• Akasazh@lemmy.world
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    8 hours 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 in 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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      5 hours 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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        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).