Hail corporate (they did it tho)

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• Dzheyk@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Aight, this is pretty wholesome

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  • Cethin@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Maybe I’m just too cynical and tired of this shit, but it’s just an ad. It isn’t wholesome, in my opinion. It’s just to make people share their product, and they had to pay almost nothing to do it. They didn’t actually do anything for Attenborough. They just took advantage of his birthday to make an ad. Being really cynical, this was already a planned change, and they just picked an opportunity to maximize advertising opportunities.

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    • Tyrq@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      I feel iran is making more watched lego content than anyone else, I don’t see the complaints about that

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    • NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Please don’t try to take this away from me. There aren’t many things to be hopefully about these day, and most everybody here recognizes this for what is is. But it’s a far cry from the rape cover up, murder, and war going on daily around the world right now. We all need a little bit of lightheartedness right now.

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    • filcuk@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      A little too cynical maybe.
      Doing a good thing for your own benefit doesn’t change the deed. Everyone does it, we aren’t selfless creatures by nature.

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• shweddy@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Aything to please consumers but lower their prices

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  • jol@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    LEGO has technically lowered prices. They have started transitioning to sustainable plastic sources that are much more expensive to produce, but will not increase prices.

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    • Bluegrass_Addict@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      just means they were overpriced to begin with.

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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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  • Akasazh@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    They 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.

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    • 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

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  • DaCrazyJamez@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Lepin has revitalized ny love of legos…I bought a ship I always wanted for $65 on aliexpress…just gotta do your research instead of blind buys

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• Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Meanwhile, Dick Van Dyke is just happy that he can play with Lego again.

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• Digestive_Biscuit@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Shutting down production would probably be a better “we did this for you”

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  • Psythik@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Why? Because microplastics?

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    • Digestive_Biscuit@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Partly. He’s said in the past that excessive consumerism is a big part of the environmental issues. He’s also commented on capitalism in the same light.

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• TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  His greatest accomplishment

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• ponypuncher@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  It was better when they were called FredBlox

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