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They also discard (melt & reuse) a ridiculous number of bricks. Someone did a study on the standard deviation of sold Lego bricks, and found extremely tight tol

They also discard (melt & reuse) a ridiculous number of bricks. Someone did a study on the standard deviation of sold Lego bricks, and found extremely tight tolerances. The patent expired long ago, but few companies will put that much effort into making those shapes that precisely.

thomnottom 10y ago
A friend of mine was confused as to how they continue to sell so well without the patents and I told him to try to build with MegaBlox. The knock offs are terrible and barely hold together. I can still build with 30+ year-old Lego pieces.
- rrauenza 9y ago
  That reminds me of the guy who built a machine to stress test the bricks to see how many cycles it would take to wear it out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=Tnb-LUM0yd4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=Tnb-LUM0yd4 edit: Ah! He did it for this stack exchange question - https://bricks.stackexchange.com/questions/1754/how-much-usage-can-a-lego-piece-take-before-it-loses-its-clutch-power https://bricks.stackexchange.com/questions/1754/how-much-usa...
- cptn_brittish 10y ago
  In my family Lego is something passed down to the parents kids as it just doesn't die.
  - hh2222 10y ago
    The ultimate recyclable toy!