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Oh my god, do people commenting here not realise it is they who are getting older, less cool, less creative?

Oh back in my day we had 10 Lego bricks and we were _greatful_ because of it!

This is mainly it - though I do remember as a kid having "The Collection" was always important - your little pile of "special bricks" like headlight bricks, anything printed, etc, that were "rare" and you'd want.

Having fewer bricks could be considered a feature. There are definitely situations in which more constraints can increase creativity and happiness. For a long time, I preferred Dragon Quest Builders 1 (a Minecraft-style game) over its sequel for this reason. It's not unreasonable for people to be overwhelmed or put off by the tremendous variety of Lego available today.

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