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Re: Thank you adult collector nerds for ruining another childhood toy - Seacrest - 12-03-2009
I agree with Acer as well, even though I am not a huge fan of licensing deals, per se.
Anybody who has experienced giving a kid an expensive toy, only to find that they much more enjoy playing with the box it came in can attest to the genius of the child's imagination.
Re: Thank you adult collector nerds for ruining another childhood toy - decay - 12-03-2009
those photos were taken with a 110 camera, probably 30 years ago.
Re: Thank you adult collector nerds for ruining another childhood toy - Mike Johnson - 12-03-2009
My son built that when he was five. He did it all by himself, playing alone in his room -- the only help he got was in writing Wall-E on a piece of Scotch tape to stick on that Lego in front.
All the pieces there came from various model kits.
Tomorrow is his seventh birthday. He's getting Legos. I adore the Lego kits. There is no way my son could have ever built that Wall-E had he not been through a guided process of building things. He's built cars and trucks and buildings and boats and planes by following the instructions with the kits. Then those things get disassembled and reassembled in countless ways. The kit instructions are a fantastic learning tool.
The anguish over licensed-character Legos is just dumb. Yes, you can get Star Wars Legos, and they're really neat. Indiana Jones Legos show up on clearance rack at Target because they weren't great sellers -- they're not really for kids, you know. Few seven year olds wax nostalgic over that movie franchise. Go to any Toys R Us, and you'll see that far more shelf space is dedicated to Lego City, Space Police, Agents, Pirates, Power Miners, Technic, and Creator sets. And of course, the new Atlantis theme.
I don't know any kid who saves the models and displays them -- they always get torn apart and made into something new. Besides, I fail to see how somebody buying Lego sets as collectors items "ruins" it for kids. If it weren't for collectors, there wouldn't be such a variety of Lego sets available. If it weren't for collectors, Lego would've made the Indiana Jones set you were buying in the first place.
When somebody says, "I was so much smarter than kids today," I want to punch him in the mouth.
billb, they still have the Lego software. The latest release is rather buggy on my mac, unfortunately. This is what my son designed last night (again, all by himself):
You can design something with the software, then upload it to Lego, and they'll make a custom kit out of it for you, complete with box & instuctions.
Re: Thank you adult collector nerds for ruining another childhood toy - mrbigstuff - 12-03-2009
Re: Thank you adult collector nerds for ruining another childhood toy - OWC Jamie - 12-03-2009
I've never really quite understood toy 'collectibles'.
My brother and his ex did this with thier kids. All manner of 'action figures' never removed from the boxes or played with. Just displayed on shelves and maybe dusted occasionally.
They'll be worth something some day to thier great- great - grand kids ?
My nephew now works for one of the big insurance companies in Hartford ,Conn.
Continually thanks me for all the legoes I bought him when he was a kid.
Says they are a major contributor to the enjoyment of setting auto insurance rates and the hurricane/storm damage computer modelling software he gets to 'play' with.
Re: Thank you adult collector nerds for ruining another childhood toy - M A V I C - 12-03-2009
I had a very specific lego set when I was a kid. I had all my regular legos which I used to create stuff like the things shown above, and then I had this one - a pirate ship. I built it and kept it intact for a long time. Then my nephews got ahold of it. While they managed to loose maybe a third of the pieces, they rebuilt it in quite a few distinct ways. So while these pieces may be very specific, a good imagination can always find a way to make something else out of them.
So perhaps this kits are even more challenging than before. Kids have to take something that looks like it may only work one way, and create something different.
Re: Thank you adult collector nerds for ruining another childhood toy - the_poochies - 12-03-2009
Mike Johnson wrote: Yes, you can get Star Wars Legos, and they're really neat. Indiana Jones Legos show up on clearance rack at Target because they weren't great sellers -- they're not really for kids, you know. Few seven year olds wax nostalgic over that movie franchise.
Little Poochie is a huge Indy fan. I'm glad that he has chosen not to follow the rest of his classmates and worships a fictional hero that was inspired by actual historical events and holds a PhD from U. Chicago.:biggrin: It has spurred an interest in world history and geography that Star Wars has failed to do so far.
Mike Johnson wrote: I don't know any kid who saves the models and displays them -- they always get torn apart and made into something new. Besides, I fail to see how somebody buying Lego sets as collectors items "ruins" it for kids. If it weren't for collectors, there wouldn't be such a variety of Lego sets available. If it weren't for collectors, Lego would've made the Indiana Jones set you were buying in the first place.
You haven't visited eBay lately. 20 year-old Lego sets that I wouldn't pay more than $5 for sell for hundreds of dollars there because they are still in the box, untouched by grubbly little hands.
Mike Johnson wrote: When somebody says, "I was so much smarter than kids today," I want to punch him in the mouth.
I taught high schoolers in the 1990s and they were far more independent and self-confident than me and my peers during high school. The problem lies when well-meaning parents and toy manufacturers want to give kids instant gratification time after time.
Here's a related article on my original post that sorta brings together some of the varied viewpoints in this thread.
Re: Thank you adult collector nerds for ruining another childhood toy - decay - 12-03-2009
i certainly mashed-up my toys, play-wise.
Star Trek figures fought DC and Marvel super-heroes, and Planet of the Apes figures were also in the mix. Later they were customized, hacked apart and repaired. I created my own superheroes by mixing & matching their costumes. Created torches with half a cotton swab - bottom markered black, top markered red, orange & yellow.
We combined wooden blocks with plastic "Cubes and Tubes"
We used our Matchbox/Hot Wheels cars & built garages for them with Lego.
Re: Thank you adult collector nerds for ruining another childhood toy - Jimmypoo - 12-03-2009
I made this M1A1 replica with rubber tracks using Legos and Eggos. (the latter powered me!)
It's a headless model and is remote control. Actually fires nuclear artillery too.
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Re: Thank you adult collector nerds for ruining another childhood toy - Jimmypoo - 12-03-2009
Decay,
2009 is almost over. So focus on 2010, OK?
decay wrote:
i certainly mashed-up my toys, play-wise.
Star Trek figures fought DC and Marvel super-heroes, and Planet of the Apes figures were also in the mix. Later they were customized, hacked apart and repaired. I created my own superheroes by mixing & matching their costumes. Created torches with half a cotton swab - bottom markered black, top markered red, orange & yellow.
We combined wooden blocks with plastic "Cubes and Tubes"
We used our Matchbox/Hot Wheels cars & built garages for them with Lego.