chuckmum6 Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 My 12yr old son lives and breathes Lego, so I was very shocked this morning to find it has ALL been cleared away, not a brick in sight! I have enquired why, and it turns out he is embarrassed that his friend, who is visiting tomorrow, will see it. It is apparently uncool to own Lego when you are in Year 7, how sad. I am torn between trying to encourage him to be true to himself and what he enjoys, and stuff what others think, but I am also realistic about the very powerful force of peer pressure and the need to conform. Poor boy, as if growing up isn't hard enough, I don't know what he will do without his lego . Hopefully this will only be a temporary state whilst the 'friend' is visiting, and the happy sound of Lego bricks rattling up the dyson will return once more! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chicken bark Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 It is a shame because it is only when you get to 12 that you are able to actually build some of the more complex stuff! I'd do as you say - encourage him to be true to himself but don't let him feel embarrassed. My children (eldest 5) have started getting into lego. I can't wait for the proper models now - I wish I could sit and build them myself. Maybe Mums enjoying lego is why it is not cool? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bramble Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 Urm, if 12 is too old for Lego, I have no idea where that leaves me, I'm more than three times older than your son and I still LOVE it!!! My nephews have Lego and I play with it all the time when at their house! Didn't James May do a program where he built a whole house out of Lego a while ago? If it's cool enough for him to play with Lego, then I'm sure your Son is fine!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 Lego is definitely still cool at 12! But peers can be awful sometimes can't they? I remember my Thomas mad son removing all evidence of Thomas from his room because a friend was coming round - he was only 6 at the time! We had the discussion that they are not really friends if they can't accept that you like different things! He is now 19 and loves helping his younger brothers build their lego models (and their Thomas train sets!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuckmum6 Posted April 26, 2011 Author Share Posted April 26, 2011 Just a quick update, the Lego is now all back and he is lying on his bedroom floor playing with full sound effects, he has actually listened to his old mum for once !!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JillM Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 Good for him! Up until my son was about 18 he was still collecting the Bionicles figures - he still has them all Mind you he still has his huge collection of soft toys which he won't part with even though they're just in his wardrobe. (Still sleeps with his Rupert which I gave him at about 2 years old ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beach chick Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 oh bless them all! I love it when they are NOT being cool... we still have fairy lego which gets played with and my girls are now 14 and 12. and whoever said you've got to be older to build the more difficult stuff - they were right, some of it is fiendishly difficult and enough to reduce a small child to tears! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alis girls Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 Believe me I was nearly in tears Christmas Day over the Harry Potter lego and I'm 49. Go that boy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deb Dav Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 You will probably find that when his friend comes round they will both be playing with it. My 12 year old son still plays with his lego and when his friends come round they play with it as well. It's all the banter from the school play ground when it isn't cool to play with this or that which normally starts with one person being jealous when others are happy to play with certain toys. Glad to see your son has made the choice of not being a follower..... always told my two boys aged 12 & 16 not to be followers and always go with with want they want to do. Hope your son has a lovely afternoon with his friends Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Rhode Island Red Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 Urm, if 12 is too old for Lego, I have no idea where that leaves me, I'm more than three times older than your son and I still LOVE it!!! My nephews have Lego and I play with it all the time when at their house!Didn't James May do a program where he built a whole house out of Lego a while ago? If it's cool enough for him to play with Lego, then I'm sure your Son is fine!!! That was a brilliant progamme Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuckyChickenLover- Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 You're never too old for Lego! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoid Posted April 26, 2011 Share Posted April 26, 2011 You're never too old for Lego! Quite right Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted April 27, 2011 Share Posted April 27, 2011 My DS sometimes get some Lego out and he is 15 he is also into model railways which makes him seriously uncool, but he just shrugs his shoulders and carries on. He doesn't discuss it at school much though, they have an on off clandestine railway society, maybe he should start a Lego club for year 7s. It is a shame that it is so hard to be true to youself as a teenager. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarbaraJ Posted April 27, 2011 Share Posted April 27, 2011 I'm 47 and I'm a Legoholic lol. I love the stuff and used to build my sons as he wasn't really keen , much to my disgust.I never got chance to play with it as a child. I have loads for my minded children and the 2 new boys 7 & 9 love the stuff! I got some micro Lego bricks (not real Lego) for xmas in my stocking and my daughters were surprised i acy=tually made it. I love fiddly small bits and some bricks were about 1/4 size of my little finger nail. My kit was a duck and duckling I don't care how old you are if you enjoy something play with it as someone mentioned friends would probably play too, its amazing how much fun older kids can have with toddler toys sometimes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chucknette Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Hi I think lego is a really good toy for growing minds and I dont think there is any age that you wouldnt sit making something. If you had a party and the lego boxes where about, how many men would you find sitting and building things. In my experience all of them I still have my sons lego and hes 33yrs old so his is getting quite old now but still works a treat. The only thing about lego I dont miss at this point is standing on a piece of it eary in the morning. Did that hurt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gongladosh Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Lego's still cool, but there are too many complex and funky pieces these days. In days gone by you used to have to use your imagination instead, grumble grumble. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kissinuk Posted April 29, 2011 Share Posted April 29, 2011 Lol, I remember covering up my Transformers when I was his age and friends came round! Lego is cool, I still play it with my daughter (just for her of course... ). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJuff Posted May 1, 2011 Share Posted May 1, 2011 My DD2 7 still loves Duplo and when she tips out the bag you'd be surprised how DD1 13 and DS 11 'help' her to build things!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 My Mum sold all my Lego at a car boot sale for £10. I will never forgive her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuckmum6 Posted May 2, 2011 Author Share Posted May 2, 2011 My Mum sold all my Lego at a car boot sale for £10. I will never forgive her. I am suitably outraged on your behalf! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuckyChickenLover- Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 My Mum sold all my Lego at a car boot sale for £10. I will never forgive her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJuff Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 My MIL has my OH's old Lego police station and a huge box of bricks which our kids play with when we visit. It keeps well in the loft! Never should Lego be sold on a car boot sale! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benaberry Posted May 3, 2011 Share Posted May 3, 2011 our 4 1/2 year old son has just discovered Lego (with a fair amount of encouragement from hubby & me!) Not sure who's enjoying it more, us or him - we s"Ooops, word censored!" over who's going to get to build the latest set acquired for him (he's not quite old enough to do the building of the big City sets himself, although he's now a dab hand at putting together wheels and the people ) He came in the other day having creatively decapitated all the people and stuck all the heads together - all 16 of them, in one tall column on one body, and with one hat perched on top like some sort of freaky mutant lego totem-pole Current favourite is the police station with fingerprint room and cell escape tunnel behind the toilets Think husband will be getting the space shuttle for fathers day from pickle... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkshire Pudding Posted May 3, 2011 Share Posted May 3, 2011 My Mum sold all my Lego at a car boot sale for £10. I will never forgive her. Neither should you. I still have mine (though it pretends to belong to my sons). You're welcome to come and play! My mum had a similar experience when her dad sold a Bayko building set that she loved. One of these days I will buy her a new one. Maybe you should get onto eBay and treat yourself ?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whoopsie Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 For my friends' 'Leather' wedding anniversary they decided that as they were vegetarian they would have a LEGO party instead. Don't think I have ever had so much fun. Average age of the guests was 32...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
