Top 10 Worst Things About LEGO!
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- Опубликовано: 5 сен 2024
- Today, I countdown my picks for the Top 10 Worst Things About LEGO - from prices, to stickers, to the treatment of the Nintendo license, there's a lot to cover!
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3:22 not the rope has to be cut here but the pneumatic hose. That was always the case with pneumatic Sets at Technic in the old days.
Yeah prior to the pneumatics 2.0 system introduced in the arocs, all LEGO technic pneumatic hoses had to be cut yourself
Ohhhhh my b! Just saw this and pinned it, 3 weeks later, nobody else pointed it out lol - great eye
Rope and stickers amazing 👏 much
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One of the best examples of a theme not doing remakes is Minecraft. It's theme has been around for 10 years, (8 years of minifigure scale sets). I think there's only been one official "remake" of a set being the Ender Dragon. They're constantly expanding on that theme year after year. And it ties into another point on the list - no stickers.
Great point!
Well thanks for making me feel old. Seriously, LEGO Minecraft started 8 years ago?!
Minecraft as a theme never made much sense to me, I'm genuinely surprised it has lasted that long.
When it exists as a sandbox game, infinitely procedurally generated that you can build and rebuild as many times you want across game modes, I've never seen the incentive behind limiting oneself to physical recreations of that, with a fraction of the versatility and play factor, for several times the cost
Man, the Micromob sets were a whole *decade* ago. I managed to get the whole first wave of minifigure scale sets when I was 9
Good point good sir.
My biggest issue with lego is the inaccuracy of licenced sets. I get that you can't spoil movies and everything, but sometimes the sets are so different from what the thing they are based on are that it borders on being false advertising. They always narrowly dodge the legal aspects, Avengers Endgame sets being a great example.
Endgame was not their fault. I guarantee that Disney/Marvel purposefully gave most toy companies a misdirect so as to not spoil anything.
I think for endgame they should have done a best of / infinity saga theme to celebrate it for sets related to endgame
thats on the licensing companies not lego they tell them what they can or cant show.
Remember the no way home set of strange’s crib?
Great list Lego 👌 video
My gripes with Lego are as follows...
1. Stickers - They're a pain to put on
2. Their Apps: Hidden Side and Vidiyo outright couldn't work or were incompatible with certain phones or tablets
3. Batman: Nearly every DC set has to cram in Batman despite DC having a rich catalogue of heroes and villains that are just begging for a set
4. Oversized packaging: Giant boxes that are half full which seems silly as it's just excessive waste and could easily be cut down.
5. Instruction Booklets: Some sets contain a load of instruction booklets for really small builds. Why not just convert them into one booklet?
6. Their Policy on Violence: Lego will not make sets that contain violence or military themed sets, yet their biggest money maker is called "Star Wars" which is a franchise that has people with weapons that can cut and slice you up and have tyrannical empires blowing up planets and killing innocent lives
I will have to agree with you there on stickers. It’ll take me a minute to put a sticker on a lego piece
Totally agree on stickers, I hate them so much, and the last point I 100% agree, lets not forget that they make sets based on the Clone Wars show which had some really violent scenes in it, best example is Clone Commander Thorn's last stand in one episode, I wish they would drop that no violence part, it takes away so many concepts that could be so cool to see as lego sets.
2 This is because they is to many diffrent operating system which get new version barely every 2 years that make anything before it not work on them. This is not really a issue with game consoles or pc's as much.
I definitely agree with you on stickers also it’s a shame that certain LEGO websites doesn’t have that piece with that sticker on it so I can get around putting stickers on pieces
Got to agree on the Batman one. It feels like there needs to be Bat representation in a set somehow unless it’s themed on a DC movie that doesn’t feature Batman and those are thin on the ground (Shazam only received a minifig polybag).
I worked for Lego for a while and I was told that Mario doesn't have mini figures is because Nintendo asked Lego to design sets differently from what they normally do. They wanted something more interactive.
Minifigures or not, that’s what I love about the theme.
They should include mini figures that come with a stand to display it. The current Mario sets are fine though.
@@jakajja4844 they should put the minifig inside the mario fig like a mech suit just to fuck with people and start hating on the idea
@@mockingladmockery3860 🤣🤣🤣
@@mockingladmockery3860 Hehe, nice.
A major issue for me right now is them spending 1 billion dollars on the metaverse and then making consumers pay more for sets. If they have that much excess money to blow they don't need to raise prices. Plus it negates all of their efforts to be sustainable.
THEY SPENT $1 BILLION ON THE METAVERSE??? AMAZINGN POINT. Omg dude, this is like video worthy. But if I make it people are gonna be like YOU’re bEing ToO nEGative
To be fair they were assisted by sony but still…
@@just2good PLEASE make a video on this. Too few RUclipsrs and other LEGO fan media have called them out for it (probably because they'll get the usual backlash from daring to criticize LEGO plus having to deal with meta obsessives) and it seems like the general community has almost entirely forgotten about it even though it was very recent. It was already bad just for the environmental impact going against everything they've worked for in recent years but now that they're pretending to be forced into raising prices it's even worse.
