Can relate. Had a 4k set of a building this year. It's definitely a 3D puzzle, which is cool, but yeah, it's paint by numbers completely
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IKEA for children
Direct quote from someone I was speaking to last night!
All the sets are branded now too. Star Wars, Marvel, whatever is new thing.
I remember knights, pirates, and race cars. Closet thing I found was the City series. Glad my Mom saved my Lego bin, my kids love digging in it.