Lego!

mummyoftwomonkeys

I must admit I hate lego, my sons were bought some when they were 2 and 4! and I was horrified, they were given a voucher by a great uncle and my m.i.l and her mother bought lego with it! lol why they didn't just give them the voucher I will never know. i have stuck it away in a box they can have it when they get older, I think the best thing you can do tbh is chuck it all in one big box try and keep the instructions and let him get on with it but make sure he picks it all up. My husband and I bought them a set of lego out the mirror news paper, you had a little bag with lego bits in and they made a car for eg and it contained about 14 of these, and we left it up on a shelf all intact to be used when they got older, I came home from work one day after m.i.l had been watching them to find it all open and covering my living room floor, under the sofa in the sofa and I was steaming lol and she had the nerve to say it was like it when she got there, I asked my husband and he told me this was not true!

LandyAndy

londonsurrey wrote: »

But are your feet pleased? They'd make a fortune if they could sell a vaccine against the pain of stepping barefoot on a lego block.

I wear slippers.;)

Agutka

I once had a go at buying and selling lego... :eek: My plan of sorting it all out lasted all of two hours, when you actually realise how many different pieces there are. Keep it all in a mountain I say, but careful with the hoover :rotfl:

I bought a huge box from a young lad once, he had lots of sets all mingled together, but the instruction booklets were organised in a folder. Sorting it out and building all the sets up was bliss

LandyAndy

mummyoftwomonkeys wrote: »

I must admit I hate lego, my sons were bought some when they were 2 and 4! and I was horrified, they were given a voucher by a great uncle and my m.i.l and her mother bought lego with it! lol why they didn't just give them the voucher I will never know. i have stuck it away in a box they can have it when they get older, I think the best thing you can do tbh is chuck it all in one big box try and keep the instructions and let him get on with it but make sure he picks it all up. My husband and I bought them a set of lego out the mirror news paper, you had a little bag with lego bits in and they made a car for eg and it contained about 14 of these, and we left it up on a shelf all intact to be used when they got older, I came home from work one day after m.i.l had been watching them to find it all open and covering my living room floor, under the sofa in the sofa and I was steaming lol and she had the nerve to say it was like it when she got there, I asked my husband and he told me this was not true!

:T:T Good for them. They are children. If you don't like mess give them away. The children that is not the lego. Send the lego to me (see above).

JodyBPM

Now I'm wondering if something like this would be better than the storage bench http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/New-Top-Childrens-Play-Table-and-2-Childs-Storage-Boxes-Furniture-Set-Wood-Style-/261001206358?pt=UK_Storage&hash=item3cc4e25a56

as it has pull out drawers and a flat surface for him to build on. Doesn't give the exact dimension of the drawers though, so would all his lego fit????

londonsurrey

It depends on how much lego he has. The flat surface will be good for "putting away" assembled pieces and boxes.

My own experience of lego was of playing with it on the floor. Quite frankly, I'm surprised they haven't got more offices with floors as "desks", given the number of Lego-raised children.

shegirl

Lego is meant to be on the floor That's half the fun of it -sitting there with a big pile of lego rummaging through and building whatever while having that lovely feeling mess around you

victory

We have this for the lego men


these in various sizes



and one of these for the final completed lego display

londonsurrey

*drools at the thought of Victory's ReallyUsefulBox collection*

JodyBPM

londonsurrey wrote: »

It depends on how much lego he has.

I'd say he has about enough to fill one and a half of the 1,000 piece sized plastic tubs that it comes in. My main concern is the larger plates, and whether they would fit in the drawers, but I guess they could sit on the top.

The flat surface will be good for "putting away" assembled pieces and boxes.

I agree with this but am a bit worried that the flat surface may also be a magnet for other clutter...

My own experience of lego was of playing with it on the floor. Quite frankly, I'm surprised they haven't got more offices with floors as "desks", given the number of Lego-raised children.

Yes, generally I would say he would play with it on the floor. I like the pull out drawers rather than having to take the lid off of the storage bench, plus I'm worried that the lid of the bench would be ruined in no time as he has a tiny box room, so will throw the lid off, and then probably sit/walk on it and squash it! I also like the fact that there are two storage boxes, cue competitions between Mummy and DS (or DD and DS if they've been playing together) to see who can fill their box up quickest - might make tidying away a bit easier!