Adult Fixie-skidders of LEGO

companies worth counterfeiting

Yeah I think part of the problem is that Lego is expensive. That combined with it being insanely popular is what makes it appealing to the counterfeiters.

They do seem like a good company and I’ve spent a lot on them for my kids and myself! A large fraction of that money spent was at Lego Land last year 😳

I’m not feeling too guilty about buying a fake and diverting money away from Lego, but the wee voice in my head keeps mentioning that I won’t get the bits that comes with the real
McCoy.

I feel some guilt over buying a snide, but in my defence it was archived and only available on the resellers market (and I have given them plenty on £££ over the years)

To be clear, it's definitely profitable for the counterfeiters.

I meant that morally speaking, it's probably better to go without than to fuel the counterfeit market of a brand like Lego.

the problem is that Lego is expensive

The copies would be expensive if they were made to the same standard. It's not as though Lego isn't manufacturing in China, so the only corners the copyists can cut are design and quality. A £150 set which Lego expects to sell in five or six figure volumes probably contains well under £5 of design time for the build, instructions and packaging.

I won’t get the bits that comes with the real McCoy

If you're short a couple of pieces, it will be annoying for a day. The quality of what you do get will haunt you for life.

Aye, I absolutely agree with everything that's been said, I don't contest that shady 'lego' is indeed shady.

The quality of what you do get will haunt you for life.

This is whats been playing on my mind now. I already know I'm going to end up owning both the fake and the real thing.

Big box arrived today 😬

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You are really going big on the speed champions! Got both of those sets, love the way that the truck holds the spare wheel.

Gotta catch 'em all or something like that.

Is that a picture of tunnocks on the wall..??

Lego cannabis leaf in the VIP set?

Of course.

Yeah, it's the pirate treasure / 420 set

Wait till you see the price of some of the delisted sets... I still have 22 of the old ones to get!

You think I don't already have them on my wantlist on Brickset?

Please :D

Of course...!

Have had quite a lot of luck getting older ones on facebook groups for sensible money.

Devils avocado.

I know Lego are looking at materials that decompose, but at this point it is oil and vast. Scary stat that the most tyres produced in the world are Lego tyres.

I am not taking sides as I have loads of the stuff and my kids love it, but it ain't that good.

I went in to a store the other day and they are still churning out the desires enmasse. I am not sure if it is a sustainable business model TBF. ie will the franchise route keep them afloat? #JustSayin

Of course. Best to spend the money on some Chinese knock offs that totally don’t use plastic. Bet they’ve got better working conditions and carbon footprints.

It's bad that Lego hangs around forever but on the plus side it lasts forever. My kids play with the Lego I had when I was a child while the vast majority of other toys get binned after a few years.

My nephew was playing with my 40+ year old Technic at the weekend. Lego isn't the problem if you're worried about plastic waste.

Yes, Lego produce more tyres by number, but I wear about 10 City scale Lego tyre's worth of rubber off my van tyres every day. Again, we own 50 year old Lego tyres with no visible wear.

Lego's gross annual revenue would buy 66M bbl of crude. Given the other costs, how much oil do you think they actually turn into long-lasting bricks? A Fermi estimate of annual brick production suggests a mass equal to 1M bbl of crude. Global oil production has been between 75M and 95M bbl per day for the past two decades.

Chinese knock offs that totally don’t use plastic

Hey, you never know, my DeLorean might be made from cheese 🤷‍♀️

might be made from cheese

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galalith

Haha, that’s incredible! Every day is a school day.
There’s a sheep farm a few minutes down the road from me… maybe I’d be better trying to make my own Lego than be ostracised for buying Chinese fakes.

Following up on the important question. Here it is in all its glory.

Worth noting it was a gift alongside the wafers photographed. (All of them). Delicious.

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Love it