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Comment by kemayo | Hacker News Reader

It seems like a weird complaint for this specific set, because this is one of those huge and expensive display pieces aimed at rich adults. I would be genuinely surprised if even a small fraction of these kits were ever disassembled -- it's not the sort of thing where you just break it down and throw the pieces back into a box for reuse.

If this had shown up in one of the smaller kid-focused kits which are building playgrounds, yes, that'd be a problem.

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There's a large used market, especially for these super expensive sets. Many people will resell sets after having them on display for a few months or years. For some like me 90% of the enjoyment is in putting huge sets together, so it'll be sold on after just a few weeks. But even then, a few pieces being stuck together permanently doesn't matter much.

But there is a small monitory of people who absolutely do break up sets to add to their brick collection in order to build custom models.

It costs a lot of money (700 pounds, USD$926.27). That alone is a valid reason to be upset.

Mind you, it's not actually impossible to take apart -- just impossible with standard LEGO tools (i.e. "your fingers"). An adult building specialized models for display can probably cope with needing to lever something out of place using a narrow edge.

This was my thought too. Are people really disassembling these? To me these things feel more like typical crafts/construction where you make something once and then put it on display.

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