Lego price per part over the years – Brick Insights

Re:Lego price per part over the years – Brick Insights by deadbabe on Tuesday March 19, 2024 @06:27PM (#39760968)

Someone should figure out how to quantify how “creative potential” a piece has so you can measure how reusable pieces in a set will be for building unique things.

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Re:Lego price per part over the years – Brick Insights by bombcar on Tuesday March 19, 2024 @06:51PM (#39761132)

I suspect you could do something quick and dirty with "connectors" - a 1x1 brick would have two connectors, a 2x4 brick would have 16.

Apply some form of modulo by piece count (8 1x1 bricks are more "creative" than a single 2x4) and you'd be close.

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Re:Lego price per part over the years – Brick Insights by deadbabe on Wednesday March 20, 2024 @03:35PM (#39771081)

I suspect you’re right, and would like to add that perhaps the physical weight of the piece may also provide some insight. Small light weight pieces with many connectors likely have large amounts of use cases. Big pieces with small amounts probably not as much.

The axis upon which connections attach to may be another important variable.

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