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Re:Lego breaks ground on first US manufacturing facility by outlace on Sunday April 23, 2023 @11:54AM (#35677298)
As someone with young kids who recently bought a $70 Lego set, it’s not just the plastic blocks, it’s a whole design. My daughter built this awesome Lego tree house with over a thousand pieces. She followed the instructions and built it step by step over a few days, which was fun for her in and of itself, and now that it is complete she continues to play with it.

So sure the plastic pieces are easily reproduced but clearly Lego does great work on architecting some really cool designs. (I have no affiliation with Lego company to be clear)

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Re:Lego breaks ground on first US manufacturing facility by sharkweek on Sunday April 23, 2023 @11:58AM (#35677338)
And honestly the pieces aren’t even that easily reproduced. Our son got a knock off brand as a gift and it was horrible to build compared to a LEGO set.
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Re:Lego breaks ground on first US manufacturing facility by samstave on Sunday April 23, 2023 @12:03PM (#35677384)
This is actually a trade secret of lego. They build to such tight tolerances that others cant compete in the interlocking... it is a known thing of theirs, and honestly - we should be building that into actual construction mediums
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Re:Lego breaks ground on first US manufacturing facility by callalex on Sunday April 23, 2023 @01:38PM (#35678487)
They also have the exclusive patent for the raised dots being slightly dome/cone shaped so any competitors are doomed to be worse no matter how well made.
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Re:Lego breaks ground on first US manufacturing facility by Dylan16807 on Sunday April 23, 2023 @09:27PM (#35682657)
"The last significant patent for Lego bricks expired in 1978."
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Re:Lego breaks ground on first US manufacturing facility by Sivart13 on Sunday April 23, 2023 @12:45PM (#35677861)
yeah 41703 and a lot of the rest of the Friends line is awesome

Consider Andrea's Theater School as well (https://www.lego.com/en-us/product/andrea-s-theatre-school-4...) though it's a little pricier ($100)

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