One more Lego tidbit

I remembered one more thing I like about the lego site / stuff in general - their video games are really a blast!
We purchased the Star Wars one and are probably going to get the bionicle one that recently came out. I really like that the people look like legos and when someone gets blasted they fall into a million little lego bits. The games are well developed, at least from my limited perspective, and have a lot of levels so kids don't get bored easily.

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I can not recommend heartily enough the www.lego.com website for kids. My 6-year old is a lego fan and very into the bionicle series, but any legos will do. We recently discovered that he can set up his own web page on the lego site and he has been really enjoying it.
It is pretty darn easy to set up, and so easy to update he's been editing it himself repeatedly whenever he feels like it! It is free, except for being a lego ad :)
The site allows him to add pictures of creations he comes up with, as long as they involve legos; the even accept drawings of lego characters so he's posted some of those. It has been a real inspiration for him. He has started using some of the character-type kits in unusual ways, going beyond the instruction booklets they come with, which of course is how the original legos were always supposed to be used!
Lastly, although I know this will mainly appeal to boys, there are girl lego products out there: click-its, etc., so some of the girls in your family may be interested in checking this out, too.