The boys have been kept out of the basement lately due to renos, so they've been forced to use Duplo as an alternate form of entertainment to their regular Lego fix.
I was impressed to see all the dinosaurs they created. These are the 1.0 versions, the ones I saw yesterday were already iterating and improving the design. Of note, and I only noticed this after Nate brought it up as an example to prove a point during a dinner conversation, is that the he had to carefully counter-balance the larger dinosaurs as he built them.
The other thing I noticed that I thought was neat was that the boys have developed a Duplo-based currency system. Nate saw a unique slope piece that James had that he wanted and asked how much it would cost. James said, "80 cents", and then Nate counted out 8 of his regular 2x2 bricks and handed them over in exchange for the piece.
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That's a good value. Market price for duplo is $0.43 per brick (LEGO are 10 cents each)
Interesting. I imagine that price is based off of new sets. I can't imagine there being a huge Duplo re-sale value. We've probably amassed over 75% of our Duplo stash from garage sale finds, whereas finding bulk Lego at similar bargain rates is near impossible.
Surprisingly, LEGO keep most of their value although Duplo tend to follow the craigslist market value (50%) so 20 cents. BUT, this is a limited market and supply and demand would drive the price up. I suspect there's a little nepotism going on here.
oh, and cool dinos.
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