Public outcry has ended many of these meta/NFT related projects companies are trying to push and if LEGO fans with platforms would actually speak about it we could end this before it gets more serious.
@@just2good no everyone hates the metaverse. This isnt a wacky take like the bowser video
a bigger issue is, the year before they increased prices now, they had their most lucrative year ever..... so basically they told us yeah we made more money then ever but we need to increase prices cause we dont make enough???
For me lack of original themes should be number one. Licensed themes like Star Wars have started to become very bland to me. I’m desperately missing the the old themes like mars mission, power miners, and agents to name a few
What lmao
@@master_k5019 I guess your too young to know what those themes are? Look them up and you'll be wishing you had them lol
@@Jbread456 no I mean how is star wars bland
@@Jbread456 I have 2 power miners sets
Yeah, that almost made number 1 for me back then. But stickers frustrate me more because LEGO has not completely abadoned original themes, and R-Rated themes will *never* happen which makes me sad 😭😭😭
Quite a few things on this list were completely relatable. The Lego Ideas sets that get approved are never the ones I'm rooting for, several of the licensed themes (i.e., DC, Mario) have been horribly squandered, copyright abuse has been the bane of my existence and stickers are my least favourite part of building a Lego set. (I completely understand why the Paper Mario fanbase hates Sticker Star)
Loved the Paper Mario joke
LOL, damn I should’ve used Sticker Star music for that entry 🤣
Honestly I don't know why Lego hasn't done sets on The Legend of Zelda and it's not like Zelda games are obscure or they haven't gotten a new sequel in years like F-Zero, Earthbound or Excitebike
@@just2good You forgot to mention Gravity Falls as a rejected idea for Lego Ideas .
@@The_Blue_Otaku Because Nintendo.
I feel like most rejected nintendo sets are due to issues with nintendo being, well, nintendo.
I mean thats most companies now days
@@greatlake_editz what is your opinion on Obi-Wan Kenobi?
They'll give permission on their own accord, like with Lego Super Mario.
@@real_abender unfortunately, yeah. nintendo thinks having someone else's name in the manual will cause the company to collapse
@@greatlake_editz Nintendo is especially bad though. They literally copyright fan animations
"LEGO is a multi-million dollar company, so of course it's far from perfect, some people act like they're no flaws whatsoever"
THIS!!! Thank you, as someone who loves LEGO it is a tad annoying to see people excuse their flaws from time to time
there's so much to love about them but we can't just ignore the actual issues that exist
Legit 😭
I saw someone getting mad that people don’t like that lego prices are going up like???
I agree
#4 all day long. Would love to see an increase in unique themes. Maybe not like before they went into trouble, but at least some that don’t include digital gimmicks.
I second this notion.
I so agree with #1. It seems like they want to appeal to the adult market but don’t want to risk bad pr around their products. I would literally kill for lego game of thrones, but I know they’ll never do it.
Even if they did do sets like that, game of thrones would still be off the table bc of mega
I agree with you about stickers being a problem. The ones I find the worse are ones that have to be put on 1x plates like 1x4 or really horrible 1x6 because if you start at one end and don’t have it absolutely straight by the time you get to the other end the sticker can be coming off the piece. I know there are cost issues but I much prefer printed parts, especially when you have to put the same pattern of sticker on the same part multiple times. I don’t know why they decide some things like that can be printed part and others have to be stickers.
I also agree with you about trying to tie knots in Lego rope and string, very annoying.
I haven't bought any new sets in a while but last few didn't have any stickers but I do remember how annoying they are
Usually it’s just an issue of budget and reusability.
If it’s a
Their strict policy on mature sets is also what’s preventing us from getting Dealthly Hallows sets. Our first one being the Ministry of Magic
I remember getting a lego set of the scene where Harry dies for Christmas around nine years ago lmao.
I also remember when Lego put literal nazi soldiers with revolvers and rifles in their Indiana Jones sets. I’m sure they’ll never do that again
Good points, I agree with you. Here are a few more points that bother me: deteriorating quality of bricks, handling with the community, the doll like minifigures in friends and Disney princess, the new street system in Lego City, that everything new is always announced one by one instead of announcing everything in just one direct And that themes like Ninjago are very repetitive when it comes to sets.
Something I personally hate about Lego is for some odd reason Lego Star Wars only decides to make vehicles and not locations. And when they do make locations it’s only original trilogy.
We just got location from Obiwan xD
they did those duel sets a few years back.
@@timewarpdrive77 we’ve gotten the cantina, dagobah, Death Star trench run, obi wand hut, besbin duel just to name a few
@@timewarpdrive77 and I would personally love a Kamino set or a geonosis centered set
@@Jack.597. True. I've always wondered why they never did a UCS set of the Petranaki Arena from Attack of the Clones or a set built around that setting. Or heck even a set that features the Cloning Spires on Kamino or anything related to that setting.
