Recently I've noticed the large influx of new bricks that are actually useful. By this, I mean interesting new bricks. Not just a brick pack with bricks that are new measurements, or larger baseplates and/or cubes, not things like that. Ones that a lot of people, including myself, have been asking for for a long time in the Suggestions and Requests forum. For examples....
-Spike Brick (Which now has a ceiling addition!)
-Round Corners (Which also allows you to build thicker columns, and tubes!)
-Extra Ramps (While the measurements are a bit odd, they have some interesting ideas, like rounded ramps and cones.)
-Multiple New Windows (Different sizes, different colors, and my personal favorite, ramped!)
-Pole Bricks (Skinny, and in 1x3, 1x1, and 1x1/3, makes fences much less tacky.)
It's allowed me and other people to build lots of exciting and new things, I think it's made builds a lot more visually interesting with all the options and ways to go. I say that I'm a better builder, but I think a lot of it has to do with how many more options have gradually been added in. Which brings the question and discussion of this thread... what was stopping us from making these earlier? Have people's desires and/or needs changed since the beginning of Blockland? And what do you think about all these new bricks?