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Posted on 7/28/21 at 7:46 am to TheFonz
This post was edited on 7/28/21 at 8:13 am
Posted on 7/28/21 at 7:51 am to BeaumontBengal
Just popping in here to say that if anybody isn't watching LEGO Masters on Fox, they are missing out. Great show.
Posted on 7/28/21 at 7:52 am to BigPerm30
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What happened to the days of putting a bunch of random blocks together and using your imagination to build something? Now it’s like putting together a kids bike with instructions.
They only want us to follow directions now, not think for ourselves.
Posted on 7/28/21 at 7:59 am to Displaced
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Were Lego sets always this expensive?
Yes. I remember distinctly as a kid looking at the Lego isle and seeing the prices of all these sets and not even asking my parents because they were so expensive.
Add in that now all the sets have official licensing and the prices are unreal.
I’ll say this though, they have some cool stuff these days. The super Mario series is really neat and interactive.
I will also say that all of these sets have more tiny specialty pieces so the days of building and breaking down are just like throwing money down the drain because you will never get them back together.
Lastly my 4 year old stepped on a lego he left on the floor and that gave me a bit of satisfaction that he was also the victim of this at a young age
Posted on 7/28/21 at 7:59 am to Displaced
I had this exact set when i was a kid. Brings back memories...I loved it. Seemed a lot bigger back then though
Posted on 7/28/21 at 8:02 am to CunningLinguist
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I have at least $700 worth of built Lego Star Wars sets in my office at work. Same for a lot of my coworkers (Marvel is the other big one).
You work at the soy milk factory?
Posted on 7/28/21 at 8:04 am to Displaced
Biden's Lego prices
Posted on 7/28/21 at 8:06 am to BigPerm30
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What happened to the days of putting a bunch of random blocks together and using your imagination to build something?
You can still do that.
Go to the LEGO store and buy boxes of mixed/random blocks and build whatever you want.
Posted on 7/28/21 at 8:07 am to Salmon
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Go to the LEGO store and buy boxes of mixed/random blocks and build whatever you want.
I think I've seen them on local BST sites for like $2/lb.
I may have to just hit that up.
Posted on 7/28/21 at 8:08 am to Displaced
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The price tag for this bad boy is $90. Were Lego sets always this expensive?
Adjusted for inflation that set would have been $35 in 1985. A set that big in 1985, if they existed, probably would have been $35.
This post was edited on 7/28/21 at 8:09 am
Posted on 7/28/21 at 8:10 am to Displaced
They have the big yellow containers full of the standard bricks at target, Walmart etc. my son came home with one yesterday.
Posted on 7/28/21 at 8:10 am to Displaced
holy shite I just looked up my old pirate ship set and its on ebay for $500
my mom still has it too
my kids were playing with it last time we were down
my mom still has it too
my kids were playing with it last time we were down
Posted on 7/28/21 at 8:10 am to Displaced
Legos have always been expensive......
On topic: we have three large storages bins FULL. On second thought, who knew my retirement was supplemented!!!!
On topic: we have three large storages bins FULL. On second thought, who knew my retirement was supplemented!!!!
This post was edited on 7/28/21 at 8:12 am
Posted on 7/28/21 at 8:10 am to Displaced
Nostalgia is a big part of it - and the target market for that is people like you (or atleast your age) that grew up playing with Legos.
Posted on 7/28/21 at 8:10 am to Displaced
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Who are Lego for these days?
The people your age who never grew mentally past ten years old.
I think Lego building is a fun thing to do with my kids, but I'll be damned if I'm dropping the kind of money they ask for some of that shite.
Posted on 7/28/21 at 8:10 am to Displaced
How many adults were building lego sets in the 80s and 90s?
Lots of people with full time jobs are still into them. Easier to sell a $500 set to someone making $80k/year.
It’s not like all Lego sets are expensive. My son has around 30 sets now, and I’d say most of them were in the $10-$40 range. BB8 was his most expensive one at $90.
Lots of people with full time jobs are still into them. Easier to sell a $500 set to someone making $80k/year.
It’s not like all Lego sets are expensive. My son has around 30 sets now, and I’d say most of them were in the $10-$40 range. BB8 was his most expensive one at $90.
Posted on 7/28/21 at 8:13 am to StringedInstruments
Kids bought some of the high end ones......made me want to impose the CRAGL so them bitches would never come apart!
Posted on 7/28/21 at 8:17 am to Displaced
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Who are Lego for these days? Here are a couple of the best sellers.
That worm turned long ago and like you mentioned just from browsing the sets it’s obvious these sets were never marketed to kids but their parents. LEGOs are great for kids, especially their brain development but they all, boys & girls, seem to go through that phase from 6-10 and just naturally progress to other interests. They’re a better gauge of the parents than the kid. Cannot tell you how many psychos we ran across that were OCD about their kids never losing a piece to a 1000 piece set that cost an X-amount of dollars, as opposed to you know letting kids be kids and enjoy themselves while learning something as well.
This post was edited on 7/28/21 at 8:34 am
Posted on 7/28/21 at 8:17 am to StringedInstruments
Lego price hasn’t changed in relative terms in years. There’s numerous sites that track price per brick. Licensed sets are generally $.10/brick. For some reason people always compare a 200 piece generic castle or space shuttle from childhood to a discontinued 4,000 piece Death Star.
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