In one word, Lego
It seems that, as a bloke, you reach a certain age where playing with lego just no longer seems appropriate.

Fortunately, now, I've got the perfect excuse of nieces & nephews to allow me to finally get back into playing with the colourful blocks.

It's almost enough to forgive them for the mono-syllabic, feckless creatures that they will probably become at around the age of 13.
(ShiftyBastard won the World Cup on World Soccer Champs 2010!, Fri 18 Apr 2008, 9:51, 12 replies)

Lego
is the best! but i always remember the rogue pieces lying around the floor like land mines waiting for your bare foot in the moanings.
(kurious orange, Fri 18 Apr 2008, 10:00, closed)

Lego becomes inappropriate?
Shit, I missed that memo...
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Fri 18 Apr 2008, 10:19, closed)

I want to get my lego from my parents' place
but last time I played with it was when I was about 21, really stoned, and my brother told my mum just that

she's going to know that I want it to play with when stoned.....
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 18 Apr 2008, 10:25, closed)

Yes, but you're a man now!
March over there and get your Lego!

(of course, I can be very brave when it's not my Mum I'm talking about... ;) )

TRUFAX TIME:

The word Lego is derived from the Danish phrase leg godt meaning 'Play Well'.
( Devil_In_Tights the *real* DiT!, Fri 18 Apr 2008, 10:30, closed)

The one thing...
I look forward if I am ever to have kids is to buy them crap loads of lego, and play with it with them, whether they are a boy or a girl.

Has anyone noticed that Lego seems to have a lot more cooler stuff in it nowadays?
(stubbledchin, Fri 18 Apr 2008, 11:24, closed)

I wouldn't say cooler
there are more moulded (molded?) pieces than there used to be, so rather than having to painstakingly craft a horse out of pieces (for example) you just get one
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Fri 18 Apr 2008, 11:39, closed)

Mindstorms FTW
I'm in a similar situation- if I ever have kids they'll be exposed to this wonderous display of amateur robotics from an early age!

Though they'll probably end up making small multicoloured houses with inexplicably non-right-angled corners
( uberdeity Wondered why Owen Lars knew of the term "hell" on, Fri 18 Apr 2008, 12:01, closed)

Bullshit!
Lego is fine regardless of age and anyone who says otherwise is a humourless stiff who's forgotten what fun it is to be a kid. There's very little more irritating than "aren't you a bit old for that"?
( Fathter Puddytat Kill Kill dat widdle boid is mine on, Fri 18 Apr 2008, 12:55, closed)

modern lego
modern lego sucks balls.

want to build a fire engine? - get the two pre-shaped fire engine halves and put them together, then put some wheels on. Instant fire-engine. want a space-ship? take the pre-shaped spaceship body and clip 2 wings on - instant spaceship.

what happened to having a big pile of rectangular and square bricks and having to actually use your imagination? Its all done for the kids now. :(
(dave likes cheese, Fri 18 Apr 2008, 12:58, closed)

lego is the best
when i used to babysit my 2 cousins, they'd often wake up in the morning to find castles, houses and square-wheeled cars waiting to greet them.
i love lego.
( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Fri 18 Apr 2008, 14:07, closed)

Ain't me
Hell, I don't think many things are that inappropriate, particularly the toys I cherished through my childhood, but when you start getting the odd looks, you kind of get the feeling it's time to move onto something else
(ShiftyBastard won the World Cup on World Soccer Champs 2010!, Fri 18 Apr 2008, 14:15, closed)

@dlc
i couldn't agree with you more.

although, to their credit, lego have started to produce a few fantastic sets which have very few 'spud' pieces. like this, this and this

i just hope they keep going and make more of these, so me and my fiancee (both in our 30s) can continue to collect and build them!

wtf is bionicle all about anyway!?
(secretsquirrel, Fri 18 Apr 2008, 14:24, closed)