Anthropunk (Dr. SA Applin)I'm about halfway through making the #LEGO Christmas wreath and i'm not loving it at all. It's weird. Some builds are really fun, and I loved the wildflowers, but this is so tedious and repetitive over and over. I suspect while there is an alternate tabletop decoration variation, I will probably never build this again once I'm done. VIsually, it's great. Labor is a strong "not fun" ranking from me.
Joanna Bryson, blathering@anthropunk Interesting. LEGO has been trying to figure out for a while why kids stopped really playing with LEGO like we did in the 60s and 70s, and just building it like a model than leaving it on the shelf. I guess it's some kind of capitalism fail that in making the package look more appealing, they made the toy less fun. Would you have bought the same number of bricks for the same price without the meticulous instructions?
@j2bryson I never had LEGO as a kid, only blocks, and I preferred the free form play. LEGO forces one down a type of algorithmic path. As an adult, I like the kits because I can just turn off a bit ... so no. Loose bricks would not be fun to me at all.