One complaint I sometimes have about LEGO is that they don’t include sets we see in the shows and movies, and not making some of the sets more screen-accurate.
Regarding No. 9, you do realize that part of the reason is to ensure that something remains accessible to people, like if a set is discontinued, they want to make sure that someone can get that particular anything, regardless of if someone gotten it before.
yeah that's very reasonable, unfortunately Luke's landspeeder has definitely soured a lot of people on re-released, although re-releases like the AT-AT and AT-TE proves that this is very effective
@@pakochanchan881 I personally don’t mind.
Also parts get updated and building methods change over time
@@pakochanchan881 I wish more people would put themselves in the minds of the average person and not a whole internet community.
@@tomgames8616 Exactly
For me the biggest problem is the prices. I feel like they’re always looking to raise prices even when there’s no real reason for it. The inconsistency between themes shows this. It has really deterred me from buying new sets. I’ve only bought 2 in the past year
I think one problem with lego making mature sets is that whenever they make anything close, everyone complains about it
Yeah, remember Simpsons?
@@timewarpdrive77
Lego, as do most companies that take feedback and reviews seriously
@@timewarpdrive77
Not always, what if the people who paid up didn't like it?
Selling well means nothing if people hate the post-sale experience
Just like how movies can do well at box office yet follow up with terrible reviews
It always bugs me when you have an almost perfect minifigure of a licensed character, but they get generic plain legs. I think they're still making Spider-man figs with completely blue legs even though we've had the dual molded ones for years.
Agreed, or the amount of Batman sets that don’t have leg printing or dual molded legs, same thing goes for Wolverine and Superman. Not every character needs dual molded but it doesn’t make sense for the ones that need them not have any.
I believe they’re using dual molded legs for bigger sets, and single color legs for smaller sets Which I didn’t personally mind.
I'm glad to hear someone talking about needing more unique themes, ever since I was a kid and saw themes like Monster Fighters or Atlantis I've been praying that we get new original Lego themes like them. But so far it seems to be nothing but Lego City and Star Wars. I love Lego, but for me that's always been extremely disappointing.
LEGO Atlantis is the best theme ever!
Yeah they used to have tons of original themes when I was a kid. Power Miners, Aqua Raiders, Mars Mission, and Agents were some of my favorites. Now I’m just confused because they’re still making Ninjago stuff like a decade since it started and all their other themes are based on big franchises. I did see this newer theme called Monkie Kid on their website that looked pretty interesting but I didn’t find a single one of those sets at the physical lego store I visited last week
@@GigaDonk99 I don't live near a lego store but I've been searching my local Walmart for monki kid, so far no luck
Also on the missed opportunities there’s Doctor Who. Lego is established to make sets for older collectors, such as the ones made more to be displayed pieces than actually played with like the helmets sub range, and Doctor Who has heavy nostalgia factor. The model designs exist with the Lego Dimensions game, so sets based on specific era console rooms along with their Doctors and companions or iconic locations would have appeal. Established characters and monsters in different locations would allow people to play out new stories, such as the Fourth Doctor and Sarah on a Dalek spaceship or the Tenth Doctor and Donna with Cybermen in a freezer center. Yet all we got was one control room and TARDIS exterior set, and the Lego Dimensions pack.
to be fair, another company has made figures of half of the characters at this point
Lego and Nintendo are very similar. Trigger happy with copyright, don’t know how the modern internet works, sometimes frustrates consumers, miss good opportunities in their products, have been being lazier in recent years
At least Lego is easier to buy than a special edition game. The resell price for them however… >->
I'm just hoping the next system (Or two) Big N releases after the Switch are Wii U level bombs. Forcing them to go 3rd party.
The biggest problems are the price and colour inaccuracies.
How about Top 10 Lego Themes you want to be rebooted or remade
My picks: Castle, Pirates, Ultra Agents, Orient Express, Knight's Kingdom, Vikings, Aqua Raiders / Atlantis, Power Miners, Pirates of the Carribean, Lord of the Rings
Monster fighters as well
Legends of Chima is my number 1 pick
@@leesanda77 heck yeah!!!
I would replace orient express with indiana jones
@@flashfire9825 It was an underated series because it came in right after Ninjago ended so people had a high expectation for it to be similar to Ninjago so most people didn't like it
My biggest gripe that has made me lose interest in the hobby is the quality control, they still haven't fixed discoloured bricks & parts that have no clutch to stay together. Yet they do nothing but decrease the part count and increase the price.
Sometimes I really annoys me that Lego doesn’t really make animals accessible, Jurassic world is the only way to get new Lego Dino’s with many iconic Dino’s like stegosaurus and brachiosaurus still missing mini figures. And keeping the most desired animals such as the new elephant in the largest sets.
