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pours one out for Bricklink Gonna miss you Bricklink, its was good while it lasted.

• tpmx 7y ago
  As an AFOL: I'm actually cautionally optimistic about this. I actually trust the TLG to do good here. They have had a bunch of exposure to the "internet people", over the years. I think they'll handle this well. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lego_Mindstorms#History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lego_Mindstorms#History > The original Lego Mindstorms Robotics Invention System was born out of a collaboration between The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the Lego group. In 1985, Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen, then Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of The Lego Group, heard of the work of MIT's Seymour Papert and was struck by how similar his goals of learning through building were to those of The Lego Group’s newly formed educational division. The Lego Group began a partnership with Papert’s Media Lab, funding their research and sharing ideas. Also, if TLG fucks this up: It's not like it's that hard for someone to create a new bricklink-like brick trading site.
  • annoyingnoob 7y ago
    > It's not like it's that hard for someone to create a new bricklink-like brick trading site. That was my first thought.
    • tpmx 7y ago
      The people at Eurobricks.com don't seem to like the news though: https://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?/forums/topic/174469-tlg-acquires-bricklink/ https://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?/forums/topic/174...