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I get the impression that when people are buying a Lego model of e.g. the Millennium Falcon, they aren't so much interested in building the model. They just wan
by derefr 3y ago
I get the impression that when people are buying a Lego model of e.g. the Millennium Falcon, they aren't so much interested in building the model. They just want a model of the Millennium Falcon, to display on their shelf; and the one that best optimizes appearance + affordability for them, just happens to be one that comes as a kit of small modular parts that they must assemble. It's less "a building-toy set that happens to build into a model" and more "a model that happened to be released by a building-toy company." The making part of these sets is secondary.
- em-bee 3y agodepends, i find the building part the most fun. once a model is built, it's less interesting. which is partly frustrating. i want to do more than just build a model and put it on a shelf.
- noufalibrahim 3y agoThe single model sets are more 3d jigsaw puzzle than building blocks. Fun to make and all but limited "replay value". It's a different kind of satisfaction.
- nuancebydefault 3y agoThis must be true since models with limited replay value other than gazing at its built state and maybe mesmerizing the fun of making it (cfr the ikea effect) seem to do well. It puzzles me.
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