Right they just released for duplo animal sets with just the animals and some trees and are mostly new molds wtf why can’t we get this for the regular system animals instead of paying for crappy city vehicles we don’t want
I really hate the durability thing with stickers. They inevitably peel off and crack with time. It's as if they had an expiration date
My least favorite thing about them is that they are sometimes cheap with Star Wars minifigs and sets. They don’t give us new prints sometimes. I understand but it’s cheap for what we’re paying. Speaking of paying, the sets are super overpriced sometimes
Yeah, In my country the scythe costs 130$ :(
In terms of detail in figs and ships, this year Lego is absolutely crushing it, summer 2022 wave is one of the best we've gotten, although I agree most are overpriced
Lego Mario be like
@@perkis12 I agree with you. I love the summer wave but it’s expensive
*and even then*, Star Wars often gets more love than the other themes.
If you think it's hard being a Star Wars lego fan, imagine being a DC fan so far this year.
Heck, imagine being a Jurassic fan. Lego have done nothing with two entire movies in that series, and only one "normal" set with the very first, plus two diarama-type sets.
I absolutely agree with the #1 reason. We already have 18+ sets why not have licenced themes that are 18+?
Thank you for bringing this topic up, so many LEGO fans are die-hard and will defend everything LEGO ever does.
Personally, my biggest issues with LEGO are:
-Manufactured Scarcity - They are a multi-billion dollar company, by now they should understand what is going to be popular and produce more stock based on that. I know that the popularity has been rising recently, and apparently they are opening a new factory, but I still feel this will be a problem. The two biggest examples are the Clone Command Station which almost retired before it was ever really in stock, and the Blue Milk Luke which was NOT advertised as a pre-order bonus, but basically ended up being just that. It's no secret that LEGO owns Bricklink, so they are benefitting more by making less which is crazy.
-Chrome pieces - Okay this might just be me, but I LOVE chrome pieces, and from what I heard, LEGO stopped using them in sets because the paint chips over time. Okay, that's valid I suppose, but stickers also wear over time too... And the fact that they still make chrome keychains TO THIS DAY, boggles my mind! keychains experience way more wear-and-tear than normal bricks, so that literally does not make sense to me.
-plastic quality - cracking torsos/legs needs to be addressed.
-They spend way to much on publicity stunts at the cost of the consumer, life-sized cars and models are cool and all, but I don't want to have to indirectly pay for all that (someone also mentioned that they spent $1M on the metaverse)
-Retiring parts/molds - Apparently they 'destroyed' the goat mold, ok, do they not have the design plans to make another mold? Again they are a multi-billion dollar company, why can't they just hang on to old mold or mold designs (yes I know molds have limited use, but they should always be able to make more using the same design, it would save costs of designing a new element.) fun fact: Part 32008 was only used in 1997, then randomly revived in 2009.
-DUPLO gets way more love than system - look up "DUPLO zoo" and you'll see why I say that
-LEGO Ideas contests - so this is something I personally experienced when I entered an Ideas contest. If another contender has the 10k badge (means they had a LEGO Ideas set that reached 10k support) it notifies all of their fans when they enter the contest, and on the contest entry, it displays their 10k badge. This makes it EXTREMELY unfair to new users because people flock to support them, and then it shows their entry above everyone else's, which nets them even more votes. TL:DR - entries should be anonymous.
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100% agree with that first point! I have gotten so irritated with LEGO ideas turning down perfectly good concepts!
They should honestly make more ideas sets per year!
IKR, I would kill for a Lego Ideas Red Dwarf set.
Btw, I mean the TV show and not the star.
Or maybe catalog some good ideas to use later, rather than outright vanish them
THANK YOU for FINALLY bringing attention to their STUPID refusal to make anything based off of adult media. There are so many great IPs that would bring in a good chunk of money for Lego that they won't touch on because they're too mature. Personally, I think some Final Fantasy, Yakuza, and horror movie based sets would be amazing. Hopefully their willingness to release sets based off of The Office and Seinfeld indicates a step in the right direction for adult oriented sets
Personally i argue things shouldnt HAVE to be based on adult media to be adult, and id rather they cut down on the licenses than add MORE to the list drowning out anything with a drop of originality from within.
I have nothing against licenses but i dont think there should be so many active at once when theres only like, 4 in-house themes active
I mean its not like LEGO can just make those type of sets without any permission
The thing that really upsets with Lego is the lack of new characters when it comes to superhero sets. I don’t mean to be picky but it’s true. We keep getting Batman sets with Batman and already used villains. I don’t mind if they do Batman and an already existing villian, but I think they should just be on the side and have new characters being the star of the show. It adds more variety to the sets.And this brings me to another point:making way too many vehicle and sets and now place sets. They are so many locations in the marvel and dc world and yet they only focus on vehicles. At least with the older ones like yea they had many vehicles but at the same time had many awesome playsets like the hulk smash lab, old daily bugle, joker fun house. I think they should equal it out. A wave of superhero sets with half with vehicle sets and half with
play sets. As the sets themselves. Have of it should have new characters and half with some older ones. Hope all of this makes sense.
