Exactly what i said to my nephews when they started getting into lego, tooo many specialised pieces guess they call it progress
I'm not into the specialised stuff..... Just a big ass box of standard lego and let the imagination run wild.
Lego Technic was cool too. It was a bit more grown up with lots more parts but still not specialised so you could actually make what you wanted to make!
I still have my old Duplo Train set (Lego for really little kids) at Mums, I guess my kids will get it!