Comment by thot_experiment
2 months ago
Lego is still the best toy, but man, I really miss the old style Technic sets where most of the pieces were very generic vs today's sets which are less versatile. 8480 and 8250 as examples (my two favorite sets growing up, though I didn't manage to get my hands on 8480 until I got my first job)
I collect Hot Wheels but have always found Lego to be annoying.
It's a pain in the ass to put together, pain in the ass to move, pain in the ass to collection. The costs are out of this world and most collectors don't even build their sets, they keep it in the box from 20 years ago. At least with Hot Wheels you can see the car inside even when still packaged.
Yeah that's a completely different approach, I buy lego to have access to more pieces so that when I dump them all on the floor and build whatever comes to mind I have more to play with.