Magazine and Toy Concerns

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  • January 10, 2015 at 7:54 pm
    HSMom03
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    What do you all think of the Lego Club magazine and those BIONICLE toys?  DS7 gets the magazine and the toys are being delivered on Wednesday.  I have concerns… need to talk this out.

    Toys…

    http://shop.lego.com/en-US/Protector-of-Ice-70782?fromListing=listing

    http://shop.lego.com/en-US/Protector-of-Water-70780?fromListing=listing

    http://shop.lego.com/en-US/Protector-of-Jungle-70778?fromListing=listing

    January 10, 2015 at 9:20 pm
    butterflylake
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    I don’t have an opinion of the magazine, as I have never looked through an issue.
    Today DS5 and I were looking at Lego at a local store. I asked my husband ‘what is Chima?, what is Ninjago?’ I guess I would also have to ask ‘what is Bionicle?’

    I grew up with a box of basic Lego blocks. I wish it were easier to find the basic blocks sets. I like the City and Creator sets, my son also has a small Ninja Turtle set. As far as Lego goes I prefer versatility over making a predesigned model.

    I looked at the links, and I think if my son showed interest in Bionicle I would steer him to some kind of robotic science kit.

    I hope that is some help to you,
    Vanessa

    January 10, 2015 at 10:20 pm
    Mysterious Lady in Pink
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    My kids (6b,8g,10g) get the Lego magazines — they love them. Seriously, when it comes in the mail, they drop everything to pour through them (thankfully the mail comes in the late afternoon! haha), and they revisit old issues.

    Because of the magazines, they are familiar with all of those series — Chima, Bionicle, Friends, etc. But that doesn’t mean they own them. 😉  We have generic blocks, some Creator, and some small themed sets/scenes (Marvel, Hobbit, LOTR). And they got a “Mixels” set in their stockings Christmas, which they were over-the-top for — Mixels: each “mixel” makes one small creature, costs a few dollars; the 3 mixels of one series/color can be put all together (3 kids, so each kid received one mixel that could be put together with their siblings’) and reconfigured to make a “max” or maxel? IDK. I’m probably messing up all the terms. My kids can explain it to me. lol

    Anyway, all that to say that the Lego magazine has definitely exposed my kids to more marketing, as you would expect, and they are much more aware of Lego offerings because of it. Not thrilled with that part, but on the other hand, they know they’re not getting stuff. They were shocked that they got the Mixels. The magazine is something they really enjoy, and as long as they keep good attitudes about it and they’re grateful for what they have, then it’s all good.

    And the magazine does have directions for how to build something each issue — the last one was a rainbow. We didn’t have the “right” colors for it, but that didn’t stop my 6yo from following it and he proudly showed me his creation. That might have been in the younger version of the magazine, I can’t recall.

    Sorry this got so long….

    January 11, 2015 at 8:14 am
    HollyS
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    My kids get the magazine as well. They love looking through it and I notice after it comes they play with their Legos more than usual. I see that as a good thing since they are doing it in place of watching tv. I also don’t care for the commercialization of it, but we have mostly generic sets with a couple exceptions. I think DS had a Bionicle toy at that age but lost a few of the pieces so he doesn’t really play with it.

    January 11, 2015 at 8:20 am
    Kayla
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    We have 2 basic block sets. And for Christmas each child received a set. My son got a monster truck and my daughter got one of the girl lego Friends sets. They are still separate as of now, but we will just dump those pieces in with the rest.

    We practice following directions and building what they show a couple times and then to the maste even they go to be used with your imagination. see the good in both of these. I think following instructions is very important. But I don’t want my children to only be able to build what they are told and not be able to invent something themselves.

    January 11, 2015 at 4:22 pm
    Mandi
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    My DS10 loves legos.  He does not receive the lego club magazine, however he has asked to several times.  He has more legos than I care to admit, as this was all he wanted for his birthday/Christmas (this year it was Hobbit legos).  I’ve thought it through some and have come to the conclusion that this is a far better option for our family than video games.  We choose not to do any video games, computer games, kindle, ipad, etc.  He loves to build the sets, and then he plays with them frequently.  We have also purchased brick sets that they can build all kinds of things with.  He will often use a combination of his sets/bricks to put together a scene from a book we are reading (narration).  Both our kids are pretty creative with them.  I wish they weren’t so gendered these days, but they do still sell brick sets and flat squares to build upon.

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