LEGO Bricks Be Like...

Why are LEGO bricks cracking and breaking?
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This video explores 3 LEGO Conspiracy Theories
1. The curse of brittle brown LEGO bricks
2. A deceptive LEGO set trick by LEGO
3. The secret items buried under LEGO’s factory headquarters
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[@SpitBrix]

Have any of your LEGO pieces broken or cracked?

[@Legogunner286]

Yes,like a thousand

[@CrazyCommotion]

Only when I purposely break them😂

[@catluvr2]

As a matter of fact, I was taking apart a Donkey Kong build that I made up, and one of the plates broke.

[@awesomealbertt1150]

Yup, a bright red one from 4 years ago…

[@Blakewyattdunfee]

More times that I can count/care to admit.

[@Rougesteelproject]

The brown bricks sound like lego's version of Gold Plastic Syndrome in things like Transformers.

[@freddiebennett4754]

was just about to mention that and oddly enough it effects some brown plastics as well

[@weaselwolf]

Came here to say just that lol

[@Nemy_Pred]

Poor Randy….

[@freddiebennett4754]

@@Nemy_Pred we all know about poor randy lol

[@needfoolthings]

The main difference is brittle brown is produced not just by Lego, but also by my cat.

[@Quantum_Magnus]

As a Lego fan, but primarily a Transformers fan, I’ve never had this Brittle Brown issue happen to me. I have however had the Transformers community’s version of this called Gold Plastic Syndrome where it’s basically the same concept. The dyes they put in those older figures’ gold colored plastic made it more brittle and thus prone to cracking and breaking over time and use. I had this happen with ROTF Mindwipe where his foot transformation joints are. Haven’t broken off yet, and still sturdy feeling, but there is major crackage.

[@lindarivera63]

Me neither

[@Mightym8man]

"I love to build brown bricks in Minecrap" -Inspector Gadget

[@TitanspeakerGames]

“Minecrap”💀

[@DJDroz-gh5nt]

As a member of the Transformers continuity, we have a similar thing to "Brittle Bricks" called "Gold Plastic Syndrome" or GPS. Basically any figure make from sparkly brown, gold, or similar plastic had the potential to disintegrate due to how brittle it was. This plastic wouldn't stress, it would shatter! Especially if it was used for a hinge, tab/slot, or anything that would be prone to stress. One particular, pun intended, figure "Beast Wars Neo Randy" is noteworthy for being made almost entirely out of this type of plastic and having a spring loaded transformation from warthog to robot mode but is packaged in beast mode and held only by a clear rubber band. The amount of stress on the brittle plastic could, and has, lead to him just exploding right out of the packaging. Luckily there have been no new cases of GPS since 2009.

[@gaveintothedarkness]

Immediately thought of GPS when this topic was covered.

[@PlutoniumBoss]

The other most notable instance is Mega Zarak, whose feet are made out of the infamous gold plastic. Unlike Randy, a Mega Zarak goes for thousands of dollars, and he's a massive figure so those feet are under a lot of stress, even in package. He's basically Schrodinger's Collectible. As long as you keep that box sealed, maybe he's mint, maybe he's not.

[@WackoMcGoose]

There's almost a meta joke to be made here about it being a Beast Wars figure doing that, considering what happens in that series to those staying in the wrong mode for too long. Except for, Beast Mode is supposed to be the _safe_ mode to remain in...

[@Kommunisator]

Also happened to Masters of the Universe figures back then. The original Extendar figure was molded in a peal shine white color with gold accents, and hoo boy was it brittle. Especially the arm joints would just snap, and because kids were accustomed to figures being durable enough to play with them outdoors, this one got destroyed fairly easily. All of his joints bein extendable didn't help either :D

[@svartmetallyst7712]

I personally more remember a G2 Electro and Skyquake's gimmick as GPS cases, as well as Killbison - member of Liokaiser team from TF Victory (and since original Liokaiser was Japan exclusive and never had a rerelease - it's now very expensive).

[@MixZTitaniumDubstep]

The first piece to break on me wasn't even Lego, rather it was Mega Bloks in brown. 2×16 plate in which I only had one of. But the first Lego piece I had disintegrated on me was the glow in the dark teeth from a shark set from 2004.

[@starzkream]

Probably the worst thing I ever did was tried to use brown LEGO pieces with generic knockoff pieces. The slight irregularities are enough to break each piece, especially when trying to take apart. I eventually gave up and threw them all away.

[@braydenpage1808]

Brittle Brown is the Lego version of Transformers GPS (Gold Plastic Syndrome) For context, many old Transformers toys had good plastic that was super brittle.

[@ChrisMortJr.]

Brown bricks

[@hakasek4052]

For us in the Bionicle side of lego, our version of "brittle brown" was the "lime joints". These were definitely up there for the most fragile pieces Lego ever released. The first Bionicle set I ever had was Toa Hahli from the Mahri arc and the lime green joins are the only pieces I've ever had break day 1 during assembly.

[@needfoolthings]

I filter out a bag of brittle brown from my cat's litterbox every day.

