Comment on Hail corporate (they did it tho)

• Bluegrass_Addict@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  just means they were overpriced to begin with.

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  • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Yes, but now that they’re built from better and more expensive materials without a price raise, they’re less overpriced than they used to be.

    Hell, name any other toy brand with anywhere near their popularity and brand recognition which HASN’T been overpriced forever AND raised prices significantly in recent years.

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    • HoopyFrood@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      On top of that the general price increase over the last 25 years has come with considerable increases in set intricacy, piece count, and variety to both piece shapes and themes. I love to dunk on corporate price gouging but i really struggle to fault LEGO. I personally use “a person can comfortably buy LEGO as toys for their children” as my personal litmus for what a good wage should be; they’re pretty solid for maintaining a price/value ratio and Americans should all be making at least 150k/year by now even out in the boonies, just deduct it right out of the fortune 500s margins

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    • Bluegrass_Addict@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      my point, is I won’t give companies a shred of recognition of a ‘good job’ until their crimes, lies and corruption are stopped or they are jailed. no more free passes, no more looking the other way, no more ‘well it’s kinda better now’ … no. hard stop, I’m sick of all these companies. they all deserve nonstop hatred, being called out for crimes and being treated like trash.

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      • ohulancutash@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        What crimes have LEGO committed?

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  • muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Lego sells a physical toy in 2026, not a game, and is still running.

    They are not stupid. They will not rock this boat with a price increase.

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  • Venat0r@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    or they get to write off some tax as a result of switching to the sustainable plastic, so it doesn’t actually cost them anything to switch.

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• GreenBeanMachine@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  The price per kilo has increased.

  The price per piece is mostly constant due to pieces using less plastic and there generally being more tiny pieces in all sets.

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• Cethin@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  This is treating it as if they’re being nice. No. They just priced it at the maximum amount the market would allow. If they raised it further it’d cost them far too much in sales. Them increasing costs (assuming it actually does, and they don’t get a tax write-off that counters it or something) has no relation to price.

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