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There is a German Youtuber "Held der Steine" ("Lord of the Bricks/Stones") (and don't think "Youtuber", think "actual knowledgable person who makes videos") who
by ThePadawan 6y ago
There is a German Youtuber "Held der Steine" ("Lord of the Bricks/Stones") (and don't think "Youtuber", think "actual knowledgable person who makes videos") who notoriously slams Lego for their policies too.
He's very charismatic, and I learned from watching him that there is simply a very large aftermarket of Lego pieces on various ebay-like sites. Since they don't detiorate (much), consumer prices for random assortments of bricks are much much lower there, so new pieces never really compete.
- guitarbill 6y agoJust to clarify, "Held der Steine" literally translates as "Hero of the Stones". "Lord of the Stones" would be "Herr der Steine". (However, I don't know if Thomas has a canonical translation that he prefers, or if he's even ok with the name being translated.) He also runs a toy store; a German publication referred to his YouTube channel as a "side-gig". That maybe explains the knowledgable-ness.
- Tomte 6y agoHis store is only open three days every month (well, outside of Covid). He's a full-time YouTuber now, with the store as his fun little side gig. It used to be the other way around, though.
- ThePadawan 6y agoHah, I literally only noticed from your reply that it wasn't Herr der Steine!