Couldn’t agree more, even though Marvel has gotten somewhat better with Spider-Man for location sets, there’s still not a lot for other MCU ones. Back in the day for phase 2 we got an entire Avengers tower and Helicarrier, but nowadays the locations for these sets are just half assed made. And speaking of the amount of Batman sets, it always confuses me how Batman is more popular than Superman in terms of Lego. Sure the character itself is definitely marketable, but the problem is that they never seem to give him any time to shine with Superman’s own characters and villains, same thing kinda goes for the other major DC characters that aren’t Batman related.
Probably for me my biggest problem with lego are the prices, and the fact that certain sets (or even themes) don't even arrive to my country, an example of this would be monkie kid, as they haven't arrive to my country, and I know they won't. It's super annoying as I love the builds of the line.
On the issue of licensing especially with Nintendo, we should blame the companies that LEGO is making the sets for that given how strict some of them are with their properties. LEGO was lucky they were even allowed to make the Mario set.
Welp the Nintendo WANTED them to make lego Mario set. They even asked lego to make unique interactive figures instead of just minifigs
Its such a lowblow for collectors when Lego just decides to release characters in their "regular" costumes as SDCC exclusives. The Phoenix Jean Grey was what made me give up collecting. You just wouldn't ever be able to complete that 70s/80s X-Men team without shelling out huge cash for that Phoenix. What a foul move.
My biggest issue with LEGO rn is the way their squandering their partnership with Nintendo. Nintendo and LEGO are my two favorite brands and I’ve dreamed of LEGO Nintendo sets for years and it makes me sad how little they’re doing with the partnership. The LEGO Mario sets are pretty neat but they lack any display value and their refusal to give us minifigures is really frustrating. Even beyond just LEGO Mario though I really want LEGO to do sets from other Nintendo properties even if they’re just one or two sets to give us a cool build and some awesome minifigures. Personally The Legend of Zelda has always been my favorite video game franchise and I would love to get official minifigures and sets based off it. Even other franchises like Metroid and Pokémon deserve at least a one off set.
I don't think it's Lego's fault. Nintendo is probably the one squandering.
Let me just tell you.. Nintendo is the one to blame as they are super difficult as a partner as far as I know.
Nintendo doesn't want lego to make sets with minifigures
To be fair, there are occasional nods to more mature things in LEGO sets. The BIONICLE G2 Skull Archer and Skull Grinder's masks had an extreme resemblance to the Terminator's iconic skull, and the Nether Adventurer's design in the LEGO Minecraft Nether Bastion set could be seen as a nod to DOOM, though it does also look a bit Halo-like as well. So they'll make references that the adult fans will get, but they won't make sets that are explicitly based on things for more mature audiences.
"There's a theory that every Lego theme and set has a budget." hahaha, that made me laugh! you don't say??
I don't mind remakes if they stand as genuine improvements to the model.
The issue is when remakes are inferior to a previous incarnation. The Lambda-Class Shuttle from Star Wars is a perfect example.
Bros girl left him and hasn’t made a positive video about Lego since
Omg this is so true! The thing that irritates me the most about Lego is how lazy they make with their dinosaurus in the last couple of years, sure we had Atrociraptors, Pyroraptor, Quetzalcoatlus(without neck articulation and no Smaug-style wings tho), Ankylosaurus, Baby Angylosaurus, Baby Triceratops and new Dilophosaurus, but look at the Giganotosaurus(T-Rex arms and Indominus head), Therizinosaurus(indoraptor body,legs and tail), Gllimimus(complete Stygimoloch body), Baryonyx(complete Indoraptor body on the first one efore they changed arms) and Carnotaurus(Indominus body, tail ang legs), they just keep reusing the molds for dinosaurs and make them completly innacurate instead of making the comlete new molds like in Jurassic World game...
And yes, I wanted Lego Alien, horror movies, horror games, Creepypastas and R rated content since forever, I really hope they just delete this rule and make ''18+'' sets since they made Stranger Things...
As a lego jurassic fan,this is the one thing that pisses me of
I'm a moc builder and I'd prefer prints too. You can always use a cleaning solution to remove the prints, it's no big deal.
Lego city needs to stop having road plates in City sets, they devalue the buildings because they need the space for them. The old Road plates were fine because you could get them separately on their own, you get a good building set and could add road plates if you want to, for me that's a better value than having them take over half the set, leaving small room for buildings which makes them look unfinished. If I want to buy a building like the 2022 school and hospital I want a building not a small 4 stud wide rooms with little space. Just make one road plate set and then design the set to be compatible with them so that you can have the option, but you still have a good looking building with side builds if you choose not to.
Agreed. THANK YOU!
Agree but I’ve just been not buying lego sets and instead buying parts and making Mocs. You get just the bricks you need and they aren’t lame open back builds. Take inspiration from where ever you like and build something great!
Ditch the new costly road plates and put that money to building pieces
Yeah I wish they had spent more time designing the sets so there will be no "it should have been..." or "we should have fixed..." circumstances.
