IMO lego got back much quality with all this new designer sets...
when i saw the animal set (4101) i thought: "wow, if i had a child of 5 years, THIS would be the only set i would buy for it!!!"
all this other bionicle and jackstone sh** doesn't fit my image of lego... or think at CLIKITS!!! AHHHH!!!!!
but the designer sets bring back the old lego idea, building things with bricks... okay, they use slopes, the new click-hinges, but they don't exxagerate it... its okay for me... the important aspect is, that there aren't in a large set only ten big special-molded parts like at the jack stone sets... (okay, they are for little children, but i was able to build a house from legobricks when i was 4yo, so why shouldn't other children be able to do this??!)