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post #1 of 17
9/12/08 at 10:25pm
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I've been excited to start a Lego collection at our house. Our oldest will be 7 next month and we were planning on buying a big tub for him. He gets to play with them at school during recess when it's rainy and he's told me about playing with them several times now. I've been thinking it will be such a great purchase! Today though, I asked him what he built and he said "Oh, I don't really build with them. I just like to play with the people." I said "But you must build some stuff, right? What are your favorite things to build?" and he said "Nah, I really just mostly like to play with the people." Now I'm thinking that maybe we shouldn't buy them. I don't really want to buy a several hundred piece toy if he really just wants people. (my kids do love people! Playmobil people get played with more than the sets they came with, oh and they pulled tires off of the very expensive playmobil firetruck and made them "tossing hoops" ) So, Lego just seems like such a normal thing for boys to like. Obviously I don't want to try to make him like something though. Does anyone else have a little guy that doesn't really care about Lego toys?
post #2 of 17
9/12/08 at 11:03pm
Nope, our ds never builds with legos. We have a small collection because when he was in his "firetruck" phase we got a number of lego firetrucks. But dh built them all and all ds did was drive them.

I would maybe get him a small lego set and see if he enjoys it. If he really likes the little figures from Playmobil, I'd invest in more of those! Maybe one of your other kids will like legos more. Our dd is much more of a builder than ds is.
post #3 of 17
9/12/08 at 11:11pm
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Thanks. I think we'll hold off and let him play at school. If he gets really in to them in the next couple months, there's still Christmas. We do have some Flexi-Blocks from Discovery Toys. He plays with them every now and then but has never complained about not having enough. Mostly he likes to build with Magna Tiles.
post #4 of 17
9/13/08 at 2:46am
Your ds and my ds should get together. Mine hates all the people. If a driver comes with a vehicle, he gets tossed out. The only thing that he doesn't use from his lego set are the people. Different strokes for different folks.
post #5 of 17
9/13/08 at 9:03am
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Originally Posted by Ashersmum View Post
Your ds and my ds should get together. Mine hates all the people. If a driver comes with a vehicle, he gets tossed out. The only thing that he doesn't use from his lego set are the people. Different strokes for different folks.
Oh, mine uses the people. He pulls them apart and turns the legs into guns for his spaceships.

We have all these unused chests and heads!

You might be able to get all sorts of cool lego people on ebay or something. My dh got a bunch from somewhere like that. They'd make great stocking stuffers. Maybe Ashersmum would like to sell you Asher's people!
post #6 of 17
9/13/08 at 10:36am
My ds never really took to regular legos. The duplos seem to be everyone's favorite. (They are still out as my kids range in age from 12 months to almost 12 years). Now playmobil was the biggest thing here until D&D fever hit. I never thought I would drop my son and dh off at GenCon.
post #7 of 17
9/13/08 at 1:44pm
My DS is only 5, but he has no interest in legos. He also has no interest in playing with the people. Like another poster, all people get tossed aside so he can just play with the vehicle they came with. So here my DS doesn't like people or legos. Or really any of his toys right now.
post #8 of 17
9/13/08 at 5:02pm
I never thought that legos were a boy thing, versus a girl thing. In any case, both my DS and DD love legos. Though they are considerably younger. If your DS is not into building, then i'd say spend the money on something else he would enjoy more. What are his interests? Would he prefer some books, or a sports class or music....?
post #9 of 17
9/13/08 at 5:11pm
My nine year old has never really been into legos. He always gets legos as birthday gifts from friends and we wrap them up for the next party we go to, because every other kid his age out there seems to love them.

Then again, he's not really a "toy" kid -- he loves to do imaginative play where he's in character acting stuff out, jumping around on the couch fighting bad guys or camping under a tent made of blankets and chairs, but he doesn't really like to manipulate little people -- he wants to BE the people. He also doesn't seem to feel the need to build things -- he just imagines them.
post #10 of 17
9/15/08 at 1:12pm
Mine!


My son is 7, and has never been very into Lego. He has played with it sometimes, but not often. He is a total sportsfanatic, and would rather run, jump, play with a ball, ride his bike or rollerblades or skateboard.
post #11 of 17
9/15/08 at 1:21pm
There are small sets you can get that are about $10 each that make different vehicles etc. You can find sets that make 3 different things, and even sets that make cars that actually go. It wouldn't be too bad even if you do find out he's not thrilled with it.
My ds (though he's only 4) doesn't really build stuff if he's faced with a bunch of random legos. But if he has a set, and specific instructions, he has a lot of fun building it.
post #12 of 17
9/15/08 at 1:37pm
My soon to be 6 year old isn't interested at all. He has a friend who lives for legos and has many of the Star war sets and my ds just doesn't show the interest.
He would rather play with his cars and act out super hero stuff.

Can't say I mind since I would be the one stepping on the pieces
post #13 of 17
9/15/08 at 4:35pm
How about getting Playmobile instead? The toys are of a similar quality and then he could enjoy the people to his heart's delight.
post #14 of 17
9/15/08 at 6:55pm
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How about getting Playmobile instead? The toys are of a similar quality and then her could enjoy the people to his heart's delight.
Yep, we have lots of Playmobil stuff. Their favorite things are the people and the tires. I'm so glad we bought the crazy expensive firetruck so they could take the tires off and play with them while the truck sits unused.
post #15 of 17
9/15/08 at 7:32pm
My DS plays with what most would consider " girls " toys. I bought a Lego set and he showed no interest in them till I showed him he could build a house for his dolls and now he loves them and they are a part of his play every day. I think it is great!
post #16 of 17
9/15/08 at 8:53pm
None of my boys have ever really been into legos.
post #17 of 17
9/15/08 at 8:56pm
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Originally Posted by melissanc View Post
My DS plays with what most would consider " girls " toys. I bought a Lego set and he showed no interest in them till I showed him he could build a house for his dolls and now he loves them and they are a part of his play every day. I think it is great!
That's kind of what my boys do with their Magna Tiles. They like to make parking garages for their hot wheels, but they also like to build houses for their playmobil people. Which kind of cracks me up because last year one of my boys really wanted the playmobil dollhouse. We bought it for him and he does like it, but really prefers to build his own magna tile house and put the people and furniture in there.

We're going to skip Lego for now. We've got a good list of things now, mostly gross motor stuff and some books/movies/games on the list.
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