Shoplifters Love Lego
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I think the adjacent discussion is much more interesting: What does it say about our society that a touring bicycle with 10 years of warranty has the same price as 400g of plastic with a Star Wars license?
Also some of these sets are official as well. Like the Cada AMG One with the license from Mercedes and Michelin, which is miles ahead in feature/price compared to LEGO technic offers.
That's also about the price of a Ford 4-cyl shortblock [1] for $1050 - first large high-precision, mass-manufactured part I could think of. Plus it's solid metal :)
[1] https://parts.ford.com/shop/en/us/engine/other-engine-parts/...
Shoplifters love stealing Tide bottles, and a stolen one's worth maybe ten bucks. A Lego set can cost $500-$1000 and is worth nearly retail price on eBay? And it's in a low security toy store? And it's untraceable? It's an obvious choice for a burglar. The worst part is finding a buyer, and if you're desperate for cash you can just mark it down 25% and it'll be gone in an hour.
The company itself insists though that it should only be used as an adjective :D: https://x.com/LEGO_Group/status/1359856214591627269?lang=en
For example: https://www.serious.global/LEGO-SERIOUS-PLAY-Trademark-Guide...
(It also says when you speak the word you're supposed to shout it as if you're scaring off birds. If you look down there on page 11.)
Danes are weird.
PS: I had the pleasure of having eusocial Danish neighbors growing up. The guy worked for Spectra-Physics as a laser technician and drove a Wankel '81 Mazda RX-7 that I could hear revving away towards work every morning.
Stipulative definitions since meanings of words vary from person-to-person:
"Eusocial" to me means "prone to socializing".
"Prosocial" to me means "aware of the interests of the group and seeks to positive contributions to the groups and individuals."
"Asocial" to me means "neural or indifferent towards others."
"Antisocial" to me has multiple meanings either "avoids people", "doesn't get along with people", or "is indifferent to or against the interests of others".
There's only 8 pages in the linked PDF.
(It's Sainsbury's because it was John Sainsbury's shop)
That's a possessive s, so it's Tesco's. As in "we're going to Tesco's" or "I'm just nipping down to Aldi's". Not Tescos or Aldis.
We effectively drop the word 'store'. So it's a shortened form of "I'm nipping to the Tesco's store". The 's indicates that Tesco owns the store.
We use the same phrases when going to someone's house, as in "I'm going to Sarah's" which is a shortened form of "I'm going to Sarah's house".
We don't use an s in Lego, so we use Lego like Europe, not Legos.
Edit: My partner just pointed out there are some exceptions (and weird ones). Asda is a store like Aldi or Tesco, but we say "I'm going to Asda". But that could be an artifact of their marketing jingles or perhaps because it is originally an abbreviation of Associated Diaries which already has an s. We also have a pharmacy chain called Boots, and it's "we going to Boots" not 'we're going to Boots' ".
Those aren't pluralizations with an s though. They're possessives with an apostrophe s.
LEFOs is a pluralization. Like Kleenexes instead of "Kleenex tissues."
Whether it's Legos or Lego's is just a matter of spelling. The problem is identical.
Then someone can set about to backform the phrase being acronymed.
It's Danish though :-)
Article: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/24/smarter-living/how-a-bran...
Octopuses. Indexes. Legos.
This isn't a new development. And it was going on long before the vice article... in the early 2000's it was an eBay "issue".
Recently I have found a bunch of "lego" sets on some Chinese websites (they are pretty good, and the unique kits are interesting). And it points to an interesting pattern. IN the west we are keen on steeling high end goods, honey, wine, TV's, fancy bags, Legos. IN china they just make a knockoff... food, wine, phones, bags, and legos.
Im now kind of curious if this is a manufacturing base outcome or a cultural thing (or a bit of both).
Growing up, a friend's sister struggled with kleptomania. Not because it was cool or for a rush, but she had to steal shit similar to the compulsions associated with OCD.
Well, the immediate offenders are subsidizing a substance abuse problem, but the cartel pays them to steal stuff. The logistics and reselling are organized (on second thought I wouldn't be surprised if they're the same people supplying the drugs).
> I would have my doubts about the chemical composition of the blocks themselves
The real ones don't have midi-chlorians either.
I have no idea what you're talking about.
Really, take a look around, it isn't like that at all.
Btw, there are pretty good off-brand Legos.
The guy selling them also mentioned he had big trains & tracks bag, another 50$ and we are all set. Duplo bricks are relatively huge but for 2-4 year old they are perfect, and I dont see a reason for a change for a couple of years. I myself prefer them to small ones, much easier to build bigger stuff, small pieces of regular lego are very easy to scatter all across home.
The plastics on original are very durable, 0 degradation compared to new ones, all pieces hold very well together. I dont expect them to sell for less once the time comes. All have lego logo (ehm) on those connecting circles, not sure if original or not but who cares.