Lego has changed since we were kids (2014)
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Lego has changed since we were kids (2014)
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Re: Lego has changed since we were kids (2014)
#2title correction: 9 ways lego has researched and expanded it's product line to increase profits while continuing to sell less popular traditional products
Re: Lego has changed since we were kids (2014)
#3That dark pattern where a website gives you the next article it thinks you should read does not work well here on this older article. Below the Lego article I get “Hate math? Then don't help your kid with their homework” — which it proceeds to load hundreds of times (a search for the word 'homework' yields over 1000 hits now) below each iteration just because I tried to scroll to the bottom. Somehow its recommendation engine ended up recommending the same article, recursing endlessly.
Stupid me, why would I expect to be able to just scroll to the bottom of the article for the website's footer?
Re: Lego has changed since we were kids (2014)
#4I was a kid in the 90s and most of the things written in that article were already true.
I still broke down all the elaborate sets, put them all together in a big box, and built my own things later.
Re: Lego has changed since we were kids (2014)
#5title correction: 9 ways lego has researched and expanded it's product line to increase profits while continuing to sell less popular traditional products
Yes, it is so much fun to tell stories with cherry picking.
Re: Lego has changed since we were kids (2014)
#6I would love to know what percentage of Legos revenue is now from adults buying the incredible large, complex and expensive sets to build themselves. Lego is so associated as a toy for children just as computer games are, but gaming is a larger industry for adults than children.
My wife and I now regularly buy these large lego sets for each other (birthdays, Christmas and anniversaries) and do them together in the evenings after the kids are in bed. Its such a lovely way to relax.
Re: Lego has changed since we were kids (2014)
#7I was a kid in the 90s and most of the things written in that article were already true. I still broke down all the elaborate sets, put them all together in a big box, and built my own things later.
A more interesting comparison would be to put the core themes of the 1990s (Castle, Pirates, Space, Town) against the modern popular themes (Ninjago, Creator, Star Wars, City). The old sets had less specialised parts and less colour variety, which allowed kids to combine sets from the same theme easily. The buildings (castles, fortresses, harbours) almost always had a big baseplate (flat or 3D). Minifigs were themed and textured, but weren't cartoonish with facial expressions.
Nowadays, most of the sets are some imaginary vehicles with Creator-style builds. You can probably build a new vehicle out of the same set, but combining different sets from the same theme is much less enjoyable. The few sets with buildings rarely have baseplates and feel very airy and unharmonic.
Re: Lego has changed since we were kids (2014)
#8> Lego has become more gender stratified
In this day and age, I would be surprised if the Lego Friends line, which was created with girls in mind, were marketed explicitly to girls. My guess is that the girls stratify themselves by what type of toys they are attracted to. There's evidence that the preference is biological:
Male monkeys prefer boys' toys https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn13596-male-monkeys-pr...
Re: Lego has changed since we were kids (2014)
#9That dark pattern where a website gives you the next article it thinks you should read does not work well here on this older article. Below the Lego article I get “Hate math? Then don't help your kid with their homework” — which it proceeds to load hundreds of times (a search for the word 'homework' yields over 1000 hits now) below each iteration just because I tried to scroll to the bottom. Somehow its recommendatio…
Are your surfing without protection? Scrolling to the bottom for me works perfectly. I tried disabling uBlock, then I got the behaviour you mentioned.
I always have uBlock on to disable scripts and fonts. Quite a lot of sites work perfectly well that way and I enable the minimum scripts and fonts for those that don't.
Re: Lego has changed since we were kids (2014)
#10Are resin 3D printers any better than FDM in printing Lego bricks? I hope they get good enough so that every kid can make all the pieces.
It's a shame that a new 8880 kit costs an arm and a leg.