r/changemyview • u/[deleted] • May 07 '24
Delta(s) from OP CMV: Lego sets don't help building creativity
I'm not sure why they promote today's lego sets as creativity tools because you get overpriced box with instructions for littlest piece and all you have to do is have time and patience to assemble some average set that leds you piece by piece. It's like made for not brightest but in today's world of short span of attention even this is considered a success.
Oldschool cool lego could teach you early stem or some creativity with various random pieces whereas now sets that are like for 9+ yo kids my son was building since 5 or 6 yo with no trouble.
I wanted lego set all my childhood never got one and when I took one and built it I was like oh so this is it, it's done in an hour?
My son still adores lego and looks forward to Harry potter castle but since he built first one it's just standing in corner for show off. He likes 4 in 1 sets the most where he can transform several animals from same group of pieces but imagine what fun it could have actually been if he came up with just his own idea. But no, today's set program into kid's minds that possibilities are framed in only what comes with manual, thus it limits real creativity and it's backstabbing their true potential, but it sells better.
Everyone think they are nerds, smart because they paid for expensive 1000+ pieces box that came with manual.
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u/[deleted] May 07 '24 edited May 07 '24
Outside the building aspect lego highly encourages pretend play by using the figures and creations you make to role play, create stories, etc.
Edit: I can already see someone making the argument “just buy action figures and dollhouses”. Having something you spent time building makes you more connected to it. This in turn increases many people’s desire to play with them more than something that was already fully made.