The 10 Banned/Controversial Lego Sets

[@duelistemissary7680]

"I never thought I would say lego and Nazis in the same sentence" Looks at lego indiana Jones "I'll ignore that"

[@TheEnabledDisabled]

oh nein

[@rho-starmkl4483]

To be fair, the Nazi symbols weren’t on any of the Indiana Jones sets.

[@Traintownproduction]

Funny enough in the Lego Indiana Jones games, they change them to Enemy Soldiers

[@phantomstrider]

Oh yeah true 😆 Technically Traveller's Tales did it already

[@pistonx3544]

@@phantomstrider hey strider I think the osprey should have been released as a rescue vehicle because a machine can do more than one thing. Take a pen for example you can draw a beautiful drawing or you can stab someone with it. Sure a machine can be a machine but it depends on how we use that machine

[@karaoconnoraliasraidra]

Kudos for explaining the story about number one. I've seen clickbaiting "worst toy" videos giving the impression that this was an actual product that was on store shelves when that's simply not the case.

[@T.V_boi]

Lego: we don't wanna release sets that involve war Pretty much every custom lego company ever: Oh no, anyways

[@fila1445]

Polish bootleg lego compant Cobi has excellent product line of military vehicles. Their models of ww2 airplanes are my favourite:)

[@plebisMaximus]

@@fila1445 I got a few of their tanks. Top tier display sets.

[@commando7238]

BrickArms chads rises up

[@michaelbergman1969]

@@fila1445 To me, they are much better than lego because of the war legos.

[@tearfulsmiles9901]

Mega blocks had some call of duty sets if I recall.

[@VelkanKiador]

You know, the way Lego could have devalued the mr. Gold minifigure is to just make more of them and more widely available.

[@cymtk]

I remember something Andy Worhol did, maybe Im misremembering, but he did something similar where he sold a bunch of a highly sought after item at ridiculous cost and then once he made a buck off of that saturated the market OR Im misremembering and it was >Sold two official versions of something then said one version wasnt official, artificially inflating the value of one and devaluing the other. It was one of these, but yeah solving the Mr Gold problem isnt terribly simple imho. Just dont sue the people making counterfeit ones, there we go B)

[@mindlessfun4804]

Then everyone would have felt betrayed.

[@Pandsu]

Not sure they'd be allowed to just do that since the rarity of the figure was part of the marketing of the set. You can't just market something as being limited to 5000 and then later decide to make more without significantly changing that thing.

[@danieldavis3035]

There's a Mr. Gold minifig on e bay for $3,500. lol

[@Corrupted]

Honestly, that's an awful idea - Imagine spending thousands on it because their marketing made it seem like it was going to be an extremely rare item, then one week later they just sell it for 20 bucks.

[@frankboogaard88]

"Lego Friends" was AWESOME...it had grey bricks, so we finally could build Tanks, and Warplanes, and cannons... ;)

[@uranium54321]

“Lego enemies”

[@MR.BONES007]

Whaaaaaat come ooooooon god damn it

[@ryanbraud2813]

Star Wars had plenty of grey bricks too

[@frankboogaard88]

@@ryanbraud2813 yes but that came After Friends, as far as I know...I might be wrong though, but still: Grey Bricks are awesome

[@yourlocalchilean2522]

Yes

[@TheFIoridaMan]

Lego: "NO WAR!" Mega Bloks: "yo we got call of duty, halo, AND pirates"

[@MathewHaswell]

War! Never been so much fun!

[@paulnewmo]

Lego did Pirates too.

[@carlosalmonacid8958]

Lego did pirates first. It's more 20th century/21st century realistic war that lego refuses to do. So the fantastic/futuristic conflicts of LEGO Castle, Space, Ninjago, Chima, Star Wars, LOTR, Harry Potter, POTC, Bionicle, Hero Factory etc. are considered kosher.

[@carlosalmonacid8958]

@Phanpy More like "no realistic MODERN weapons" (flintlocks, swords, flails and other realistic (albeit historical) weapons are considered kosher for LEGO).

[@Ermmmmm101]

This is why mega bloks is in buisness.

