego experience as a child.&lt;p&gt;I don’t necessarily think there’s a right or wrong thing here. It’s interesting to note how our mind changes as we age and grow older. The ”do anything” mentality get displaced with something else. This would make for an interesting PhD topic. :)&lt;p&gt;I found another quote from a related article that captured this feeling.&lt;p&gt;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;    “It’s like a blast to the past, straight to our childhoods,” said Deason, 40, who lives in Connellsville, Pa. “It took me by surprise, but it makes sense: Life is so structured. But with Lego, you can do anything.”

    Deason has a few million Lego pieces, which she organizes by type and color. The Star Wars and Architecture sets, she says, are the most popular among adults, who almost always look for the instruction manuals.

    “The younger kids come in and it’s all about their imaginations — playing pretend, building zombie towns,” she said. “But at some point that gets lost. The adults seem to value the final finished project. That’s where they get their satisfaction.”&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>dec0dedab0de</author><text>They still have the original sets that come with guides to build many things out of the same set of bricks, and a box to put them in. These are the best ones to get kids just starting out.&lt;p&gt;Plus the lego stores have pieces sorted in buckets like a candy shop, you buy a container and fill it up with whatever you want.  I&amp;#x27;ve never used it, but the website lets you choose from 1400 different bricks &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.lego.com&amp;#x2F;en-us&amp;#x2F;page&amp;#x2F;static&amp;#x2F;pick-a-brick&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.lego.com&amp;#x2F;en-us&amp;#x2F;page&amp;#x2F;static&amp;#x2F;pick-a-brick&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Sets will sometimes have a unique piece or two, but outside of the mini figs it is way rarer than you might think. And as others pointed out if it&amp;#x27;s unique now it doesn&amp;#x27;t mean they won&amp;#x27;t find a way to reuse it later.</text></comment>
<story><title>Lego has designed a set that can&apos;t be taken apart</title><url>https://brickset.com/article/67650/lego-has-designed-a-set-that-can-t-be-taken-apart</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>wirthjason</author><text>I saw a term in the comments: AFOL. I had to look it up: Adult Fan Of Legos.&lt;p&gt;I loved legos as a kid and would spend hours building stuff. Now the kits seem more like models to be assembled and put on display and not touched rather than “a paint brush of blocks” where I can use my imagination. It lost my interest. My attention is now on software where I feel I can build anything. I liken it to my lego experience as a child.&lt;p&gt;I don’t necessarily think there’s a right or wrong thing here. It’s interesting to note how our mind changes as we age and grow older. The ”do anything” mentality get displaced with something else. This would make for an interesting PhD topic. :)&lt;p&gt;I found another quote from a related article that captured this feeling.&lt;p&gt;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;    “It’s like a blast to the past, straight to our childhoods,” said Deason, 40, who lives in Connellsville, Pa. “It took me by surprise, but it makes sense: Life is so structured. But with Lego, you can do anything.”

    Deason has a few million Lego pieces, which she organizes by type and color. The Star Wars and Architecture sets, she says, are the most popular among adults, who almost always look for the instruction manuals.

    “The younger kids come in and it’s all about their imaginations — playing pretend, building zombie towns,” she said. “But at some point that gets lost. The adults seem to value the final finished project. That’s where they get their satisfaction.”&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>thesuitonym</author><text>&amp;gt;Now the kits seem more like models to be assembled and put on display and not touched rather than “a paint brush of blocks” where I can use my imagination.&lt;p&gt;This isn&amp;#x27;t true at all. You can still buy a box full of bricks. You can even go online and purchase single bricks if you have a specific build in mind. Even the model kits are still just a box full of bricks--Lego abhors creating unique blocks unless they can be used in other sets.&lt;p&gt;The reason a lot of adults gravitate toward the finished kits is the same reason adults stop picking up cool sticks outside: We just lose our imagination.</text></comment>