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There's a huge secondary market but it certainly could be bigger. I wonder if Lego themselves shouldn't advertise more how to get rid of old bricks.

• londons_explore 3y ago
  Lego bricks are very cheap to manufacture. The main cost is R&D and licensing. Lego themselves are probably better off financially having a recycling program where the bricks are melted down to make park benches, and then making brand new bricks. That will cost less than cleaning, sorting and QA-ing recycled bricks.
  • kuchenbecker 3y ago
    Old bricks keep value very well to the tune of $0.10c/piece. You can get a park bench for less than 2k [1] A park bench made of old legos would only make sense where it was made with 20k pieces or fewer. I would guestimate a park bench of recycled Lego would ba a 50k opportunity cost [1] https://www.belson.com/Parkview-Style-Steel-Park-Benches-with-Steel-Frame https://www.belson.com/Parkview-Style-Steel-Park-Benches-wit...
    • londons_explore 3y ago
      > Old bricks keep value very well to the tune of $0.10c/piece. True, but to the Lego company themselves, new bricks perhaps cost only $0.005 per piece, and old bricks probably are worth far less.
      • Cthulhu_ 3y ago
        To Lego themselves, they're not worth much, but to collectors they will be. But that involves a lot of labor involving sorting, cleaning, organizing, order picking and shipping, the question there is whether Lego is willing to do that or if they leave it up to hobbyists.