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In Germany there is a Lego subscription service. Put sets on a wishlist, they send you one of them. You build it, unbuild it and send it back. One set a month.

by leipert 4mo ago

progforlyfe 4mo ago
that sounds awesome. sad that something like that probably would not work well in USA. don't have the culture for it. too many pieces would get lost.
- fluoridation 4mo ago
  I would assume it'd be pretty easy to have a system to count pieces and replenish lost ones. Actually, I'd be surprised if the German scheme doesn't already work like that. I don't see why it couldn't work.
- furyofantares 4mo ago
  > that sounds awesome. sad that something like that probably would not work well in USA. don't have the culture for it. too many pieces would get lost. I think the idea of "Netflix for LEGOs" started where one might expect X but for Y services to start - California. We used one of these services in the USA somewhere nearing 10 years ago. Looks like they're still around at https://netbricks.biz/ https://netbricks.biz/ - but I also see https://brick-library.com/ https://brick-library.com/ and https://brickdrop.co https://brickdrop.co and wouldn't be surprised if there's more. It worked great. I detected zero incompatibility with my being from the USA. I didn't eat or carelessly throw away a single brick. From a search it look like Pleygo was the first such startup from 2012 and based in San Jose / Santa Clara, but is no longer around.
- sushid 4mo ago
  This can only work in Japan and Germany, I imagine. Maybe in Korea/China/Singapore with severe financial penalties and deposits.
b473a 4mo ago
I feel like if I were just a little deeper on the Autism Spectrum I would really like Germany.
- sdwr 4mo ago
  The only people I've ever met who get excited filling out forms were German
- rc-research 4mo ago
  feel free to test here: https://german.millermanschool.com/ https://german.millermanschool.com/
- pyuser583 4mo ago
  This is one of the funniest things I ever read
frakkingcylons 4mo ago
Sounds amazing. I build and unbuild but then just put the box back in storage (my closet).

In Germany there is a Lego subscription service. Put sets on a wishlist, they send you one of them. You build it, unbuild it and send it back. One set a month.

by leipert 4mo ago

In Germany there is a Lego subscription service. Put sets on a wishlist, they send you one of them. You build it, unbuild it and send it back. One set a month.

progforlyfe 4mo ago

that sounds awesome. sad that something like that probably would not work well in USA. don't have the culture for it. too many pieces would get lost.

fluoridation 4mo ago
I would assume it'd be pretty easy to have a system to count pieces and replenish lost ones. Actually, I'd be surprised if the German scheme doesn't already work like that. I don't see why it couldn't work.
furyofantares 4mo ago
> that sounds awesome. sad that something like that probably would not work well in USA. don't have the culture for it. too many pieces would get lost. I think the idea of "Netflix for LEGOs" started where one might expect X but for Y services to start - California. We used one of these services in the USA somewhere nearing 10 years ago. Looks like they're still around at https://netbricks.biz/ https://netbricks.biz/ - but I also see https://brick-library.com/ https://brick-library.com/ and https://brickdrop.co https://brickdrop.co and wouldn't be surprised if there's more. It worked great. I detected zero incompatibility with my being from the USA. I didn't eat or carelessly throw away a single brick. From a search it look like Pleygo was the first such startup from 2012 and based in San Jose / Santa Clara, but is no longer around.
sushid 4mo ago
This can only work in Japan and Germany, I imagine. Maybe in Korea/China/Singapore with severe financial penalties and deposits.

b473a 4mo ago

I feel like if I were just a little deeper on the Autism Spectrum I would really like Germany.

sdwr 4mo ago
The only people I've ever met who get excited filling out forms were German
rc-research 4mo ago
feel free to test here: https://german.millermanschool.com/ https://german.millermanschool.com/
pyuser583 4mo ago
This is one of the funniest things I ever read

frakkingcylons 4mo ago

Sounds amazing. I build and unbuild but then just put the box back in storage (my closet).