Re: [RBW] Rivendell Legos!

2023-03-08 Thread Minh
i keep reading this title as Rivendell Legolas, disappointed everytime that 
its not :(

On Tuesday, March 7, 2023 at 1:55:20 PM UTC-5 Patrick Moore wrote:

> That looks like the box of Duplos (or "Duplo pl") that I bought for my 
> daughter when she was quite young. I recall playing with her building 
> things; better than interminable princess tea parties! Good to know that 
> the raw material kits are still available.
>
> My brother just told me that his son friends used about $2K worth of 
> Playmobil and not Lego to build their civilization, but still more or less 
> general kits and not theme kits, or at least not media theme kits.
>
> On Tue, Mar 7, 2023 at 8:58 AM Paul Clifton  wrote:
>
>> Patrick,
>> They still offer plenty of options for buckets of misc bricks: 
>> https://www.lego.com/en-us/product/lego-medium-creative-brick-box-10696
>>
>> I think it's a good balance. The theme sets are great for learning to 
>> follow instructions and developing different spatial thinking skills, and 
>> def get kids excited to build something from their favorite show or movie. 
>> The freestyle sets are great for creativity and exploration.
>>
>> But yeah, millennials really go hard on nostalgia and will spend big 
>> bucks on kits that combine their favorite childhood pastime with their 
>> favorite childhood media.
>>
>> Paul in AR
>>
>> On Monday, March 6, 2023 at 3:43:13 PM UTC-6 Patrick Moore wrote:
>>
>>> It has been 16+ years since I bought my daughter little kid/big size 
>>> Legos, but I seem to recall that back in the old days (he said bitterly) 
>>> that Legos were simply standard shapes out of which the child could build 
>>> whatever he or she imagined. I know that 25 years ago or so my then 
>>> elementary school age nephew and a couple of friends built a whole 
>>> civilization out of Legos that lasted several years -- I seem to recall it 
>>> was a mix of violent Viking barbarism and Roman jurisprudence, with its own 
>>> constitution and code of draconian laws. They had not heard of Boxen. Is it 
>>> all theme kits nowadays?
>>>
>>> On Mon, Mar 6, 2023 at 12:35 PM Joe Mullins  wrote:
>>>

 https://www.lego.com/en-us/product/the-lord-of-the-rings-rivendell-10316?icmp=HP-SHH-Standard-VIP_Hero_10316_LOTR_Rivendell_VIP_Live_HP-PR-VIP-YZ0GDAOVIG

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Re: [RBW] Rivendell Legos!

2023-03-07 Thread Patrick Moore
That looks like the box of Duplos (or "Duplo pl") that I bought for my
daughter when she was quite young. I recall playing with her building
things; better than interminable princess tea parties! Good to know that
the raw material kits are still available.

My brother just told me that his son friends used about $2K worth of
Playmobil and not Lego to build their civilization, but still more or less
general kits and not theme kits, or at least not media theme kits.

On Tue, Mar 7, 2023 at 8:58 AM Paul Clifton  wrote:

> Patrick,
> They still offer plenty of options for buckets of misc bricks:
> https://www.lego.com/en-us/product/lego-medium-creative-brick-box-10696
>
> I think it's a good balance. The theme sets are great for learning to
> follow instructions and developing different spatial thinking skills, and
> def get kids excited to build something from their favorite show or movie.
> The freestyle sets are great for creativity and exploration.
>
> But yeah, millennials really go hard on nostalgia and will spend big bucks
> on kits that combine their favorite childhood pastime with their favorite
> childhood media.
>
> Paul in AR
>
> On Monday, March 6, 2023 at 3:43:13 PM UTC-6 Patrick Moore wrote:
>
>> It has been 16+ years since I bought my daughter little kid/big size
>> Legos, but I seem to recall that back in the old days (he said bitterly)
>> that Legos were simply standard shapes out of which the child could build
>> whatever he or she imagined. I know that 25 years ago or so my then
>> elementary school age nephew and a couple of friends built a whole
>> civilization out of Legos that lasted several years -- I seem to recall it
>> was a mix of violent Viking barbarism and Roman jurisprudence, with its own
>> constitution and code of draconian laws. They had not heard of Boxen. Is it
>> all theme kits nowadays?
>>
>> On Mon, Mar 6, 2023 at 12:35 PM Joe Mullins  wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> https://www.lego.com/en-us/product/the-lord-of-the-rings-rivendell-10316?icmp=HP-SHH-Standard-VIP_Hero_10316_LOTR_Rivendell_VIP_Live_HP-PR-VIP-YZ0GDAOVIG
>>>
>>> Someone has to build this!
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Re: [RBW] Rivendell Legos!

