My son builds the set once (or maybe I build it for him), and then after it's destroyed in the a lego battle he builds whatever he wants with it. Occasionally he will want to rebuild a set, but half his (considerable) lego are mixed in a large bin so it can be a tedious process! I think its more about how parents and society encourage kids to use the sets than what they actually start out as.

Last Gasp *was depressing* I read it in the late 80s and was down for weeks. It was so realistic I found myself checking the newspaper and TV news for updates... Good choice!

I'd have to go for "The Ugly Little Boy" by Asimov (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ugly_Little_Boy). It's sad in an unexpected way for a Sci-Fi story that's not easily forgotten. Brave New World and Fahrenheit 451 are also good choices, but I wanted to add something unique.

Seriously... they can't even get the facts straight. You're right this is NOT a disney film, it's Universal. I'm a disney geek I'd know, but IMDB will back us up. Oh, and they've butchered the story, but that's another story.