Banned or prohibitively expensive. I occasionally go to a hobby shop to look at electric trains. The price of a new n gauge engine is 125.00 plus.
Lego only wants the “elite” kids playing with their stuff, its so freaking expensive-not to say I dont get stuff for my kids, they love it. I dont see much with plastic models anymore, planes, tanks, hot rods, etc.—guess thats been replaced by fantasy miniatures, which is also awful pricey. Toys that matter or teach skills are for kids who have parents with lots of disposable income, I have a theory that its all part of the “plan”.
You are correct. Only the children of the elite will be well educated In three dimensions. Slaves don’t need intelligence
We were at some friends the other night. Their son, who’s about 14 brought out some of his carvings. He made a knight on a horse. The knight has articulated arms and is about 2” tall. He carved it out of a cartridge of cured caulk then painted it a dingy silver color.
This thing looked incredible.
Most of the plastic car kit manufacturers-AMT,MPC,Lindberg-have been acquired by one company and the manufacturing shipped off to China.
I used to get plastic models and glue them together. Testors Corp. was a local company, we had a lot of models to choose from.
Grandpa here with nearly grown grand children. Wife and I gathered up all the Legos in the house to do something with and they filled a 2 cubic foot plastic tub. All single pieces.