Comment on Hail corporate (they did it tho)
Akasazh@lemmy.world 2 days agoThey do make as pretty good product and dedicate much to r&d and on the community in general. I know premium brands which are more openly extortionate and care little about their customers.
What I mean to say is that quality is not solely in the product itself (even though they are very serious about quality inn that aspect too).
I mean value wise there are cheaper plastic toy choices, but there’s nothing close to what Lego does.
polysexualstick@lemmy.world 2 days ago
There’s like half a dozen or so other high-quality clamp building block producers where you can get a similar product for a better price
oxideseven@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
Examples?
BarbecueCowboy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
Normally, I’d be like “Boo sealioning”, but yeah, I want to hear about some examples.
I’ve yet to see any other brand consistently compare. Every once in awhile you’ll get a one off where its like “Yeah, good job” but there’s so many reviews out there of copycat bricks that start with some variations of “Of course, the quality doesn’t compare to Lego”.
Akasazh@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Do they carry a comparable range of building components?
Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 2 days ago
And there’s a noticeable drop in quality. Not to the point that I’d say they aren’t worth getting, just noticeable. I’d say they are something like 50% the price for 75% the quality.
And to be more specific, I’m talking about a breadth of quality issues, from piece durability, to how consistent the fit is, to how easy the combination steps are structurally (as in some steps from the knockoffs require figuring out where you need to hold the parts for support or where to apply force to avoid collapsing another part of it as you build it up).
Lego has it down to a science and there’s more to it than just the physical shape (which itself is easier said than done and requires a certain level of precision).