Resolved: K'nex are better than Legos

Throughout the debate, my opponent has revolved his case around the premise that children are attentive, well developed beings, capable and willing to learn and master very complex concepts. I am NOT stating in any way that children are dumb, but I am simply pointing out the very obvious fact that children are impulsive in nature; my opponent agrees, calling kids "curious". It's almost instinct for them to always be seeking something new, something more direct. Something that will keep their short attentions focused. That something is Legos. I also view toys as engaging, but the concepts behind the toy MUST be engaging as well. Engineering, no matter how my opponent tries to sugar coat it, is NOT inspiring to kids. You can't just argue since you found a youtube video with a kid enjoying K'nex and explaining the engineering behind it that ALL kids do this. I can find a video of a giant African American woman sitting on the toilet, repeatedly stating that she is in fact sitting on the toilet. It has millions of views. Do all obese African American women sit on toilets and sing about it? NO. Some do, I am sure. Just like some kids love the engineering aspect of K'nex. But this doesn't reflect the majority. I, on the other hand, have shown Legos to grab the attention of MILLIONS of kids through my statistics. Cultural Appropriation I have not responded to this, for I ran out of character throughout the rounds, and won't respond now, so as to keep the debate fair. Though I don't see this as a large factor at all in this debate (why I decided to spend characters addressing more important issues), seeing as one brand of Lego toy tried to exhibit the Maori culture in a positive way. But it's up to the judges to decide how BIG of a factor that will actually play out in the voting. Engineering Education My opponent misrepresents my position on a child's mental abilities. He seems to think I stated they are unmotivated and dumb, two things I never stated. Children are extremely motivated, to the point where they don't have a large attention span. All the readers can agree that children don't necessarily want to focus on something that requires a lot of analyzing and exactness. This links in with my popularity facts, showing how Legos keep kids interested. On top of this, my opponent thought that bringing out a rebuttal to my source in this last round was appropriate, while I cannot do so to the Maori argument. His civil engineering argument SHOULD be discarded entirely. However, I will still address it. Though I find a conduct loss appropriate. First, my opponent doesn't correlate this growth in civil engineers with K'nex. Therefore, we can assume another variable is the reason for this uprising in the most popular engineering category. In fact, there IS another variable. PRO conveniently leaves out the next statement in regards to this growth in civil engineers. It states: "Spurred by general population growth. .. more civil engineers will be needed to design and construct or expand transportation, water supply, and pollution control systems, and buildings and building complexes. " There is no link between K'nex and this growth, rather it is due to the populace increase. K'nex have been around for 15 years, yet no signs of engineering growth within that 15 years is produced by my opponent. Therefore, there is no engineering advantage, just my opponent's false wishes due to his own bias. The same basic understanding of engineering can be said of Legos. If anything, Legos are MORE embracing to children, thus giving the kids MORE of an education in simple structures, while K'nex don't attract enough kids to do so. It's the burden of Pro to show how popular K'nex are, and he failed to do so. HE shows pictures and youtube videos, but again, this is not evidence, while I have shown numbers that cannot be mistaken. 5 billion hours a year is no joke. Usability My opponent again fails to realize the Legos and K'nex are EQUAL in this department. He concedes MULTIPLE TIMES that Legos have the ability to make movable structures, just that "It requires rare special connector pieces". .. .these are pieces you can dig out of any giant toy stores Lego bin, pieces you can find at your friends house. There is no proof that these pieces are unable to be obtained. Rather, they are easily accessible by the user. PRO then states that K'nex relies on less pieces. Less pieces means less you can do with them. I understand that the system K'nex uses offer a small amount of pieces that can be adapted to create a large amount of simple structures, but what Legos does is creates a VAST amount of pieces, so you can create SPECIFIC structures. If you want a castle with ballistic siege equipment next to burning torches and flags, firing down upon Lego men in full armor riding horses next to realistic looking Lego rocks and swamps, then YOU CAN DO THAT. This is HIGHLY entertaining for children, while building even a simple K'nex bridge is more involved and less rewarding for the average child. Popularity This has been mostly addressed in my other arguments this round. There is NO evidence supporting an equal amount of popularity within Legos and K'nex, but a larger amount of support for Lego. This point can be considered by judges to counter-act the Maori argument, and then some. LegoLand a) What Pro doesn't realize is that most of LegoLand IS Legos. Lego toys. Therefore, LegoLand is a toy product of Lego. b) LegoLand was created by Lego. It's simple business that involved Merlin Entertainment with LegoLand. It's a TRADEMARK of Lego, meaning it's a product of Lego. CONCLUSION I have shown how Legos reach out to more children and create an economic advantage. I have also refuted the engineering argument. Therefore, I have shown Lego to be more advantageous and effective on multiple levels, while being equal with K'nex on other levels. Thank you.