December 2011
11 posts
The point isn’t nostalgia, that things were better in simpler times, but...
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daniel sinker: I'm starting to think Lego is evil →
sinker:
Well, maybe not evil, but “highly problematic.”
First, let’s remove what we all *think* Lego is (i.e. our own nostalgic memories, our aspirational beliefs, or $250 robot sets), and instead concentrate on what Lego today is, for the most part: It’s movie-tie-in model sets marketed pretty much…
They haven’t really been a competitor for a long time. Once you’re...
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