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ReveiwDad — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 11:23:08 -0000

WOW...what a trip down memory lane. I had just about every Lego Space set it turns out. Recently, I took a trip down the Lego aisle at Target...cool stuff but call me crazy, I think that today's sets are too "polished," have too many round corners and specialty pieces...and leaves too little to the kid's imagination. With one-off front fenders on Ferraris and the like, there's only a few ways to use the pieces. And for me, the jagged edges approximating a curved hull of a space ship is essential to the Lego aesthetic! Case in point - this favorite of mine (http://gizmodo.com/photogallery/LEGO50space/100...) vs. this new set (http://shop.lego.com/ByTheme/Product.aspx?p=764...). That said, my kid is still at the Quatro stage and when he's ready for regular size Legos, I'll surely be totally into it.

Re: noodad » Lego Porn

Noodad — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 07:01:58 -0000

My kids have a cool 3 pronged LEGO table and I must admit, although it was expensive and takes up a good portion of our family room, it is super cool. Our kids play with their LEGO's almost every day and every day they build something cooler.

The only thing that I dislike about where LEGO has gone over the years is they have cobranded with kids brands like Dora, Thomas, Bob the Builder, and Star Wars. Now they have Indiana Jones LEGOS!

I would argue that had my space legos been Star Wars space legos I would never have come up with some of the most hardcore space freighters that I did as a kid. Mainly because I would be always trying to make the XWing fighter that it came as.

Just my $0.02

P.S. Lego Star Wars videogame is so awesome.

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