The kids have been getting Lego’s as gifts lately for birthdays and Christmas. You know the kind that are in kits with a million tiny little pieces? The kind that when the Lego’s get taken apart and you loose a few pieces it will never look quite right again? The ones that are much too advanced for the little kids and you, the adult, is left figuring out how to put it together? Yes THOSE kind of Lego’s!
This weekend we took a trip to Arkansas to visit Hubby’s Dad. He pulled out this old set of Lego’s circa 1974. Hubby was able to build a simple house complete with windows and a door almost instantly. I think the kids had more fun with the simple projects they made more than the big ships. Sometimes it is better to get back to the basics and not make things too complicated.
I for one was in awe over the packaging. The packaging was meant to store the Lego bricks! I love the compartments. Dear people of Lego, if we have to pay so much for these wonderful, colorful bricks can’t we at least have a really cool storage solution included?
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I’ve been a LEGO fan since I was a kid in the 80′s, and I definitely agree with you that basic sets allow more room for creativity. Luckily, LEGO has been listening to us, and has been producing more small sets and brick buckets that emphasize open-ended building and simple elements with multiple uses. And since these sets aren’t associated with movie or TV characters, kids are free to make their own stories and worlds.
Like some of the commenters above, I was a “one big box of LEGO” kind of kid. As an adult with a much larger collection, I favor IKEA’s GLIS boxes in various sizes.
YEAH! Why can’t it be simple like that anymore? And why did Legos stop having the nifty storage tray? :-/
My sons have a lotta Legos, and I SO need to get them organized! Thanks for all the inspiration~! =-D
I have seen people use those nuts/bolts storage boxes (something like this – http://www.homedepot.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=10051&langId=-1&catalogId=10053&productId=100023878) to sort all the different size and shaped logos. You can get small ones with just a few bins or larger ones with like 50+ bins, all dependent on how old your child (or you) are and how they use their logos (to make intricate things on their own) or simple Lego creations.
Yes, Yes, Yes! Ditto to all of that! My son is obsessed with Legos and we have one large flat bin that he dumps them all into. But, now he’s getting particular about project pieces that he wants separated. So, he has smaller containers inside the large one to keep them sorted. Mind you, he’s only 5… I can only imagine how intense this Lego thing will get as he gets older! He’s also recently commandeered a small 3-tiered cart for his finished products. If I had it my way, everything would be color-coded and sorted by type! LOL
Just last week, prior to Christmas, I organized my son’s room, which consists of a lot of legos… At different times we had them sorted by size. However this time, I just dumped them all into one large under the bed type of storage bin. He came in and and saw what I did… And said… “Oh Mom, I love what you did with my Lego’s, this is great to have them all in one place!” It may not seem like the most organized, but it works for him, and that is all that really matters! :)
We are still in the world of Lego Duplo. I am happy with the stack-able green buckets. Tell me this phase will hang on a bit longer.
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