tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12212960.post8883078279455174746..comments2008-02-02T07:42:29.656-08:00Phillip Alveldahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07385209784282272315noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12212960.post-12925442362736008812008-02-02T07:42:00.000-08:002008-02-02T07:42:00.000-08:00Nice 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!Vijaynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12212960.post-11259991436167921662006-11-11T21:10:00.000-08:002006-11-11T21:10:00.000-08:00Take 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.Wife at largenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12212960.post-27879096584996233952006-10-22T14:02:00.000-07:002006-10-22T14:02:00.000-07:00Do not feel down, to the contrary, this is an opportunity to make a difference. PhilAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12212960.post-20558950720676224342006-10-22T14:00:00.000-07:002006-10-22T14:00:00.000-07:00This 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.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com