Comment by stinkytaco

This is entirely beside the point, but I think Lego instructions were my first real foray into technical documentation. It's surprising how well they worked. Their ability to boil down a complicated process into something a 10 year old could follow was impressive. As I got older I sort of dismissed them as antithetical to creativity, but after doing Lego robotics with some kids I began to realize the value I got from them.