Lego is getting cheap. Expensive, but cheap.

[Homerboy]

Yeah when I started out with Legos I had my older brothers set. It was a box full of generic bricks and a big 100 page booklet with about 25-30 different projects you could build with the step by step pictures. Then when I started getting my own sets for Christmas it would be the sets for a specific thing, however they always had instructions for alternate things you could build with the kit. nowadays they show you a picture of what else you could build, but no instructions. Also a lot of the pieces are custom one offs made specifically for that particular kit.

Pieces used in ONE set are ULTRA rare. If not entirely false.
Serioulsy I dont see how anyone can think or say that newer sets are less imaginiative and allow you to do les with them than previous sets. I grew up with the "blocks" and not much more. You couldn't do too much with those. Nowadays you can build nearly ANYTHING you can imagine and most the time it can be completely functional too.

Even the sets themselves are incedibly detailed and functional. The engneering and design in them is beyond impressive. The master builders and designers at LEGO are some of the most creative geniuses out there today.

 

[Snapster]

Proper Use of the LEGO Trademark on a Web Site
If the LEGO trademark is used at all, it should always be used as an adjective, not as a noun. For example, say "MODELS BUILT OF LEGO BRICKS". Never say "MODELS BUILT OF LEGOs". Also, the trademark should appear in the same typeface as the surrounding text and should not be isolated or set apart from the surrounding text. In other words, the trademarks should not be emphasized or highlighted. Finally, the LEGO trademark should always appear with a ® symbol each time it is used.

Looks like they finally are bothered with the use of lego vs legos

 

[FuzzyDunlop]

Pieces used in ONE set are ULTRA rare. If not entirely false.
Serioulsy I dont see how anyone can think or say that newer sets are less imaginiative and allow you to do les with them than previous sets. I grew up with the "blocks" and not much more. You couldn't do too much with those. Nowadays you can build nearly ANYTHING you can imagine and most the time it can be completely functional too.

Even the sets themselves are incedibly detailed and functional. The engneering and design in them is beyond impressive. The master builders and designers at LEGO are some of the most creative geniuses out there today.

lol, ok. sure.

 

[rockyct]

lol, ok. sure.

I know a Legoland Master builder. A genius he is not. He's also getting paid about $13 an hour.

 

[paulney]

Got a LEGO set for my daughter today, and there was no plastic tray inside the box to sort the bricks and keep them there after you unpack them from the cellophane bags. Lame.

Now I need to either store everything in zip-locks or buy a special container to keep all the bricks in there, otherwise all the small stuff will be immediately lost.

The 'green base' (foundation) for the house also feels much more flimsy than it used to be. Guess they are saving on plastic.

 

[shortylickens]

I miss the 80's. GI Joes were cheaper and came with a lot more guns, Legos were a LOT cheaper and didnt look fucking stupid, and I kept them in their own fishing boxes.
Great way to sort.

 

[TehMac]

I know a Legoland Master builder. A genius he is not. He's also getting paid about $13 an hour.

I think the above poster was referring to the talent that goes into designing each LEGO set. That said, I doubt they get paid much and/or LEGO is really getting cheap, especially with their pirate bricks. And their Castle theme is a fucking joke.

 

[rockyct]

I think the above poster was referring to the talent that goes into designing each LEGO set. That said, I doubt they get paid much and/or LEGO is really getting cheap, especially with their pirate bricks. And their Castle theme is a fucking joke.

Ah, yeah, the set designers are pretty creative.

FYI, Legos are now made in the Czech Republic and Mexico. Very little is made in Denmark and the US operations have pretty much shut down. That could play a part in the reduction of quality.

 

[Homerboy]

Ah, yeah, the set designers are pretty creative.

FYI, Legos are now made in the Czech Republic and Mexico. Very little is made in Denmark and the US operations have pretty much shut down. That could play a part in the reduction of quality.

What reduction of quality? The sets and the bricks themselves are better now than in the past.