Things I Hate

The point of typing any of this was supposed to be to put all my toy-related thoughts in one place. So far, I have a list of topics and very little actually written.  However, so far it's all positive stuff: why I love my Furby, the perfection of the 2012 TMNT figures, etc. etc.  As the new Ninjago set photos surface today, I am just so tempted to talk about some of the things I hate.

My increasingly frequent gripe is how many LEGO sets involve vehicles. I concede that the target market supposedly loves all things wheels and wings, but oh my god, I do not. Not at all.  Give me buildings. I don't need helicopters and planes and trucks. Holy crap, there are SO MANY TRUCKS. The best thing about LEGO, of course, is that you can always re-purpose the bricks into something besides yet another truck. I think this is why Star Wars as a license hasn't been a huge priority of mine. The places they've created are huge (and hugely expensive), and most of everything else is a spaceship. I feel vaguely that this opinion is sort of sacrilegious, but oh well.  Give me the minifigs, the animals, and the sweet buildings, you can keep your various modes of transport!

Speaking of licenses, I feel like I'm the only one not very excited about the upcoming Simpsons set/s.  It almost seems like something aimed at not necessarily children, but that doesn't make me especially appreciate it.  I've enjoyed the show when I've seen it, but I didn't grow up watching it, and it's just not stuff that I'd want to add to my collection.  Now, I'm sure there are tons of people who are extremely excited by the prospect of this, but I think it will be interesting to see how it sells.  Ultimately, any lines that don't interest me are GOOD because I'm not tempted to buy any of it.  I think most of my negative feelings are over the potential of doing a series of Simpsons minifigures, though it will be nice to save that money as well.  And they might make it up to me if the following series would end up being the rumored superheroes (but honestly I think that's asking too much, I don't expect that to happen).