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Dude enough. $1000 for plastic bricks is fucking batshit. Idgaf who the target audience is, there’s no justifying a price like that for a toy.
It's also 9000 pieces.
Don't get me wrong, I think Lego sets are typically way more expensive than they should be, but this doesn't seem outrageous to me given the scale of the set.
Average price per piece for Lego is $0.10-$0.15. This one is coming in at about $0.11 which is on the cheaper side. You’re right that the sheer size and complexity is what makes it $1,000.
Yeah, now think of how many 1x1 pieces there are in here that adds to piece count. As I've built a few more sets recently, the amount of 1x1 is rediculous given they could use 2x1 or 3x1 in many situations I've seen their usage in. And it's in almost every single set.
Did I say the price was reasonable lmao??? No. I just said it is marketed to adults, so it isn't kids being "priced out" of a toy like the above user stated.
Did I say you said the price was reasonable lmao??? No. I just said that price is batshit insane regardless of the target audience. Thanks for playing.
Well you're the one out here downvoting me when we are both on the same page so I don't understand what your problem is.