Comments on: The Saddest Place on Earth http://allthebestbits.net/the-saddest-place-on-earth/ Tue, 22 Nov 2011 00:43:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Vijayhttp://allthebestbits.net/the-saddest-place-on-earth/comment-page-1/#comment-210 Vijay Sat, 02 Feb 2008 15:42:00 +0000 http://50.18.189.95/?p=124#comment-210 Nice observation, Phil. I remember playing with all this stuff when I was a kid too - Legos taught me to build and to innovate, Dominos taught me patience and care when building something, the list goes on...I guess I never realized the real impact that toys had on us as kids - for all I know, that tub of legos at home is why I became an engineer! Nice observation, Phil. I remember playing with all this stuff when I was a kid too – Legos taught me to build and to innovate, Dominos taught me patience and care when building something, the list goes on…I guess I never realized the real impact that toys had on us as kids – for all I know, that tub of legos at home is why I became an engineer!

]]> By: Wife at largehttp://allthebestbits.net/the-saddest-place-on-earth/comment-page-1/#comment-94 Wife at large Sun, 12 Nov 2006 05:10:00 +0000 http://50.18.189.95/?p=124#comment-94 Take heart! I have several friends with older children who are just as addicted to Legos as you were as a youngster. Although they collected their pieces through many of the smaller, specialized kits you describe (though not like the photo), they had more and more pieces to add to their whole collection each time. <br /><br />At the end of several years of collecting little boxes of Legos that their friends and families could afford for small gifts, each family had a full-to-overflowing box of interchangeable Lego parts with which they could build just about everything.<br /><br />Maybe the evolution has changed in order to pull in the interest of children who are raised in an era of easy entertainment -- too much t.v., too many video games. The kits come small to cater to their small attention spans, but as they get older and spend more time with the pieces, and consequently collect more parts, they can see more possibilities than they could if you dropped a huge basket of parts in their laps on the first day. Take heart! I have several friends with older children who are just as addicted to Legos as you were as a youngster. Although they collected their pieces through many of the smaller, specialized kits you describe (though not like the photo), they had more and more pieces to add to their whole collection each time.

At the end of several years of collecting little boxes of Legos that their friends and families could afford for small gifts, each family had a full-to-overflowing box of interchangeable Lego parts with which they could build just about everything.

Maybe the evolution has changed in order to pull in the interest of children who are raised in an era of easy entertainment — too much t.v., too many video games. The kits come small to cater to their small attention spans, but as they get older and spend more time with the pieces, and consequently collect more parts, they can see more possibilities than they could if you dropped a huge basket of parts in their laps on the first day.

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://allthebestbits.net/the-saddest-place-on-earth/comment-page-1/#comment-60 Anonymous Sun, 22 Oct 2006 21:02:00 +0000 http://50.18.189.95/?p=124#comment-60 Do not feel down, to the contrary, this is an opportunity to make a difference. Phil Do not feel down, to the contrary, this is an opportunity to make a difference. Phil

]]> By: Anonymoushttp://allthebestbits.net/the-saddest-place-on-earth/comment-page-1/#comment-59 Anonymous Sun, 22 Oct 2006 21:00:00 +0000 http://50.18.189.95/?p=124#comment-59 This is something that needs pursuing. You must send these comments to the scereatry of the president of Lego and asking her who would be the right person in the Lego organiztion to contact. Phil Let me know what happened. This is something that needs pursuing. You must send these comments to the scereatry of the president of Lego and asking her who would be the right person in the Lego organiztion to contact. Phil Let me know what happened.

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