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kresta

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Okay, ladies, my son is obsessed with Legos and has been since he was very little. He builds the most amazing things. But he likes the big legos, not the tiny ones. What are the big ones called? Are they "duplo"? I'm thinking of ordering some online, but can't really tell if they're the big ones or not, and I made the mistake last year of getting a huge box of the tiny ones. Thanks!

eta: okay, these, are they big or small?





 
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That first box is small..I ordered them when they were one of amazon's lightening deals and didn't realize they were small..so I'm still not sure if he's getting them or not b/c of Ella..I don't want her to get them in her mouth. I'm not so sure about the other 2 sets.
 
Those are not duplo - they are regular legos. And probably a good mix of just general bricks for him to build with on his own. We are a big lego family too! Love them. :)

ETA: whoops - just realized you *want* duplos, not legos. Um so just ignore my last sentence, but yeah those are all legos, NOT duplos.
 
Emmy said:
Those are not duplo - they are regular legos. And probably a good mix of just general bricks for him to build with on his own. We are a big lego family too! Love them. :)

ETA: whoops - just realized you *want* duplos, not legos. Um so just ignore my last sentence, but yeah those are all legos, NOT duplos.
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Well, I don't know if I want Duplo. I just want the big ones, but not sure what they're called.
 
yep, the big kind are called duplo. They are great and they build with the small legos too (once he is old enough for small ones.)

Here is the Walmart selection. Look for them to say Lego DUPLO in the title and you will be safe!
 
we have Mega Bloks, which come in the really big blocks, the medium sized blocks, and small blocks now - Duplos, which are medium sized blocks, and Legos, which are small ones. With three boys ranging in age from 14 to 4, we've been through them all. I have phased out most of the big chunky Mega Bloks that they had when they were babies, and mostly have the medium sized and small sized ones now.
 
another way to figure out if they are regular lego or duplo lego is to look at the age range on them. If it says anything over 4+ years then it is regular lego. If it says ages 1 1/2 or 2 years old as the starting age then it is duplo lego. :) Hope that helps!
 
He is 6, but still prefers the big ones because he can build bigger things with them.

Thanks for all the help ladies!
 
tuneskids said:
we have Mega Bloks, which come in the really big blocks, the medium sized blocks, and small blocks now - Duplos, which are medium sized blocks, and Legos, which are small ones. With three boys ranging in age from 14 to 4, we've been through them all. I have phased out most of the big chunky Mega Bloks that they had when they were babies, and mostly have the medium sized and small sized ones now.
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This is the same thing we have here though I sold my Mega Bloks in my yard sale last year. We have zillions of Legos! Rae likes the Duplos a lot, she's 5, but Benjamin started playing with regular Legos when he was 4.
 
You know Kresta, it may be a great time to introduce the smaller, regular Lego. The Lego City range had lots of fab mini packs for specifically building dumper trucks, police cars - you name it. Being 6, he will want to 'graduate' to Lego very, very soon as the range of themed sets is huge.

Just thought I'd say that before I also say that it is the Duplo range he currently prefers :) BTW, have you got him a flat Duplo base so he can build on and up?


...its very useful.
 
Lego has out an "advent calendar" that gives a mini set (i.e. people or small set) each day leading up to Christmas.

Speaking from a family of boys...buying Legos here for 20 years...DUPLO is the large blocks!

We have had some problem with the Mega Blocks in the past working with the Lego ones...not always but we gave up buying that brand because the boys got frustrated with them. They didn't always click together interchangeably as well as all the Legos did.

You might give him a separate place to store and play with the smaller bricks away from younger siblings.
 
If you haven't seen them yet, look at the Trio ones too. They are kinda in between the other two Lego sizes and have really cool things to build.

The drawback is if you have a lot of legos, I'm not sure they would be compatible with them.
 
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