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Investment markets come in to ruin yet another thing - people who just mix up Lego and play it themselves, now under pressure to keep their sets, sets.

by stuaxo 8y ago

avar 8y ago
I don't see how you can think of this as a negative thing. We should be celebrating people buying $100 toys for their kids because they know they'll retain (or increase) in market value than $5-10 trash. It: a) Reduces waste, since we get re-use rather than disposable plastic that's thrown away soon after its first use. b) Gives owners an economic incentive to preserve quality toys for generations, thus preserving iconic products.
- PhasmaFelis 8y ago
  If you get your kids a "collectible," you're not buying them a toy, you're buying them a decorative box. If you open it and play with it, it stops being collectible and the resale price plummets.
  - avar 8y ago
    You can be buying both. E.g. used LEGO Death Star II sets seem to go for around $700 on eBay (~$1500 new), and similarly if you buy BRIO train sets for your kids you'll both get better quality and something you can re-sell at a reasonable price, v.s. say buying crappy IKEA train sets. After having kids I've seen the sheer amount of crap in excessive volumes that gets gifted to kids. Everyone would be better off if kids got 10x fewer toys of 10x more quality.
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EliRivers 8y ago
Maybe it'll go the way comics went; a massive increase in people purchasing items solely for investments, the manufacturers pandering to (or alternatively, taking advantage of) them, and ultimately a massive crash leading to plenty of choice and low prices for actual lego aficionados in the future.
pavel_lishin 8y ago
> people who just mix up Lego and play it themselves Those people (/me waves) aren't going to be ruined by this. The people who mix up their sets aren't particularly interested in the sets, anyway - why would we be, if we're just going to mix them into a giant bucket anyway? But yes, people who buy sets to build them and display them are probably going to be dinged by this, as people rush out to buy "investment" sets. (My friend is one of these people. He loves to buy sets and build them, and then stick 'em on a shelf. I don't get it.)
- gpderetta 8y ago
  I do the same, build them and set them on shelf. Then take them down every few days when my 4 year old wants to play with them. Then spend 20 mins putting them together when he is done with them; he is quite considerate for 4 year old: bircks, or entire sections, will get detached, but he won't outright destroy them; he also love to build complex models together. Currently working on the Tower Bridge.

Investment markets come in to ruin yet another thing - people who just mix up Lego and play it themselves, now under pressure to keep their sets, sets.

by stuaxo 8y ago

Investment markets come in to ruin yet another thing - people who just mix up Lego and play it themselves, now under pressure to keep their sets, sets.

avar 8y ago

I don't see how you can think of this as a negative thing. We should be celebrating people buying $100 toys for their kids because they know they'll retain (or increase) in market value than $5-10 trash. It: a) Reduces waste, since we get re-use rather than disposable plastic that's thrown away soon after its first use. b) Gives owners an economic incentive to preserve quality toys for generations, thus preserving iconic products.

PhasmaFelis 8y ago
If you get your kids a "collectible," you're not buying them a toy, you're buying them a decorative box. If you open it and play with it, it stops being collectible and the resale price plummets.
- avar 8y ago
  You can be buying both. E.g. used LEGO Death Star II sets seem to go for around $700 on eBay (~$1500 new), and similarly if you buy BRIO train sets for your kids you'll both get better quality and something you can re-sell at a reasonable price, v.s. say buying crappy IKEA train sets. After having kids I've seen the sheer amount of crap in excessive volumes that gets gifted to kids. Everyone would be better off if kids got 10x fewer toys of 10x more quality.
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EliRivers 8y ago

Maybe it'll go the way comics went; a massive increase in people purchasing items solely for investments, the manufacturers pandering to (or alternatively, taking advantage of) them, and ultimately a massive crash leading to plenty of choice and low prices for actual lego aficionados in the future.

pavel_lishin 8y ago

> people who just mix up Lego and play it themselves Those people (/me waves) aren't going to be ruined by this. The people who mix up their sets aren't particularly interested in the sets, anyway - why would we be, if we're just going to mix them into a giant bucket anyway? But yes, people who buy sets to build them and display them are probably going to be dinged by this, as people rush out to buy "investment" sets. (My friend is one of these people. He loves to buy sets and build them, and then stick 'em on a shelf. I don't get it.)

gpderetta 8y ago
I do the same, build them and set them on shelf. Then take them down every few days when my 4 year old wants to play with them. Then spend 20 mins putting them together when he is done with them; he is quite considerate for 4 year old: bircks, or entire sections, will get detached, but he won't outright destroy them; he also love to build complex models together. Currently working on the Tower Bridge.