6:31 Thanks again just2good! What a captivating video! The Jazz Quartet was just sitting on a shelf in Target, right in front of me! It was a great day for LEGO fans.
I agree with pretty much everything in this video but there is another thing that bugs me about Lego:
That’s the fact that some sets get retired too quickly, like some sets get retired the same year they get release!
I can understand exclusives but even non exclusive sets get retired too quickly.
YES! 100% agree.
The Marvel CMF line is a brilliant example, only managed to get half of them as they were released during covid… like, just keep them on shelves a little longer to allow people to complete the series and not pay over the top (ott) prices after they’ve retired.
That’s another annoying thing about Lego is scalpers, buying all of a set and then reselling them for more than they’re worth… like, do you know how just inaccessible you’ve just made that set because you hogged all of one set to resell it for silly times more than the Recommended Retail Price (RRP).
I miss the alternative builds they used to put on the back of the box/instruction books. I also miss the little profiles they did for the mini figures in the CMF line
OMG I LOVE THOSE BOTH! I DIDN’T KNOW PEOPLE LIKED THE LITTLE PROFILES ONLINE TOO
Why I like COBI more than LEGO is specifically for their Military-Vehicles, but we do have our Military MOC-Builders;
yet they have 2 Factors to Rival LEGO such as the: Special-Molds & Capability to recreate/make Military-Vehicles.
_But then again, COBI follows a specific Catalogue; I mean they've been recreating WW2 Vehicles for a while now_
I heard a theory that the reason stickers are so common because if a lego set with stickers doesn’t sell, the pieces can be repurposed mid production. When it has a printed piece, that piece can only be used for that set.
I saw the notification and just thought 'Ah, he finally snapped'.
Benefit to stickers is also that you get a print you get to choose where to put. Especially if sticker is clear backed, you can change color of the brick you put it on, or put it on different thing whatsoever.
YESSS, YEEESSSS, I agree with your number 1 reason!
The sheer censorship and missed oppurtunities with lego REALLY bothers me. "Indiana Jones" was an amazing theme from Lego because we were given military veichles and LITTERAL THIRD REICH soldiers! Even Soviet soldiers, the maturity in the older sets was just incredible, and its shame that the gritty fields are being replaced with ONLY flowers and grass.
My least favorite thing about Lego is how easy the capes rip and over times the arms start to crack
for me it's what they did to Bionicle. Not bionicle itself but the worry they'd do it to other unlicensed sets they decide to revive.
They brought back an older series and relied on the fans to literally advertise it by themselves.
Imagine they revive lego pirates and they don't advertise it anywhere and by the time they do; they cancel it due to lack of interest!
The reason fans didn't buy it is because nobody knew it existed! I only hope they don't repeat it in future for other sets like adventure, rock raiders or racers!
I feel that sticker anxiety, lol
I like to watch tv or listen to the radio when I build, but when it's sticker time I have to pause my show, because I have to focus to make sure it's right. Maybe if they gave us two sheets, so if I fuck up I don't feel so bad.
Recently I did the Daily Bugle, and those big display stickers on the front were the worst. I nailed all of them, but for a 300 dollar set--they have to be perfect!
Ohhhh when I used to watch and build the pausing thing was such a frustration lolllll. I don’t watch and build anymore, I really should. I like to do it with bad movies.
@@just2good I went through ALL of South Park while building, and now I'm working through Simpsons. I've been trying to watch more laid back shows.
I also can’t stand plastic bags. I can’t even count how many times I’ve looked around for a missing piece for like 10 minutes, only to find it was in the bag.
Plastic bags for plastic bricks in a cardboard box...what...? Aint no food yo...
Holy carp you unlocked a core memory with that Atlantis box, those disc things were so freaking cool!
And that sticker comment, yep, hundred percent agree. It’s, painful to say the least
For me it is Stickers. Absolutely has to be stickers. Painful stuff to stop your build flow and have to put them on.
I had a crap time with the recent Harry Potter Hogsmeade set as my sticker sheet came folded and it was a disaster
I got a feeling LEGO’s leaked Games theme is gonna be the first time LEGO will do Mature licenses
I’d say my two big gripes with lego, are Ninjago, and dinosaur pieces.
For Ninjago, I don’t think it’s a bad theme. But it’s a theme eater. So many cool ideas, just wasted on the ninjas for the 80th time. A video game world, a table top fantasy rpg, a similar theme to Atlantis. So many fun ideas, but it just HAS to have ninjago plastered on. I get it’s a best seller, but come on. It’s so depressing to see such a lack of unlicensed themes, that lego think won’t sell, so they just slap Ninjago on it. I feel Hidden Side and Monkie Kid would have done better if the first didn’t have terrible packaging and forcing an app onto the theme, and the second would have done even better, by being more accessible to people around the world, rather than mostly just China. But nope, Ninjago just continues to get is grubby paws on all these good ideas. Ugh.
