Lego - I am confused

29 Jun, 2025

When I was a child, I loved my lego. I found great pleasure in constructing things and using my imagination.

I had a huge box of random blocks, colours, and shapes. I would scatter them on the floor, or a table, and build amazing things -- well I thought so!

Fast forward 40 years or so. I visited a friends house the other day and she showed me her son's Lego collection. An entire wall-to-wall bookshelf of models he had built. He clearly took pride in his work.

However, it made me reflect on how things seem to have changed.

In my childhood, I worked with a pile of random blocks. Whereas, he bought a kit of pieces, containing an instruction booklet, and built a model using all the blocks.

Where is the imagination? The stimulation? The understanding on how blocks interconnect and the best use of material to bring your thoughts alive?

Is that what Lego is now? A box of predetermined plastic pieces you connect and admire.

Have I missed something? Have we stifled creativity?