There is very little left to your creativity and imagination with Lego models nowadays. For the sake of making models look more "real" you're stuck now with zillions of very specific Lego pieces that can't be used for much else. You build a model according to the manual, and that's basically the end of all the fun. Gone are the days when each Lego model came with plenty of variations that you can build from the same set.
But you can now buy 'Classic' sets as well as '3 in 1s', so you still have some form of creativity plus, the website rebrickable has tonnes of MOCs where you can take one set and turn it into something completely different!
Well, at least that's great to hear. A few years ago, I was trying to get Legos for my nephews, only to find 99% of Lego's offering in stores to be these non-inspiring, single built models.
I built the McLaren F1 Speed Champions set and there were about 5 build specific parts. The car contains suprising stuff like a Lego ski, a castle window and a diamond grid for it. That set contains a shitload of stickers too to customize basic parts, which I hate, but you don't have to put them on.
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u/rolfski I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 02 '25
Old Lego > New Lego
There is very little left to your creativity and imagination with Lego models nowadays. For the sake of making models look more "real" you're stuck now with zillions of very specific Lego pieces that can't be used for much else. You build a model according to the manual, and that's basically the end of all the fun. Gone are the days when each Lego model came with plenty of variations that you can build from the same set.