Now for the dinosaur pieces. I absolutely despise them. They feel like Anti-Lego. Lego is a toy that allows you to build almost anything you want, even with specialized pieces. A slopped piece could be used as a part of a ship, detail to a mountain, a part for a mech. It’s specialized, but there’s so many options for them! Dino parts, it’s the opposite. You can only use the pieces in a dinosaur context. And even if you don’t, that piece is still restrictive. A dino’s leg is still just a leg. And that’s it. That’s it’s main purpose. It was DESIGNED to only be that. For smaller dinos I can see why they are specialized, but the big ones I hate with a passion. What could have been a fun and intuitive build, is just a duplo like build, that’s less than ten parts. If the Dino was brick built, you could take it apart, and build something new! But with these big specialized, thats all they’ll be. Just dinosaur pieces that sit in a bin. And you can barley be used outside their intended context. If you lose pieces to a brick built dino, build a new leg, or take the whole thing apart and build something completely different! Lose a leg on the specialized dino. Sucks to be you, that leg is gone until you find it. Not to mention, the dinos increase the price of a set by an ungodly amount. And they have to put in a vehicle or terrain just to make the set actually have something worth building, when the Dino itself could be a fun build on its own, or with a vehicle or terrain! But no, just give them big specialized pieces.
The 2001 Dinosaurs sets was all Pieces yes they look clunky now but nearly all of them was regular lego peices.
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I can at least give the 2001 dinos a pass, not because of nostalgia or anything, but they don’t increase the price of a set, and aren’t really the main focus, that being the main build. The JP sets will mostly focus on the dinos themselves, and shove the build to the sidelines.
Here are other things that I absolutely despise about Lego.
A. Reusing faces over a billion times.
B. Using faces on movie characters that look NOTHING like the actual actor/actress. (looking at you Lego Shang-Chi)
C. Always accepting Lego idea sets that are based on real life instead of actual themes that everyone wants. (Like Lego Stitch freaking lost to the international space station for goodness sake!)
D. Making up dumb rules like that one thing rule that forbids Lego sets being related to the military even though they made sets like Indiana Jones which has freaking Nazis and Russians for goodness sake. They just removed the logos for censorship and they also make a rule that forbids Lego sets based on first person shooting games like Cod and Halo but they made Lego Overwatch which is also a first person shooter.
E. Being too Disneyfied. What I mean is that every theme they go for is always rated G/E to T/PG-13. No R/M rated sets are allowed. Sure there are kids buying sets but adults buy Lego too and I just prefer if Lego just does something different and do something more mature for adults but NOPE, they have to do this because "tHiNK oF tHe ChILdReN." Stupid.
F. And finally it's this weird thing I find about Lego minifigures. More specifically the first Marvel CMF series. I just question myself that how come the minifigures in the CMF series are really well printed and have excellent pieces while the set they come in (or at least Wanda) barely has any printing. I just don't get it?!
I just think that it's really funny how just2good made this video a day after he made a video ranting about Lego stupidity of not giving us Lego super Mario Minifigures. This week is just2good destroying the freak out of lego
I REALLY hope he’s not being just2negative for good.
13:44 Darn right, stickers are super helpful for specific part hunters like myself.
That intro gave me a seizure
I feel like I'm being pushed out of my favorite hobby by all these price increases, and also by lego starting to go ham on big sets that cost several hundred dollars while phoning it in on the smaller, more affordable sets
I think the biggest problem is them focussing on too many niche themes. Like the muppets for instance. That has such a small market and I've never seen so many of a minifig series stack up in stores. Lego was downright idiotic for making that
Muppets sell well compared to Simpsons. Many stores had a lot of them still 3 years AFTER this series started here.
Something I love about Mega Construx is their lack of fear for new molds. Where my favorite aspects of Lego and Mega Construx are characters, I love the constant new designs for Mega Construx and it makes Lego's fear of new molds irk me even more
Well lego just approved jaws as an ideas set so its a step in the right direction
Just2good great point about Lego not having original themes as often as they used too
I had no idea about them sending you, jang and mandr legal notices. That is actually insane.
They didn’t send me one but sent the other two. All three of us got the sets early though.
@@just2good still ridiculous. TLG is their own worst enemy
Love you Justin! Something I noticed is this channel is lifting from being to mostly kids to more teenagers and adults/mature etc. love it! Keep up the great work!
Price and disappointing series are my biggest issues with LEGO.
LEGO used to be much more affordable back then and I feel the rising prices will negatively impact and drive away kids from enjoying it in the future.
One of my biggest issues with lego sets lately is that they dont put enough attention to themes. For DSITMOMthey made gargantose and waited so long for the santum, same with Thor LT and stranger things. Lego just print money with that stacourt mall already.
The price and slacking off on the leg printing and arm printing
I actually agree with your list. I too loathe stickers - especially frustrating when their competition do prints *and* are cheaper.
