Sandra The Terrorist wrote:
I'd quite like some Lego, I was in a big Lego shop recently, just happened to be walking past and thought I'd have a look. It still looks great fun, I only just managed to not buy a set that made a motor bike, a digger and something else which I forget now.
Isn't Lego better when it's just thousands of random bits and you create something of your own? There's no challenge to putting together pre-prepared sets.
My speciality was a massive 2-storey spaceship complete with rear and lower docking bays (with opening doors and docking craft), swivelling gun turrets, working landing gear and flight deck with opening canopy, seats and control panel. Took me years to perfect. That, and a huge castle with working drawbridge.
As for kids' Xmas presents, don't get me going. Seems to me most parents go down the "quantity, not quality" route and overwhelm their little dears with more stuff than they can handle. One of the saddest sights for me at a family Xmas recently was the spoilt kid looking very bored and a bit baffled with opening
yet another frigging present.
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