# Childish guilty pleasures?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/childish-guilty-pleasures/954547>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [November 18, 2021, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/childish-guilty-pleasures/954547 "2021-11-18T02:03:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2021, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/childish-guilty-pleasures/954547/41 "2021-11-23T16:32:31Z")

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> [@elfkin477](#):
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> > [@msmith537](#):
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> > I’m going to say Lego. I enjoyed playing with Lego as a kid.
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> Me too. And generally not the expert sets for grown ups. If it’s got something to do with camping in a mini-figure scaled camper, I’ve probably bought it. I also like lighthouses, cabins, tree houses (including both [this set](https://www.lego.com/en-us/product/tree-house-21318) and [this one](https://www.walmart.com/ip/LEGO-Creator-31010-Tree-House/24501960)), and I love mini figures. I’m very bummed I never got the old fishing store before it went up to $400+
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> Also, when I’m particularly stressed, I like to bid on lots of random Lego pieces sold by the pound on ebay, which once I’ve won them, I sort by color. I never build anything with them. Yes, I know I could just unbin the ones I own and sort them again, but…

Interesting. We buy both specific sets and pick up random bins at yard sales and whatnot. The sets we more or less try to keep together while we use the random bins for our own custom builds.

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**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2021, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/childish-guilty-pleasures/954547/42 "2021-11-23T23:24:17Z")

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To combine several previous posts, at Christmas I’ll set out the Lego train set, which runs more reliably than the O or HO gauge sets I’ve had. Plus you can put Lego buildings and vehicles next to the track. I have the old fashioned powered track, but now they have battery operated locomotives with remote control.

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