[@hurd3203]

“A lego Nazi concentration camp.” Never in my life did I think I would see these words together. Edit: thanks for the heart phantom! Keep on making great videos!

[@Neucod55]

Bruh moment right

[@ExtremeWreck]

*Indiana Jones*

[@aralias244]

I want one

[@ExtremeWreck]

@@aralias244 I mean, one of the LEGO Indiana Jones sets is based on a movie that has Nazi references.

[@The_Blue_Otaku]

​@@aralias244 Bruh if I had a LEGO Auschwitz set I'd show my friends this giant wtf of a Lego set and replace the space men with Lego germen solders from the Indiana Jones: the raiders of the lost ark sets

[@Silvia.Sparks]

As a guy I actually loved the playing with the friends sets as a kid as they gave me lots of unique pieces to play with. Pinks and purples were uncommon in other sets plus there were all sorts of unique gemlike pieces included between a bunch of them too. Not to mention a whole bunch of additional animal pieces.

[@henrysokol3466]

There is certainly that. They were a trove for parts that were rare elsewhere. Something like that may have been the sole saving grace of the Time Twisters line.

[@Swiftbow]

They also introduced a LOT more hair pieces. The Friends mini-dolls are mostly not mini-figure compatible... except the hair. All the mini-figure and mini-doll hair and hat pieces are interchangeable. I also bought a fair number of Paradisa sets when I was a kid... they were the first sets to have ponytails and girl heads that didn't look bizarre. (To be fair, all heads that weren't just smiley faces were still pretty rare back then.)

[@yaoiboi60]

my big problem is the minifigures. i actually like some of the sets but i cant deal with the minifigures are just too different from the normal minifigs and why!!!!!!

[@Swiftbow]

@@yaoiboi60 Yeah... they'd be okay if they could move their legs independently. (And had wrist articulation.) I've picked up a few minidolls, but they mostly go in a box after I harvest their hair. The Elves sets in particular were pretty good... I modified the girl dragon in one of them to give her better leg articulation.

[@sonic-bb]

I liked them cause it taught me how to make furniture lol

[@Andres33AU]

"Lego intentionally didn't make grey bricks, so people couldn't make tanks and such." Flashback of my brother and I making "rainbow tanks." Edit: I purposely put Rainbow Tanks instead of Colourful Tanks because it would sound funnier, and have since gotten a lot of uh... interesting comments, lol.

[@DoomguyIsGrinningAtYou.]

Huh. That's really dumb.

[@oscarlundberg7462]

"In the name of gay, you'll be blown away!"

[@scottthewaterwarrior]

Me: "No gray so I just built a brown tank!" A non-color blind person: "Um, that's red." Me: "F...!"

[@poweroffriendship2.0]

*Richard from Unikitty:* AM I A JOKE TO YOU?

[@christophermichael.w.7577]

I had a big grey castle. It used grey bricks.

[@DrawinskyMoon]

Lego: we have a policy where we can’t depict any military violence Star Wars sets: we’re going to pretend we didn’t see that.

[@gabrielho1874]

Real, not sci-fi.

[@MrJimheeren]

Ah yes the famous real life war that is Star Wars

[@V0ID_Music]

@@MrJimheeren didnt you hear? The US military started building venator star destroyers

[@Mael_Str0M]

@@V0ID_Music a surprise to be sure, but a welcome one

[@lordrathut]

@@V0ID_Music imagine if the Navy built ships that looked like Venator class star destroyers, and the bottom half in the water was waterproof

[@SpuzzBunn]

LEGO: "Lets not create sets that use real military vehicles" Also LEGO: Sopwith Camel, almost all Indiana jones sets, any pirate/navy ship,

[@maxxor-overworldhero6730]

Don't forget the Coast Guard.

[@alexanderblitz4569]

I'd kill for a Sopwith Camel Lego set

[@blockstacker5614]

Does mounted cavalry count?

[@pascalstrijker3985]

Dino attack had so many guns and armed vehicles it pretty much was a military theme but the enemy was dinosaurs.

