New: I wanted a new toy car, and everybody's raving about how great Lego cars can be. So I bought some Lego, but when I got home, I just had a load of bricks and cogs and stuff in the box. Where's my car?? Old: You have to build the car out of the bricks. That's the whole point of Lego. New: What?? I don't know how to build a car. I'm not a mechanic. How am I supposed to know how to put it all together?? Old: There's a leaflet that came in the box. It tells you exactly how to put the bricks together to get a toy car. You don't need to know how, you just need to follow the instructions. New: Okay, I found the instructions. It's going to take me hours! Why can't they just sell it as a toy car, instead of making you have to build it?? Old: Because not everybody wants to make a toy car with Lego. It can be made into anything we like. That's the whole point. New: I still don't see why they can't supply it as a car so people who want a car have got one, and other people can take it apart if... - Aditya Sengupta