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LEGO absolutely has a quality problem now. I am in my 30s and I had never seen a LEGO defect, and I have seen quite a few bricks. In the past year, I have seen
by PostOnce 3y ago
LEGO absolutely has a quality problem now.
I am in my 30s and I had never seen a LEGO defect, and I have seen quite a few bricks. In the past year, I have seen several in-person among the toys I've bought for my kids, and several more anecdotally around the internet.
Now I even see it here on HN.
the LEGO brand had an unassailable, invincible reputation for quality, and now, for what seems like the first time, that is being called into question?
I find this fascinating and worrying. Are all good things destined to cheapen and collapse in search of short-term profits eventually?
- danielheath 3y agoPretty sure they switched to recycled plastics in the past few years; I would expect a few more years of issues, at least.
- PostOnce 3y agoThat may be it; specifically I am talking about molding defects, dents where the part was injected, sometimes quite sizeable ones.
- lovich 3y agoI’ve had two models in the past year have quality defects. In one, the parts weren’t of the right tolerance and it added a flex to the build that caused parts to pop off after a few hours. I’m the second I bought a set that straight up didn’t have multiple bags of parts necessary. I am however, not sure that it’s entirely a cost saving measure as LEGO sent me a replacement kit no questions asked in both situations. It seems more like they are switching manufacturing techniques and working out the kinks, or I would have expected needing to provide some sort of proof of the issue