[@lordhamster9452]

a agree that two of those vehicles remained me of Humvee and MI-24 car and gunship. But in this case, lego got away wit giving them all nets and cages. Which is pretty good idea.

[@milantoth6246]

The Turkish one is incredibly ironic, because they actually stole that temple from the greeks and converted it into a mosque. As such, they have no right to speak in the name of the building. That would be like the US posing as the builders of the pueblo houses.

[@mindlessfun4804]

It's a core teaching of islam to be as hypocritical as possible.

[@demdare31]

@@mindlessfun4804 as a turkish guy i agree very much, Turkey has been nothing but a circus for the past few years if not decades.

[@MaticTheProto]

Yeah, Turks especially love to play the victim role whenever they can

[@kenetickups6146]

@@mindlessfun4804 That's how all religion is

[@ditto3265]

It was not the Greeks, it was the Byzantines(the Romans)

[@IxodesPersulcatus]

LEGO's partnership with Shell makes perfect sence considering that LEGO pieces are essentially petroleum-based products.

[@kippzthemudkip2652]

But they’ve been working together since the 60s

[@ellis7622]

Kippz The Mudkip what does that change about his comment?

[@phantomaviator1318]

Can't you dissolve Legos with gas?

[@cab1stborn]

Lego has started using biodegradable plastics. Their goal is to be 100% biodegradable by 2035.

[@smallsthetimelord4066]

@@cab1stborn RIP no more finding random lego peices in the park. Lol as a younger child I found a Slytherin quidditch torso piece. Defintely my best find.

[@kymmoore853]

Ironically the Hagia Sofia ‘Mosque’ was originally built as a Christian church.

[@NoFlu]

That's what I thought. So they are complaining to Lego, that a Lego set that looks like a Star Wars setpiece, is stereotyping muslims by looking like a specific Mosque, which was a Church that has been turned into a Mosque... K

[@CustosANgel]

And didn’t it stop functioning as mosque for quite a time now?

[@maverickwildwolf3871]

@@CustosANgel nah erdogan wanted to piss off europe and turned it back into a mosk like one or two year ago

[@midge_gender_solek3314]

@nameless one I mean, the entire Tatooine is based on stereotypical view of "the east", so it's not Lego's problem

[@DistractedGlobeGuy]

@@midge_gender_solek3314 it isn't though. It looks like northern Africa because Lucas got tax breaks for shooting in Tunisia, and they already had most of the buildings there because that's just what Tunisian architects liked building in the sixties and seventies. It would be like complaining that a movie shot in Petrograd or Odessa has a lot of brutalist designs in it and that it's offensive to Slavic Europeans for that reason.

[@phantomstrider]

Fun fact: This is about my first time in 5 years not doing something cartoon-related on this channel 🙃 It is a true relief to see viewers taking an interest in me chatting about something else (as much as I love cartoons 😄). Thanks for giving this video a look as doing so gives me the freedom to talk about non-cartoon subjects more in the future 🙂 But as always, I'll still be talking about cartoons/spongey and the animation I love too 🙂

[@griffix2841]

That’s cool P.S. what do u think about ninjago

[@goofyfish17]

Request: top 5 best spongebob boating school episodes, there are a few gems such as Doing Time and No Free Rides

[@fazkid9971]

Yeah, I loved this!! (Until #1 of course), but was I the only one who thought that maybe the Java's Hut set was also here for Laya's slave outfit and, well, possible other 'ewwy' stuff that might've been between her and Java?? (Idk, I've only seen 2 total Star Wars movies, so I can't exactly confirm this, but could it possibly be true??) Request: a GOOD Sitcoms list pls! I've seen so many bad sitcom lists, but 0 lists talking about GOOD sitcoms!! (Other than when you mentioned Icarly and Drake And Josh in your Best Nick Shows list)

[@LukasSheshene1]

You are a BLOCKY guy!

[@danielbergonzi7319]

By the way it's pronounced z-big-knee-ev

[@Rilesjean]

The thing with lego friends, at the time of release, is that they *weren't* more simple sets. In fact, a lot of the friends sets were more detailed than the regular lego sets. They had more detailed interiors in the builds, especially

[@leazaring5586]

“a lego nazi concentration camp” i fucking choked

[@williamwebster9437]

I don't blame. This is fucking crazy to build.

