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> I think the adjacent discussion is much more interesting: What does it say about our society that `s/a touring bicycle with 10 years of warranty/an engine blo
by sottol 2y ago
> I think the adjacent discussion is much more interesting: What does it say about our society that `s/a touring bicycle with 10 years of warranty/an engine block/` has the same price as 400g of plastic with a Star Wars license?
That's also about the price of a Ford 4-cyl shortblock [1] for $1050 - first large high-precision, mass-manufactured part I could think of. Plus it's solid metal :)
[1] https://parts.ford.com/shop/en/us/engine/other-engine-parts/engine-short-block-20l-p-cp9z6009a https://parts.ford.com/shop/en/us/engine/other-engine-parts/...
- dingnuts 2y agoSure but aren't Legos sort of a mass production nightmare (compared to an auto part) due to the enormous variety of bricks, all the combinations for different sets? and then there's IP licensing for many sets. I'm not buying a Star Wars branded short block for my truck but there's a Rivendell set in my living room, and the IP is why I wanted that set and I'm sure that's true for many of the branded kits