The lack of “mature” licences is frustrating too. Surely that should be part of their “Adults Welcome” promo. 🤷♂️
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Lego do have licensed sticker sheet replacements. My copy of the Dark Trooper Attack set had an extra sticker sheet.
I would love more pharaohs quest style sets and some more stranger things sets would be SO good. Imagine eddies trailer, the starcourt, the creel house is literally asking for a set based off it
The disrespect to lego dc :(
There are 2 things that are synonymous with Lego on RUclips. Justin's countdowns and Jang's reviews. Great video (as always) Justin.
Thank you so much 😭
I don't get your frustration with stickers, I find stickers are fine to apply and end up looking better than most prints, lego has produced prints with some absolutely abysmal quality to the point where some of mine are awkwardly off center, and off colour. I would rather have the ability to apply the stickers myself and get the placement right, plus having the freedom to just not apply if I prefer the plain look. I agree with the colour of the stickers not matching though, that is something they need to improve. I also accept that printed pieces are great for minifig accessories, and small/curved pieces that would be otherwise much more difficult to apply a sticker to
I think that stickers are actually fine
You can actually put them on every brick you want them on
When you put stickers on and they're off center, or crooked, so you try to take it off and it damages and/or tear the sticker, and then after multiple tries you get it on just right. (Personal PTSD)
im not good at putting stickers on so that's why I don't like them
No, the stress for screwing them up and the fact that they will crumble and fade a bit many years later make them alot more inferior vs prints
@@flashfire9825 same, for me it's more like a love hate thing because I love that I can use stickers for MOCs, but hate applying them
There some more and even worse Lego crimes that you do not mention:
1. Varying colors (in the same set you can get 5 or more variants of the same color)
2. The injection points have become much bigger and noticeable in the last couple of years
3. The hideous color-mix that you find inside most sets nowadays, which leads to the fact that most sets are not designed to be taken apart again.
4. Astronomical prices. Lego is not "just expensive". Its prices are exorbitant.
5. More and more huge and ludicrously priced sets.
6. You always need batteries to get any motor running or lights glowing (a rare occurrence with Lego).
7. You need a mobile phone to play with some sets.
8. Some of the prints are of really bad quality. Just look at all the Han Solos we got over the years.
9. Windows and tiles often come with scratches.
10. Inappropriate choice of colors (DeLorean, Lamborghini, Liebherr).
11. Really bad renderings of originals, cars in particular. The rear of James Bond's Aston Martin looks like a Trabant.
12. The policy of maximizing profit at the cost of releasing horrible and miserly sets - a supermarket without a roof? You cannot be serious!
The list might go on and on ... Lego nowadays? 🤮🤪💩! I am so glad that we have so many excellent alternatives now.
I completely agree with everything you dislike about Lego, they have some work they need to do if they want to improve. Thank you for the video, stay safe, keep up your great content and have a good day.
14:26 the original sign i had on my kwik e mart ive had since 2015 is so torn up and cracked it looks like it could fit into an apocalyptic setting
I miss the old style of blaster in Lego Star Wars. The small ones with the red studs on the end. They were super cartoony but fit pretty well, Lego is not meant to be super realistic after all. Nowadays all you get are the bigger ones which more resemble canons or the small pistol style ones with no personality whatsoever.
Stud shooters just don’t have the same charm, and are heavily overused. Probably the worst thing to come out of the LEGO Movie
I think when it comes to leaks, Star Wars is so sensitive because Sets are specific scenes while Avatar is a tad bit older and I feel it being leaked wouldn't harm anything because everyone's seen the movie.
After the way he got called out by his own subscribers for complaining too much, this couldn’t have been uploaded at a worst time 😂
One of LEGOs great flaws- it could even be their biggest- is they simply do not listen to their audience, whether it be the complaints they make now or the complaints that have been made long ago…
Completely agree with the mature themes
I have a funny story about stores releasing sets early. My brother went to toys r us and got some fun packs for Lego dimensions (I cant remember which one he tried to buy) but the one he tried to buy was put on shelves early and the employee refused to sell the set to him
I thought you Just said that you weren’t always negative and clickbaity. Sure….
Feel like I should find a better source for LEGO news
LEGO BETTER NOT reject Ashnflash’s Shrek ideas project!
Damn STOP IT WITH being JUST 2 NEGITIVE with the Mario stuff, I get it you don't like what we got because it's not mini figures... but come on, let it go and be happy lego finally did something with nintendo that isn't another video game port.
1) Prices
2) scaled down sets
3) all of the Star Wars issues
I agree with number 1. Especially with Halo, seeing as the weapons and vehicle designs aren’t that much more realistic than say the Star Wars vehicles and weapons
Things wrong with Lego:
Prices, Quality control, Set Design lacks compared with competition, they are one lawsuit away from being worth nothing. They know that and throw there weight around.
Every good company has flaws. Once in a while they won't always be perfect for your own taste
And I just really hope that they still liked and still have their fans.
Not Just2good adding Material Girl by Madonna while talking about Lego pricing... this is why you're my favorite youtuber! 9:31
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