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Re: What is it about the brick that has us hooked?
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In lugnet.general, Bill Farkas writes:
> Yet, what is it about these little ABS blocks that renews the infatuation with
> them after years of forgetting about them? What is it that makes them so
> addictive to us as adults? I speculated once that there might be some
> trans-dermal absorbtion of ABS that gets into our bloodstreams that keeps us
> hooked. If I'm not mistaken though, it seems that there are more male AFOLs
> than female, correct? I commented in .castle the other day that I think they
> are attractive to us as adults because the constant acquisition of "more" is
> kind of goal oriented, providing a level of purpose outside of our
> professional lives; also the competitive nature of trying to build the
> biggest, bestest MOC (or even most creative/unique) ever is appealing.
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> These are just a few things I came up with. So what is it? Why is the brick so
> appealing to you? What's got you hooked?
(great question!)
I'm not sure. I think that Lego is one of a number of semi-addictive
activities that adults do, like stamp collecting, or model trains, or any
number of other hobbies. All kinds of hobbies have different "strengths" that
appeal more to some than others - I think one of the big stengths of Lego is
its versatility - today I make a castle, tomorrow a spaceship. It is also
very open-ended, which is a good "hobby" characteristic - its effectively
impossible to exhaust the possibilities of Lego, so you can always do
something different to avoid monotony.
I also think that one of the strengths of Lego is how well designed it is.
Most fans, I suspect, don't really think about it much, but it really is mind-
blowing how well Lego interacts with itself.
I'm not sure what about Lego has me hooked, exactly, but I do know that I'm
hooked. I also knew it would hook me before I got back into it - which is
kind of neat...
<anecdote> When we went to Europe two years ago, my wife warned me she would
buy Lego, since that's what they always did when she was a kid going with her
parents (my wife had more of a 'grey' age than a real dark age). I warned her
that if she got me back into Lego, I wouldn't be responsible for what
happened. Well, partway through the trip we shifted our itinerary to catch
Legoland Windsor... :)
Now, 60-some thousand bricks later, she believes me. ;)
</anecdote>
James
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