It seems that the days of a bucket of Lego (or its many variants) are long gone. Kids these days, we are told (at least marketed to) need characters. They need to relate to the toys (generally, it seems, by watching the nasty box in the corner) and need to know how the toys behave in animation in order to be able to effectively role play with a few bits of plastic. Forgive me if I sound sarcastic. Despite heavy character marketing I've found that the toys that are played with most creatively in our house are those which lack any kind of characterisation. They are the plain, old-fashioned, simple toys that allow a child to make anything of them. We have a ...  Read the complete review