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”that will probably end up in the environment over time.” A few brick here and there, for sure. I have 40 year old Lego blocks in my house. Unless the quality

by fsloth 3y ago

”that will probably end up in the environment over time.” A few brick here and there, for sure. I have 40 year old Lego blocks in my house. Unless the quality has degraded severely that plastic will be used for decades. The problem with plastic is cheap packaging that is designed to be thrown away by the consumer at the first instance.

huytersd 3y ago
Well anecdotally my mom threw out all of my Lego once I left home. It’s not something I miss because I didn’t really use them much. Using Lego to build things always felt like cheating, like you’re building a preassembled kit (which you are). I always preferred to make things out of “raw materials” like wood, metal, cardboard etc.
- fsloth 3y ago
  "mom threw out all of my Lego once I left home" I guess she wasn't aware of the vibrant resale market?
  - huytersd 3y ago
    No ha, and apparently neither was I until right now.
  - Supernaut 3y ago
    This is news to me too. Now that my kids are older, last year I decided to clear some space in what had been their playroom by finding a new home for the small mountain of Lego that we had accumulated. I rang around local schools and charities but no one was in the slightest bit interested. In the end I had to sadly take the lot to landfill.
    - fsloth 3y ago
      Oh, super interesting from point of view of market segmentation. Where do you live? Urban or rural? It does seem the prices of unorganized mounds of blocks is quite cheap nowadays (10-20 EUR/kg seems to be the going rate via quick ebay survey). Maybe those decades of non-obsolescense are saturating the market. Definetly not land-fill prices yet, though.
lb1lf 3y ago
This. My kids are now the third generation enjoying the same Lego bricks. The oldest were bought by my great grandparents for my father, so these toys already involve five generations and probably will still be used for at least another couple of generations. As far as sustainability goes, Legos are incredible.

by fsloth 3y ago

huytersd 3y ago

Well anecdotally my mom threw out all of my Lego once I left home. It’s not something I miss because I didn’t really use them much. Using Lego to build things always felt like cheating, like you’re building a preassembled kit (which you are). I always preferred to make things out of “raw materials” like wood, metal, cardboard etc.

fsloth 3y ago
"mom threw out all of my Lego once I left home" I guess she wasn't aware of the vibrant resale market?
- huytersd 3y ago
  No ha, and apparently neither was I until right now.
- Supernaut 3y ago
  This is news to me too. Now that my kids are older, last year I decided to clear some space in what had been their playroom by finding a new home for the small mountain of Lego that we had accumulated. I rang around local schools and charities but no one was in the slightest bit interested. In the end I had to sadly take the lot to landfill.
  - fsloth 3y ago
    Oh, super interesting from point of view of market segmentation. Where do you live? Urban or rural? It does seem the prices of unorganized mounds of blocks is quite cheap nowadays (10-20 EUR/kg seems to be the going rate via quick ebay survey). Maybe those decades of non-obsolescense are saturating the market. Definetly not land-fill prices yet, though.

lb1lf 3y ago

This. My kids are now the third generation enjoying the same Lego bricks. The oldest were bought by my great grandparents for my father, so these toys already involve five generations and probably will still be used for at least another couple of generations. As far as sustainability goes, Legos are incredible.