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As someone with young kids who recently bought a $70 Lego set, it’s not just the plastic blocks, it’s a whole design. My daughter built this awesome Lego tree h
by outlace 3y ago
As someone with young kids who recently bought a $70 Lego set, it’s not just the plastic blocks, it’s a whole design. My daughter built this awesome Lego tree house with over a thousand pieces. She followed the instructions and built it step by step over a few days, which was fun for her in and of itself, and now that it is complete she continues to play with it.
So sure the plastic pieces are easily reproduced but clearly Lego does great work on architecting some really cool designs. (I have no affiliation with Lego company to be clear)
- sharkweek 3y agoAnd honestly the pieces aren’t even that easily reproduced. Our son got a knock off brand as a gift and it was horrible to build compared to a LEGO set.
- samstave 3y agoThis is actually a trade secret of lego. They build to such tight tolerances that others cant compete in the interlocking... it is a known thing of theirs, and honestly - we should be building that into actual construction mediums
- callalex 3y agoThey also have the exclusive patent for the raised dots being slightly dome/cone shaped so any competitors are doomed to be worse no matter how well made.
- Dylan16807 3y ago"The last significant patent for Lego bricks expired in 1978."
- Sivart13 3y agoyeah 41703 and a lot of the rest of the Friends line is awesome Consider Andrea's Theater School as well (https://www.lego.com/en-us/product/andrea-s-theatre-school-41714 https://www.lego.com/en-us/product/andrea-s-theatre-school-4...) though it's a little pricier ($100)