Who the heck says “Legos”? It’s “Lego” – it’s a mass noun, like “gravel” or “sand”.
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Who the heck says “Legos”? It’s “Lego” – it’s a mass noun, like “gravel” or “sand”.
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Pretty much everyone in the US. We like our nouns regular.
[QUOTE=Sunspace]
I’ve always considered the Lego instructions to be superb examples of pictorial instructional design.
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A childhood full of Lego has prepared me for an adulthood full of Ikea. 
The first lego set I got in 1978 ish had a booklet for towtruck that was pictured on the box.
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One of the many things my ex-husband does that drives me insane: He will buy Lego kits, assemble them according to instructions, then present the finished product to our son as a gift. I try to explain to the boy that Lego is a building toy, and it can be lots of fun to make your own stuff with the bricks, but he doesn’t want to bust up Dad’s hard work.
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I very much dislike your ex-husband.
[QUOTE=Dung Beetle]
He will buy Lego kits, assemble them according to instructions, then present the finished product to our son as a gift.
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Did he also give filled-in crosswords and completed jigsaw puzzles?
[QUOTE=garygnu]
I very much dislike your ex-husband.
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So do I! Let’s drive by his house and pelt him with Duplo blocks!
[QUOTE=Dung Beetle]
One of the many things my ex-husband does that drives me insane: He will buy Lego kits, assemble them according to instructions, then present the finished product to our son as a gift. I try to explain to the boy that Lego is a building toy, and it can be lots of fun to make your own stuff with the bricks, but he doesn’t want to bust up Dad’s hard work.
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John Stossel (on 20/20, I think) did a report a few years ago in which he complained that Lego kits were too hard for adults to assemble; specifically, he said the average adult couldn’t assemble the model in time to have it ready to go under the Christmas tree. :rolleyes: