Game sets-constructors of the Danish company "Lego" invariably attract the attention of children, especially boys. The fact that they cost a lot is explained by the high quality products of this European manufacturer. But the kids do not need to understand this, for them the main thing is that the toy is interesting. And here it’s hard to argue with your son or daughter: messing with the assembly-disassembling, changing forms and “revitalizing” the characters is not only exciting, but also useful. So parents, sometimes tightening their belts, have to collect money for the new Lego designer - a pirate ship or other interesting toy.
Depending on the child’s inclinations and his age, there will always be a suitable series, the imagination of the company's developers is truly limitless. The idea of a brick with round ledges in the corresponding grooves is simple in itself, and there are a lot of competitors offering a similar product. But the game sets are so diverse, and the Lego marketers react so quickly to changing conditions that they easily leave behind all other manufacturers. The series "City", "Chima", "Space Wars", "Pirates of the Caribbean" and many others immerse the child in a fantasy world bordering on reality. In some of them, the characters are fictional creatures, in others - movie characters, in the third - ordinary people.
A pirate ship assembled from bricks looks, of course, a toy, but all its parts carry a functional load. The sailboat has impressive dimensions, cannon armament, rigging gear, sails, the Jolly Roger pennant and the team, each of which is individual. What corsairs are without weapons and treasures? There are both. The captain, the admiral’s daughter, the monkey and, of course, the marine inhabitants, the mermaid and the shark, all these characters make it possible to play dramatic performances that you can’t call a simple game. And the scene will be a pirate ship sailing on tropical waters somewhere around the Bermuda Triangle.
In each set there are also opponents - soldiers dressed, as it should be, in a bright uniform.
You can play with a friend: one for the corsairs, the other for the authorities. The choice depends on the sympathies, because each of the parties has its own right.
The pirate ship is equipped with everything necessary for long and dangerous navigation. The captain has a spyglass in his hand, the guns fire cores, there is a network for catching sharks and many other details that are essential during an ocean raid.
Opponents are not inferior to them - the admiral and his garrison are perfectly equipped and armed. The strength of Lego game sets is their full compatibility with other series, therefore, in addition to assembly according to the instructions, a child can show his own imagination and creative inclinations. A pirate ship can be complicated, increased in size, and its combat and navigational qualities are significantly improved due to parts borrowed from other series, if any.
During the assembly and game, the child develops important personal qualities that are useful in school, and in adulthood, too - accuracy, patience, and various types of thinking. Practice shows that those students who, as a child, were fond of assembling designers, did not experience difficulties in studying engineering graphics and descriptive geometry.
A pirate ship is a toy for a fairly wide age range, from six to twelve years, so we can safely say that, despite the rather high price, its purchase saves money, unlike cheap toys that often have to be updated.