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post #1 of 12
10/17/08 at 10:02pm
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So my kids have the toddler legos but I think it is time to make the switch to the smaller ones. I have two DD (4 & 6) and a DS (almost 3). I was thinking about just getting a big box of the little ones so they can build anything but then I started looking at the sets. I think they would enjoy building something like that but I don't see anything that would be appropriate for the girls. Everything is Star Wars and boy stuff. Any suggestions?
post #2 of 12
10/17/08 at 10:11pm
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Originally Posted by slm21bl View Post
So my kids have the toddler legos but I think it is time to make the switch to the smaller ones. I have two DD (4 & 6) and a DS (almost 3). I was thinking about just getting a big box of the little ones so they can build anything but then I started looking at the sets. I think they would enjoy building something like that but I don't see anything that would be appropriate for the girls. Everything is Star Wars and boy stuff. Any suggestions?
I have a girl who loves Star Wars legos. And the city legos. And the race car ones. All of them.

You can get just a big box of legos with various building projects. We have one of those too. Here's an example: http://creative.lego.com/en-US/products/6167.aspx
post #3 of 12
10/17/08 at 10:15pm
There are many Lego boxes you can buy that have more general building blocks. City ones are good for making all kinds of creations. As they get older you can expand their collection with more specific sets if they are interested in them. My 9yo DS LOVES building with Lego.

I just looked on the Lego website, and something like http://shop.lego.com/ByAge/Product.a...00003&d=100001 or http://shop.lego.com/ByAge/Product.a...00003&d=100001 might be a good beginning set for all of your children to play together. I spent a lot of time as a girl playing Legos with my siblings. We created all kinds of things!
post #4 of 12
10/17/08 at 11:29pm
When my middle son was almost 3 I bought this set: http://shop.lego.com/Product/?p=9247

I didn't realize they were the tiny ones and when I saw them I freaked at how tiny the parts were. So I gave them to my 5 year old instead. Know who LOVED them and played with them most? Yep. The 3 year old. To this day he is a lego nut. I would think this would be equally popular with boys and girls, although I would also recommend getting a general set with bricks as well.

There is also a "girl" set in a pink box, which I got for a friend's 6 year old.
post #5 of 12
10/17/08 at 11:55pm
They have some very girly sets. They have more semi girly set at the brick and morter shop near us, like a set to make a victorean house.
post #6 of 12
10/18/08 at 2:14pm
The sets are SO SO SO expensive compared to the bins of plain ones though and honestly they plain bins are so great for open ended construction. One thing I remember being disappointed with when I was a kid and got a set was that it was great to build the land cruiser or whatever (we had moon stuff and star wars from the first time around lol) but then you couldn't really build anything else with it. With the big bin of fun coloured ones you could just build and it didn't matter if you didn't feel like putting the wing over here it was just your creation. It made it way more fun IMO.
post #7 of 12
10/18/08 at 3:41pm
We just broke out the legos for the girls. I got a blue box (the med size one) and a box of regular bricks. (it was buy one get one 1/2). I was lucky I had a lot of lego when I was a kid. My mom gave most of it away : but I *did* find one bag that had lots of expensive parts in it (wheels, loads of people, windows, doors, etc) :

They are having a blast
post #8 of 12
10/18/08 at 4:03pm
My 6 year old ds and 3 year old dd both love LEGO right now. Ds did get a few kits (helicopter, construction equip.) but they were too difficult for him to put together himself. And once we helped put them together he just put them up on a shelf. If he did play with it and it broke he would have a huge meltdown. It's probably just his personality (very intense and sensitive but still.....). We got a bunch of the open-ended stuff and he has been crazy LEGO ever since. He makes the strangest and coolest things. DD also enjoys playing with it.
post #9 of 12
10/18/08 at 4:46pm
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I don't know why I didn't think of looking at Lego's actually site before. But OMG, are the sets expensive. I was on amazon and they have sets that are well over $150! I couldn't believe it. But I agree, I think the open ended boxes are more of a deal and probably better for the imagination.

Thank you for the responses!
post #10 of 12
10/18/08 at 4:50pm
Check ebay or Craigslist for old Belville sets.
post #11 of 12
10/19/08 at 9:07pm
Just do the bins.

The special sets have older age recommendations, and I believe it's b/c if a littler kid makes one of those things they want to play with it, and then it's going to come apart. DS wants Star Wars stuff but I know he would end up SO frustrated.

That said, I read (perhaps here?) that you can just use Elmer's Glue to hold the models together, and then later on you can put it in a bucket of hot water which will melt the glue and free up the pieces again.

But I'd just get the bins.
post #12 of 12
10/20/08 at 7:28am
My DD loves any kind of legos. There is a pink container that you can buy with girly legos but those kind of just got mingled in with all the rest in our house.
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