Author Topic: Lego? (Read 1737 times)

Pelly · « **on:** February 19, 2013, 11:52:21 AM »

I've found my old Legos. So this is my question:
are you keen on Lego? Do you use Lego instead of TV? Do you come in and play Lego with your kids?

stgobnait · « **Reply #1 on:** February 19, 2013, 12:02:32 PM »

sure do!

Sigismund · « **Reply #2 on:** February 19, 2013, 06:20:57 PM »

I liked them as a kid myself, and I have had great fun with them as a parent and grandparent.

ShepherdofSheep · « **Reply #3 on:** February 19, 2013, 10:22:54 PM »

They are great wholesome fun. I spent hours when I was much younger constructing things with them.

I also remember stepping on the tiny pieces barefoot. That was pretty painful. It was a good lesson in putting away one's toys after finishing with them.

songbird · « **Reply #4 on:** February 20, 2013, 09:36:41 AM »

We gave a tub of legos to our grandson. I am looking for things to make with step by step instructions.

Tiffany · « **Reply #5 on:** February 20, 2013, 10:24:42 AM »

Fun just make sure they are all picked up! Not fun to step on.

Pelly · « **Reply #6 on:** February 20, 2013, 11:59:42 AM »

Yeah, yeah, I'm sure that I've stepped on Lego bricks as a child.

Matthew · « **Reply #7 on:** February 20, 2013, 12:13:45 PM »

I'm sure many on here would agree, but Legos are one of the best educational toys.

My wife's brother used to play with them a LOT. He is now a mechanical engineer.

I used to play with them quite a bit, and today I'm a computer programmer.

I will say, though -- I know other people who played with them who are merely very "creative" today. Many are unemployed, or work at unskilled jobs that anyone with a healthy/strong body can do.

But a single toy can't give you *everything*, including ambition. The fact that the toy helps develop the "building" and "creating" parts of your child's mind is sufficient to make them well worth the cost.

Pelly · « **Reply #8 on:** February 20, 2013, 12:28:22 PM »

I was playing with Lego, making Egyptian mummies out of modeling compound... and I made 3D models.

Sigismund · « **Reply #9 on:** February 20, 2013, 08:15:11 PM »

Quote from: Tiffany

Fun just make sure they are all picked up! Not fun to step on.

Oh, how I know that !

Tiffany · « **Reply #10 on:** February 21, 2013, 10:01:57 AM »

My son loved the Mars Mission sets.

Catholic Samurai · « **Reply #11 on:** February 21, 2013, 10:47:36 AM »

Quote from: Tiffany

My son loved the Mars Mission sets.

The Ninja and Adventures themes were my favorite back then.

Sigismund · « **Reply #12 on:** February 21, 2013, 09:51:17 PM »

Well, it is never too later for a second childhood. :geezer:

Frances · « **Reply #13 on:** April 18, 2013, 08:26:19 PM »

:dancing-banana:
54 years young and love those legos! Etch-a-Sketch is fun on long flights!

s2srea · « **Reply #14 on:** April 18, 2013, 08:42:04 PM »

My girls love playing with Tinker Toys. :)