[@anacondafilms]

Strangely enough, i never had a lego broken and i only learned about this issue recently

[@goofyahh91020]

Love your videos

[@cruizlee214]

If you put the Ross and Rachel minis on a brown brick, then they are on a break.

[@Fallen_blackrose]

i recently rebuilt my MTT and it has so many broken pieces, although a eye sore, it does give it a battle damage look.

[@maxwiercx5257]

When he said: “Do you know what’s burried underneath LEGO’s headquarters?” an add started yelling Aquabeads!🤣

[@GDO9099]

“plagged”

[@tw0401]

All of my geonosian gun pieces broke and many of my dark red pieces are also broken.

[@kailahmann1823]

I never had any "briddle brown" pieces by now, however that time period is still a bit low in my collection. What I have however are lots of broken pieces from the early 1980s - back them Lego ha a lot of molds, which were just very fragile by design, which is also, why many of them were quickly replaced and we now have the fourth generation clips.

[@Beedo_Sookcool]

Brittle.

[@ToaDrakua]

Latest one seems to be minifigure parts cracking along seams.

[@CJbloxYT]

Brown and maroon are both very brittle

[@geologyjoerocks]

I’ve also had very brittle dark blue pieces too

[@ZontarDow]

The PS5 being sold at a loss is just the tip of the iceberg for consoles, between all console manufacturers the Switch is the console since the SNES, NeoGeo or Philips CD that wasn't sold at a loss.

[@rj6n_]

"broken brown bricks" is a tongue twister if you make it lonnger

[@YannickFilms]

Great video!🔥

[@theslavguystudios4811]

Bro really pulled Lalo Salamanca/Howard Hamlin on retired piece molds

[@B4-C4]

When i bought a lego set a white varient colour broke very easily, i thought it was the pressure of the lego but when i tried nodding another white brick it broke , its not all white bricks its only : ledge peices , clip peices and tiles

[@scorpionwins6378]

Every Lego set I own/have owned all had the same issue with the brown bricks. Doesn't matter how careful you are while assembling, because EVENTUALLY they will break. I became so frustrated that I outright replaced everything brown with a color that was suitable for the build. With the one exception being the palm tree cone shapes you typically find in a lot of the vintage castle/pirates sets I did away with brown Lego parts, as I now consider it a non canon color.

[@ggspaghetti6354]

The brown bricks brake because of the inc colour makes the plastic weak that’s it lol 🗿🍷🧐🤓🤡💀🥸🦘🏜🐊🐨

[@jaydub5515]

Was there an "Anchorman:The Legend of Ron Burgundy" Lego set i dont know about?!?!??😄

[@Alelostar-jg1fk]

Yup I dropped a big model car on it. It got stained blue and got chipped! People who have broken Lego 👇

[@canicallyoujimZSN]

B R O W N B R I C K S

[@Mach-EandModelY]

The thumbnail is golden.

[@Alphoric]

4:12 me when I buy a bulk set of Lego for like 0.5c a piece 😂

[@chriscanul4075]

I always wondered why my Chewbacca arm and claw broke

[@duplotraci]

The piece I have break the most are eyes. The one stud tile ones. I don't have many other options that size break but the eyes crack all of the time.

[@skip-4259]

I’ve had this happen with gray and tan with my hogwarts clock tower before, so it seems it isn’t exclusive to brown

[@L1L-P200]

Its fun hearing you say billund

[@thndr_5468]

I dont get why they just didn't destroy the molds in the first place

[@AverageYoutuber0]

doesn't lego send you a replacement if it breaks?

[@rochengorgon8627]

I was just looking for a brown Lego part and found it. I held it between 3 fingers and easily broke it without any effort. And that was from a LEGO Minecraft set after 2020. Not a good sign, right?

[@legendarykingkian]

The brown, the maroon red bricks in star wars set 9497, pearl gold, and drak green in lego star wars set 9498

[@xXJoeyXxcoooool]

0:36 the one time I broke a brick it was in that color

[@bigiron1311]

I mean, the only bricks I’ve ever had break were brown or dark read but I’d never made any connections lol

[@Zachary-bs2xe]

My Star Wars Lego Battle Battle And Super Battle Droids Are Breaking Edit: Maybe The Brown Ink Is Too Strong For Plastic

[@Booklogical]

2:00 omg I hate it

[@gotomychanneltoseemyname]

The other day I tried to get a 2x8 of a bigger plate and it snapped in half to be fair I was going hard trying to take it off😂😂😂

[@muninnodinnsraven4193]

This may be a hot take, but they really need to switch to pla instead of abs. That would fix a lot of the material problems in my untested opinion.

[@gieselats]

Thank you for your deep diving. I feat that the quality issue is still aware. Maybe in five to ten years the darkred, reddishbrown, etc. bricks will deter. Hey, your lego titanic has cracks in the waterline. Yes, there are the darkred tiles 2x6. But, it’s not a bug, it’s a feature. Remember, titanic has sunk. Ok, but can I purchase replacement parts in ten years. And what about the brichklink sellers. Keep up the good work.

[@ethribin4188]

No suprise the Lego molds are so good if they come from Switzerland.

