An aspect of Lego that has sometimes been lost in its rush into licensed product over the last couple of decades — and even in some of its own lines, like Ninjago — is its impeccable Scandinavian taste. This sensibility, shared by other Scandi brands like Ikea and Volvo, is all about wedding form and function, good sense and good taste, in a clean, almost utopian design aesthetic. It’s best represented by the Lego Creator series’ invitation to investigate the anatomy of typewriters, helicopters, and dinosaurs, or by Lego City’s cheerful society of civic servants: astronauts, garbage collectors, and police without guns.
Lego Voyagers review: a co-op game that’s too true to the Lego spirit