2023-03-07 Thread Paul Clifton
Patrick,
They still offer plenty of options for buckets of misc bricks: 
https://www.lego.com/en-us/product/lego-medium-creative-brick-box-10696

I think it's a good balance. The theme sets are great for learning to 
follow instructions and developing different spatial thinking skills, and 
def get kids excited to build something from their favorite show or movie. 
The freestyle sets are great for creativity and exploration.

But yeah, millennials really go hard on nostalgia and will spend big bucks 
on kits that combine their favorite childhood pastime with their favorite 
childhood media.

Paul in AR

On Monday, March 6, 2023 at 3:43:13 PM UTC-6 Patrick Moore wrote:

> It has been 16+ years since I bought my daughter little kid/big size 
> Legos, but I seem to recall that back in the old days (he said bitterly) 
> that Legos were simply standard shapes out of which the child could build 
> whatever he or she imagined. I know that 25 years ago or so my then 
> elementary school age nephew and a couple of friends built a whole 
> civilization out of Legos that lasted several years -- I seem to recall it 
> was a mix of violent Viking barbarism and Roman jurisprudence, with its own 
> constitution and code of draconian laws. They had not heard of Boxen. Is it 
> all theme kits nowadays?
>
> On Mon, Mar 6, 2023 at 12:35 PM Joe Mullins  wrote:
>
>>
>> https://www.lego.com/en-us/product/the-lord-of-the-rings-rivendell-10316?icmp=HP-SHH-Standard-VIP_Hero_10316_LOTR_Rivendell_VIP_Live_HP-PR-VIP-YZ0GDAOVIG
>>
>> Someone has to build this! 
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Re: [RBW] Rivendell Legos!

2023-03-06 Thread Michael Baquerizo
what he's saying is the plural of lego is lego. not legos.

On Monday, March 6, 2023 at 6:17:39 PM UTC-5 Garth wrote:

> Seeing how the original Legos were shaped compared to that monstrosity, 
> well I'd call that cheating ! 
>
> Legos  as in plural   referring to the little bricks themselves, 
> or whatever shapes they come in these dayze. :-)
>
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Re: [RBW] Rivendell Legos!

2023-03-06 Thread Garth
Seeing how the original Legos were shaped compared to that monstrosity, 
well I'd call that cheating ! 

Legos  as in plural   referring to the little bricks themselves, or 
whatever shapes they come in these dayze. :-)


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Re: [RBW] Rivendell Legos!

2023-03-06 Thread James Warren

Hey hey, it’s Lego. Not “Legos”


> On Mar 6, 2023, at 1:43 PM, Patrick Moore  wrote:
> 
> 
> It has been 16+ years since I bought my daughter little kid/big size Legos, 
> but I seem to recall that back in the old days (he said bitterly) that Legos 
> were simply standard shapes out of which the child could build whatever he or 
> she imagined. I know that 25 years ago or so my then elementary school age 
> nephew and a couple of friends built a whole civilization out of Legos that 
> lasted several years -- I seem to recall it was a mix of violent Viking 
> barbarism and Roman jurisprudence, with its own constitution and code of 
> draconian laws. They had not heard of Boxen. Is it all theme kits nowadays?
> 
>> On Mon, Mar 6, 2023 at 12:35 PM Joe Mullins  wrote:
>> https://www.lego.com/en-us/product/the-lord-of-the-rings-rivendell-10316?icmp=HP-SHH-Standard-VIP_Hero_10316_LOTR_Rivendell_VIP_Live_HP-PR-VIP-YZ0GDAOVIG
>> 
>> Someone has to build this! 
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Re: [RBW] Rivendell Legos!

2023-03-06 Thread Patrick Moore
It has been 16+ years since I bought my daughter little kid/big size Legos,
but I seem to recall that back in the old days (he said bitterly) that
Legos were simply standard shapes out of which the child could build
whatever he or she imagined. I know that 25 years ago or so my then
elementary school age nephew and a couple of friends built a whole
civilization out of Legos that lasted several years -- I seem to recall it
was a mix of violent Viking barbarism and Roman jurisprudence, with its own
constitution and code of draconian laws. They had not heard of Boxen. Is it
all theme kits nowadays?

On Mon, Mar 6, 2023 at 12:35 PM Joe Mullins  wrote:

>
> https://www.lego.com/en-us/product/the-lord-of-the-rings-rivendell-10316?icmp=HP-SHH-Standard-VIP_Hero_10316_LOTR_Rivendell_VIP_Live_HP-PR-VIP-YZ0GDAOVIG
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[RBW] Rivendell Legos!

2023-03-06 Thread Joe Mullins
https://www.lego.com/en-us/product/the-lord-of-the-rings-rivendell-10316?icmp=HP-SHH-Standard-VIP_Hero_10316_LOTR_Rivendell_VIP_Live_HP-PR-VIP-YZ0GDAOVIG

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