[@takenname8053]

I didn't know about the mold burying technique.

[@Deklynn]

At my daycare

[@jojocraftybot]

lego FNAF SB, the old Lego factory mold is haunted just like FNAF SB original pizza place under pizza plex!

[@logicalwindow1706]

they could’ve just warped the molds with a torch 😂or a weld blob in the brick mold part

[@RigelX1781-rs4lr]

Shiny gold is the weakest Lego brick

[@Kidlego-q5k]

Instead of breaking bad breaking brown

[@theobsidianring906]

I’ve had Lego for years in a lot of colors and I’ve never had any kind of issues nothing of mine has ever broken. I think these people are just way too rough with their bricks

[@markusbarros-ed6pu]

all my brown bricks is all broke i love your videos

[@nicklegios9068]

i used to have exo force sets and all of the white bricks where brittle

[@WoW-pv8dk]

at seacon all so have the broke one but green

[@jyyyb]

Metal can be melted and recycled ffs

[@jodicornell2542]

This is why unofficial lego is better

[@johnnydanielsen3438]

Only say MONORAILS 😭 Keep digin 😎

[@SumUnicus]

Reddish Brittle Brown?

[@bobbyrutgers8952]

This is the problem

[@denyfixe1000]

É por isso que uma das pernas do meu LEGO Pirates quebrou mexendo um pouco sendo que ele estava muito bem conservado! As pernas desse LEGO eram marrons e até passei a questionar a qualidade da LEGO de uns anos pra cá, mas aparentemente o problema é com a cor marrom!

[@Bacon_Protogen1111]

Rippoff of lego, jago dosent make faulty bround bricks

[@julietodd2567]

Poor Lego horse

[@alexmido]

Not only LEGO…

[@davidgregory8053]

The dye in older bit bwon

[@kamillatocha]

meta is selling its VR headset at loos hoping people buy its games .......

[@dondongo12345]

The 10 minute stretch is pretty noticeable in this one

[@jemtran773]

Fourth, maybe? Idk, but this is incredibly relatable

[@SpaceBlockRR]

Your not fourth

[@goldenguy4701]

I may I have a miss centered jek 14 Minifig helmet can u check it out?

[@tish4749]

I swear this channel just consists of the same 5 videos worded differently

[@Abyss-tv]

5:50 yea right a loss as if 399 euro is cheap yea ps4rs starting price was 399.99 a 0.99 diference. i see no diference 😤

[@wayre11]

That broken brown pieces are all fake ... that's brown chocolate in the shape of lego bricks on that every picture! Don't believe everything! :D

[@frendamikoto]

dont drag the videos out so long, we all know its the dye just get to the point

[@nickmilhazes8611]

bro the title literally got nun to do with videos itself like cmon dude....

[@nonixity9346]

Road to 1m

[@UtahShark8798]

Roog

[@SERIE235-Z]

Coklat yummy!

[@red.bread.redemption2]

What about lego minecraft

[@kiowaespada7755]

none of them

[@Villager_Nerd]

what's your reaction to bricklink being down?

[@FredGrant-k4d]

None

[@ryanpenrod1859]

"So what gives?" Capitalism.

[@abelszakacs902]

Lego

[@Turtle3662]

For the brown bricks the dye weakens the plastic that Lego uses but they fixed it

[@Turtle3662]

Dark red bricks are like that to

[@familjenrahm8636]

LEGO🟫🟩🟦🟥🟪🟧⬛️🟨⬜️

[@phatwithduhph2479]

CIIIIIIIMMMMMOOOOOOOOOO

[@Subscribe_to_faledy4]

Brittle brown is just Chinese infrastructure brick

[@PoopHead-g4y]

d’

[@PoopHead-g4y]

d’ ď

[@PoopHead-g4y]

ðď

[@DownUnderBricks]

I've had quite a few dark red parts break over the years, good to know they identified the problem. Now they just need to work on colour matching bricks instead of shades of the one colour. Great video, thank you.

[@ScatterPlatter]

Brown bricks

[@sdgaara2]

Brown bricks

[@seanrrr]

I'm surprised that I never heard about "brittle brown" until recently. I had hundreds of lego sets growing up, and they definitely got their use, but never had a single brown piece break.

[@Whimsykit]

Not even crack?

[@RestingAngFace]

Same

[@RestingAngFace]

Unless I did it on purpose

[@MegaZeta]

Me neither, and the explanation is simple: they were only used for a short period of time, when I was a small child, and never since. The collector's idea of shelf life for the pieces is beyond fathoming for someone like you or me.

[@hoarder66]

They should have just melted down the old molds and used the metal for new ones

[@gaveintothedarkness]

If they were so worried about them getting into the wrong hands, Lego could have taken a die grinder and just wreck the surfaces where the ABS would be injected.

[@MegaZeta]

They could have done a lot of things, but Lego has a certain earned rep as a company, so you can believe that what they did was both cost-effective and in line with the regs of the era. There were probably a lot of hunks of metal just getting tossed into the ground or into foundations at the time without much thought put into reuse or recycling.