Source? Seriously, LEGO’s quality has significantly declined over the past few years. Sets are more expensive, less detailed, with stickers instead of prints and with far worse color consistency than other brands.
I’m just saying, this is what other brands manage to sell:
That’s Bluebrixx’s Castle Blaustein with ~25,000 pieces via 1 base set and 10 optional extension sets for ~1,200€ in total. The base set alone weighs 4 kg with “only” 5000 pieces and 200€ by the way - so unlike LEGO, half the pieces aren’t 1x1s. The final castle alone (ignoring the front court) measures 70 cm in every direction. That’s 0.35 m³ or 350 liters of bricks.
And that’s just one set (albeit with extensions). LEGO would never, ever produce anything like this with this level of detail and (comparatively) low price. Other brands, like Lumibricks, sell sets like this:
This isn’t edited btw. The set looks like this in the dark, check out some videos about it.
Don’t use Megablocks. Check out some of the actual alternatives to LEGO, such as Bluebrixx, Cada, Cobi, Lumibricks, MouldKing or Xingbao. Always check out reviews though, some of their sets are just LEGO-quality (derogatory).
LEGO sets are at the highest quality they have ever been, what??
They are not too much more expensive than the example you gave, unless you are buying franchise sets, which then you pay the licensing fees. Of course it wont be as cheap as alternatives and sure you are paying for the brand, but you get insane quality that lasts and the customer support is unmatched.
Gobrick’s and Cobi’s pieces literally match LEGO’s durability and consistency and surpass it in terms of color consistency and prints by a long shot.
Xingbao was worse in the past and nowadays seems to be approaching LEGO durability but has surpassed it in terms of color consistency and prints as well.
There are a ton of other manufacturers but I don’t know enough about them. Still, they have all massively invested into plastic molding machines in recent years due to their customer base skyrocketing.
Meanwhile, LEGO produces ever worse sets at ever worse prices. 10 ct/piece are the norm even for unlicensed sets while other brands’ - like Bluebrixx - licensed sets are usually around 5 ct/piece btw.
I have completely given up on LEGO. On occasion they produce something that’s worth it at 40% off but that’s sadly the exception.
Source? Seriously, LEGO’s quality has significantly declined over the past few years. Sets are more expensive, less detailed, with stickers instead of prints and with far worse color consistency than other brands.
I’m just saying, this is what other brands manage to sell:
That’s Bluebrixx’s Castle Blaustein with ~25,000 pieces via 1 base set and 10 optional extension sets for ~1,200€ in total. The base set alone weighs 4 kg with “only” 5000 pieces and 200€ by the way - so unlike LEGO, half the pieces aren’t 1x1s. The final castle alone (ignoring the front court) measures 70 cm in every direction. That’s 0.35 m³ or 350 liters of bricks.
And that’s just one set (albeit with extensions). LEGO would never, ever produce anything like this with this level of detail and (comparatively) low price. Other brands, like Lumibricks, sell sets like this:
This isn’t edited btw. The set looks like this in the dark, check out some videos about it.
Don’t use Megablocks. Check out some of the actual alternatives to LEGO, such as Bluebrixx, Cada, Cobi, Lumibricks, MouldKing or Xingbao. Always check out reviews though, some of their sets are just LEGO-quality (derogatory).
LEGO sets are at the highest quality they have ever been, what??
They are not too much more expensive than the example you gave, unless you are buying franchise sets, which then you pay the licensing fees. Of course it wont be as cheap as alternatives and sure you are paying for the brand, but you get insane quality that lasts and the customer support is unmatched.
Gobrick’s and Cobi’s pieces literally match LEGO’s durability and consistency and surpass it in terms of color consistency and prints by a long shot.
Xingbao was worse in the past and nowadays seems to be approaching LEGO durability but has surpassed it in terms of color consistency and prints as well.
There are a ton of other manufacturers but I don’t know enough about them. Still, they have all massively invested into plastic molding machines in recent years due to their customer base skyrocketing.
Meanwhile, LEGO produces ever worse sets at ever worse prices. 10 ct/piece are the norm even for unlicensed sets while other brands’ - like Bluebrixx - licensed sets are usually around 5 ct/piece btw.
I have completely given up on LEGO. On occasion they produce something that’s worth it at 40% off but that’s sadly the exception.