Lego Store question

[CaryHaven]

I've never bought Legos, but it seems that I may have bought most of the Potato Head parts (fun for my youngest AND me). My older girl is ready for Legos though. I don't mind the kits but like "free builds" just as well if not better. Are the cups they sell - the ones you can fill yourself - a good deal? Like do they work out cheaper than buying a couple kits? I have no idea if they're worth it or not. thanks.

 

[4kids4karen]

I've never bought Legos, but it seems that I may have bought most of the Potato Head parts (fun for my youngest AND me). My older girl is ready for Legos though. I don't mind the kits but like "free builds" just as well if not better. Are the cups they sell - the ones you can fill yourself - a good deal? Like do they work out cheaper than buying a couple kits? I have no idea if they're worth it or not. thanks.

We use to buy the kids a cup at every visit. We rarely buy kits, unless my son asked specifically for one. The kits are not that easy for kids (depending on the kit) but his teen brothers helped him with them. He was probably on the lower end of the recommended ages for the kits he wanted.

Of all our visits they were always out of the pink legos! We use to go in on any trip to Orlando just to see if hey had pink in stock but they always sell out before we can make it there. So if they have pink legos in stock, I would recommend you buy a cup or two. Pink is hard to find unless you buy a kit which the kits with pink still have a limited amount of pink and are small kits (usually).

 

[beck02]

The stores will have different stuff for those cups too, from week to week (or month to month). And different stores might get in different pieces. We haunted the local store here to get tires--took about 4 months for my husband to get all the sizes he wanted. They only put them out every so often. Same with the horse figures. And the build your own people, they will have different options as well. We finally had to stop going because it was getting to be an expensive habit!

The kits are good because it will have all those pieces you need. If you want to build your own stuff, I think it would take several trips of going back to the store to get all the items, just because they don't have everything out at once. Either way is good though. Another thing you might look into is craigs list or e-bay.

 

[BooCar3126]

My DS has kits that were his dads when he was younger. He likes them but it seems like he likes the free legos best. I think the cup idea is a great thing and we are going to do it when we go. Each kid has about $200 to spend on souviners when we go (got them for Christmas and Birthdays) and I am sure DS will spend most of his there!

 

[diamondpixienc]

Ok, now this advice is from the mouth of my DS(10) who's now amassed 3-tub fulls of Legos and is now into making original sculptures and the architecture series. For every 2-kits you buy you should purchase a tub of bricks. So, a cup or 2 whenever we can buy them is always welcomed too. But I would start with a kit and a tub of bricks and just grab a cup of them when you can. Just be mindful that even though you buy them it seems as though they "multiply" overnight too... Lol! So, be ready to step on or vacuum a couple every now and again. If I had a penny for every time I'd have enough for QS meals and tips for a Trip... Lol!

 

[bumbershoot]

I've never bought Legos, but it seems that I may have bought most of the Potato Head parts (fun for my youngest AND me). My older girl is ready for Legos though. I don't mind the kits but like "free builds" just as well if not better. Are the cups they sell - the ones you can fill yourself - a good deal? Like do they work out cheaper than buying a couple kits? I have no idea if they're worth it or not. thanks.

The pieces for the cups at the DTD Lego store are great in addition to sets you already have. Like clock pieces or steering wheels or wheels. They aren't typical bricks, though.

There are building sets that you can buy, usually from amazon or the online lego store. I rarely see them at a brick&mortar Lego store. Buy two or so of those sets and it gives you lots of basic pieces.

But here's the thing...Lego is Lego is Lego, whether or not there were instructions in the box. The pieces for a Star Wars thing can be used for a house or a car or a rocketship. My son has a ton of Legos (it's an addiction for us all), most of them are from sets with instructions, but right now (while waiting for me to be done with the computer so we can get back to homeschool) he's playing with a bunch of pieces, making stuff from his imagination, and not minding at all where the pieces came from.


The age ranges on the boxes are based on frustration level (once you're past the kid-putting-parts-in-their-mouths-and-choking stage, that is...during that stage, they get Duplo). If your child is good at being patient, if you're willing to help them learn to read the instructions and help with building sometimes, you can go up in age. I feel that Legos have helped DS in many ways, and reading/following instructions is a big way.