# LEGO Classic Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/lego-classic/ 5 people recommended LEGO Classic in Hacker News comments, 1 had mixed feelings and 2 criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 12 months, in 3 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule. 3 of the 5 people who recommend it commented in one thread, “Toys with the highest play-time and lowest clean-up-time”. **Verdict:** People recommend the still-sold basic LEGO Classic sets as closest to plain classic bricks; critics note too many colors and simplistic builds. Summary written by Claude from 7 comments. ## Why people recommend it - Basic sets still available today (3 comments in the sample): "You can still buy basic brick sets. With lot of nice color nowadays." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47337304)) "The basic sets are still there; look up the Lego Classic line." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48957078)) "Lego "classic" sets still exist luckily." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46400956)) ## Other construction toys people recommend - [Lego](https://hackerapproved.com/p/lego/): 62 recommend, 16 mixed, 32 criticize - [Magna-Tiles](https://hackerapproved.com/p/magna-tiles/): 21 recommend, 2 mixed, 6 criticize - [LEGO Duplo](https://hackerapproved.com/p/duplo/): 10 recommend, 0 mixed, 0 criticize - [Lego Technic](https://hackerapproved.com/p/lego-technic/): 7 recommend, 2 mixed, 7 criticize ## Where to get it - [Visit the official site](https://www.lego.com/) ## The badge A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged. ## Cite as Hacker Approved, "LEGO Classic", https://hackerapproved.com/p/lego-classic/ (5 recommend, 1 mixed, 2 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026). Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.