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Re: Lego Ideas Typewriter

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Post by wongarsu »

bombcar wrote: post #71
wongarsu wrote: post #49

Earlier quoted context omitted.

All printed keys, and a new fabric element. I couldn't believe today's Lego would splurge like this, until I got to the "Includes Note from Chairman Thomas Kristiansen, based on the typewriter of founder Ole Kristiansen". I guess the executive still gets nice models without stickers.

Printing LEGO is one of the modern improvements that they’ve implemented - it is substantially easier and cheaper to print an element than it was twenty years ago.

I should probably clarify that I meant "splurge" as in "spending where they normally don't", not as in "spend beyond a reasonable amount"

Re: Lego Ideas Typewriter

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Post by jccc »

Um, if I click "Continue" am I agreeing to their cookie policy?

Is this popup a GDPR notice?

For anyone who doesn't see it: There's a giant blue box on the left that just says continue to lego.com, and then a giant yellow box on the right for going to their "Play Zone" for kids I guess.

Then in microscopic text underneath they only describe their cookie policy but say nothing about what you're agreeing to.

[EDIT] Okay, it seems there is a cookie-control thing underneath after you click. Only discovered it by meddling with the Inspector. But that whole first thing just really looks like a dark pattern.

Re: Lego Ideas Typewriter

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Post by pininja »

mtmail wrote: post #80
cainxinth wrote: post #61

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is my problem. I very badly want to build some of these (particularly the Saturn V and some of those huge Technic supercar models), but I really don't need another tchotchke collecting dust on a shelf.

In Germany we have two companies that will send you a set (or 3, depending on plan) every month. It's like the old Netflix DVD model. Each sets gets washed, they added extra pieces and there's insurance for loosing pieces. ( https://www.bauduu.de/ )

That’s a brilliant idea! Is there something like this in the US? How has your experience been using it?

Re: Lego Ideas Typewriter

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Post by bombcar »

wongarsu wrote: post #81
bombcar wrote: post #71

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Printing LEGO is one of the modern improvements that they’ve implemented - it is substantially easier and cheaper to print an element than it was twenty years ago.

I should probably clarify that I meant "splurge" as in "spending where they normally don't", not as in "spend beyond a reasonable amount"

Yeah - just pointing out that in general LEGO has been printing prices that would have been stickers 20 years ago.

Part of is also that they did a study and realized that stickers piss kids off because they’re hard to apply correctly.

Re: Lego Ideas Typewriter

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Post by ht_th »

thrower123 wrote: post #10

I'm somewhat depressed by how explicitly Lego is marketing towards 30-something man-children who build things to put them on the shelf. The worst part is that this model-kit design style is spilling over and infecting their actual toy themes. It's harder for kids to repurpose a set that's built 40% out of small tiles and cheese wedges and little greebly bits.

My mother, who is in her 70s, loves to build these new sets! She also loved to build all the old Lego sets from her children again for her grand children. Just to see if all the pieces were still there, she said :-)

I like living in a society where playtime isn't just for kids!

Re: Lego Ideas Typewriter

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Post by ziml77 »

sharkweek wrote: post #36

A lot of people in this thread are forgetting that it’s not necessarily about the actual completed object but more the process of putting it together that often brings the most joy with LEGO. I don’t think I’m more at peace than the few times a year I sit down with a new LEGO kit and build it. It’s a delightfully enjoyable break from just about everything else that keeps my mind busy and is such a calming activity.

I'm confused by the hate too. Like I wouldn't care to have yet another thing on a shelf that's just more plastic waste, but I don't have an issue with people enjoying this. It's not like something that takes a bit of effort to put together and then is just an art piece is anything new.

Re: Lego Ideas Typewriter

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Post by genocidicbunny »

abruzzi wrote: post #38

This is really the opposite of what I always loved about Legos as a kid. All these complex kits seem more like jigsaw puzzles--only one way to go together. What I loved about Legos as a kid was making my own creations.

So don't follow the instructions and just make your own.

I don't know when you were a kid, but when I was a kid Lego sets _were_ like jigsaw puzzles. Lots of big single-use pieces that were hard to adapt into something new.

Modern Lego sets may look like they can only go together one way, but they are made of a bunch of smaller general-purpose pieces. There is much more room for reusing those for your own creations than there used to be.

Re: Lego Ideas Typewriter

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Post by colejohnson66 »

lnyng wrote: post #42
colejohnson66 wrote: post #22

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Retro Recipies / Perifractic did that with a C64, sortove: https://youtu.be/1Fb0Kn2bVtM

Opening this link with my Firefox iOS 34 crashes the browser reliably. Anyone else seeing this issue?

That’s odd as I posted it using Firefox on iOS (version 34) as well). Clicking it works for me.

I don’t develop for iOS, so I’m speculating here, but could it be a URL handler for YouTube URLs exists and you don’t have the app it’s set to? (As in, iOS says YouTube urls get opened in the app, but you don’t have the app?)

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Post by mtnGoat »

pininja wrote: post #83
mtmail wrote: post #80

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In Germany we have two companies that will send you a set (or 3, depending on plan) every month. It's like the old Netflix DVD model. Each sets gets washed, they added extra pieces and there's insurance for loosing pieces. ( https://www.bauduu.de/ )

That’s a brilliant idea! Is there something like this in the US? How has your experience been using it?

I believe there was a US based company doing it at one point but they went out of business.

Re: Lego Ideas Typewriter

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Post by allturtles »

bluetomcat wrote: post #55
cephalization wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah but I get to build this typewriter... I derive value from the act of building and replicating the inner mechanisms of a typewriter that I could not build before. Isn't all entertainment somewhat 'wasteful' or 'purposeless' beyond enjoyment?

I'm 35 and am a keen collector of 1:18 scale diecast model cars. The sense of enjoyment for me comes from seeing their intricate details exactly replicated, from putting models from a similar age/brand/model next to one another and comparing them, from knowing that they can endure a long time without degrading and I can pass them to my son. I fail to understand the appeal of "adult non-toy" Lego sets like these, howe…

No, Legos don't and can't exactly replicate all the real world details of the things they model. It's no surprise that different hobbies have different pleasures. But surely you see that you have a niche hobby that to many (most?) people would superficially appear to not "bring much value"?

The joy of Lego is taking generic bricks and figuring out how to represent the thing you want to build out of them. With pre-designed kits like this, many people find pleasure in seeing how the designer figured out how to use piece X to represent object Y, or used a particular building technique to create a particular effect. e.g. the Lego Empire State Building uses the generic grille to great effect to render the windows of the building, and generic yellow tiles to make convincing little taxis, and some neat building tricks to create the setbacks in the tower without making it look 'lego-like' (with abrupt, brick-size shifts).

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