once there were mostly basic bricks and less kits.
you used your fantasy to build things.
now you have mostly expensive kits with very specific "bricks".
you buy the kit, build it (involving zero ...
I’m 50. There were kits when I was a kid. Not sure what you’re going for with your last sentence but you can tell me what we do all you want and it won’t change what we actually do. And if you think the specialty bricks aren’t helpful for building new ideas then you might have an imagination problem.
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