alt Hacker NewsQuestion, do you "build LEGO" as in "make what's on the box it came in", or do you use LEGO to build things yourself and not following instructions?
(I am old, but as a kid, I remember building what the kit was supposed to build once or _maybe_ twice, but using the parts from the kit and various other kits I had to make things purely out of my head pretty mush all the time. I _think_ that's not how people "play with LEGO" these days?)
Both, I enjoy the process of building, so following instructions. But then it's done and boring. I.e. LEGO supercars sets are nice, they're so nice until you marriage chassis with drivetrain - you can play with all the gears and see them, after the marriage it's just boring. So now I'm working more towards reusing parts and building things of my own.
Edit: LEGO Architecture Set (not sure if they still make it) is super nice for building random stuff - it's a set of pure white bricks, super fun.