>>10410189Most sets these days, not just licensed sets, are pushed as like scale model kits that happen to be made from lego. They have a specific way they want you to utilize unique parts and building techniques without room to improvise, and that makes me sad.
Remember when lego sets used to have alternate builds on the back of the box? Not even remotely a thing anymore.
3-in-1s are the last vestige of pure lego sovl