In November I
attended the Brick Exhibition at the NEC Birmingham with my husband. He is a massive Lego fan and even at the
grand age of 31 years old he is still adding to his collection. Apparently this is not uncommon for adults
and the whole exhibition was based around this and obviously aimed at children
as well.
There was a whole
area dedicated to Lego fans who had been building magnificent structures in
their own home. Some photos below
include a small real life caravan and small worlds.
My husband was in
his element wishing that he was able to do this for a job lol what a big kid he
is. I found that I really enjoyed it
although not a huge fan of Lego in my youth as I was more into Barbie and Cindy
dolls. I do have a memory of a box that
me and my brother had of odd Lego pieces and that my dad built us a Lego house
with them.
One of my charges is
currently loving Lego particularly star wars Lego and would of loved the large
models above. In the last year he has
began to build a very respectable collection and also enjoys the Lego City range.
Love it all hate it
Lego has stood the test of time and has held its value. My husband has always wanted the Lego: Star
Wars Death star (original) however on eBay it can be up to £2000 so he needs to
keep dreaming for now. We have a
cupboard of Lego old and new and various pieces are creeping up around my
house!!! (see photos below)
The top left photo
is of hubbys latest addition of a cinema which is pretty cool if I don't say
myself and inside has lots of attention to detail as well.
I think the
stereotype is that Lego is made for boys and not for girls. I disagree as it encourages both boys and
girls to be creative. Clearly Lego have
aimed at girls with their Lego friends range which supports traditional girl
colours of pink and purple to appeal to a new market. I do not see why this has to be done. When working in nurseries we just had Lego
and both genders would play with it and not a divide.
My older sister in
law is now in her thirties and she was very into Lego as a child, maybe this
was an early sign that she was going to be an engineer! I remember once being with her, my husband
and brother in law and they were all sat building some Lego together! There was probably an issue however to who
was doing what as they are all pretty controlling when it comes to building it!
I asked my charge
once if he preferred sets of Lego to just free building things he wanted to
build (when i was debating to by him a box of Lego pieces or yet another
model). He said he likes abit of both
but mainly sets! His sister although
prefers to be more created and does not like "Scripted" toy sets and
she is the same way with craft sets.
My final point is
that I think it is a great toy for sitting down and working together. It gives children a sense of accomplishment
when they finish it and in my experience keeps them focused on an activity for
a period of time. Children also may find
that building Lego is a solidary activity which is fantastic. Playing together is great but I am a firm
believer of them learning to be comfortable in their own company, I certainly
was!
What do you think?
Do you think Lego is still a tradition boys toy? Do you or would you buy your daughter Lego?
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