[@tonypeppermint5329]

Oh God.

[@JackfromIreland]

Warning:choking hazard

[@lucapeyrefitte6899]

It’s like the S&M barbies video I saw on here in the late 2000s

[@ellis7622]

Jack Byrne fucking lol

[@blocchead]

12:58 imagine this in real life "hey man i kinda wanna go swimming" "aight then lets build a fucking pool"

[@pundertalefan4391]

Man I wish.

[@walkingw4105]

ferb i know what were gonna do today

[@TenkoVA]

Lego company: "No military based sets" Lego Toy Story: Am I a joke to you?

[@Max_krk.]

Star wars with military vanishes and solders: ok

[@mathjesticgaming1188]

I had the green army men toy story set, switched out the heads and hands, and made a new Vietnam jeep set

[@raptorjesus5870]

Marvels shield Vtol

[@crazyunclecrispy6140]

the indiana jones sets had military jeeps

[@tonypeppermint5329]

I'm guessing because it's movies that features military in lego sets, it can get a pass.

[@iiKrystaI]

As a girl who grew up with lego friends, I never found any issues with it and just thought the sets were cool 🤷🏽‍♀️ I never knew where were so many controversies but something to take away from the situation could be a similar message used for toys like monster hugh and brats. Adults saying these toys are "bad for kids" because of the way they looked and were dressed. Honestly most kids don't care and think these toys look cool but parents and other adults are the ones to make things controversial. If your kid wants to get Lego friends, just get it for them. It doesn't really matter what gender they are, any kid should be able to buy toys they think look nice.

[@Crow_Smith]

People try so hard to "Avoid forcing kids into gender stereotypes" sometimes that I swear they do it by making it "Forbidden". Like instead of panicking that a set is "Too girlie" for ... ya know, girls? [Or anyone but they are driving the market toward girls let's be honest] - let them pick whatever they want. "Life isn't all pool parties and baking cupcakes!" - True dat, but it also doesn't NOT involve those things ever. I always found it funny that the two people I knew with these sets were both girls who had different raising. One where they were allowed to pick any toys and she had these and regular lego and barbie and stuff - and then another girl who wasn't ALLOWED to have anything "Too girlie" because it'd "Tell her that's all she's allowed to be" ... so she BEGGED her friends to get her those girlier things she "wasn't allowed to have" because she WANTED THEM [knowing her today it's because she wasn't allowed to have them - but still!] --- The first girl is more on the tomboy side like me, though she definitely does like dressing up and being "Girlie". The other is one of the most "Girlie" Girls I know. And she's wonderful - but she's also everything her parents were "Afraid the media/toys were going to make her out to be" ... despite them "keeping her away from that" because at the end of the day - they're both human beings with their own personalities and preferences and the toys have NOTHING to do with that. Other than maybe teaching them the finer motorskills needed for small building block toys lol

[@SineN0mine3]

I don't have a problem with LEGO friends except for the fact that the figures aren't compatible with the other LEGO sets. If there's some reason why girls like accurately shaped figures more than boys then I think LEGO could have made them Minifigure sized at least. It's kind of annoying that it forces kids to pick a side, if you buy into the LEGO friends line you're not going to find much value in the other sets that don't fit your friends figures.

[@poweroffriendship2.0]

_"A man has fallen into the river in LEGO City! Start a new rescue helicopter."_

[@ReduckYT_]

*H E Y* *E* *Y*

[@EthanTheGamer77]

*"build* *the* *helicopter"*

[@omarolmosstudios7060]

And off to the rescue

[@-odd-ishanimations-5822]

lower the stretcher

[@TheLegoLinkYT]

And make the rescue!

[@psychopony666]

I disagree that lego and even star wars were being racist with jabbas palaces' design, there is some obvious inspiration with real world structures but I don't think it was made as a mockery. It is though technically a monastery as Jabba took it over from the Bo'marr monks (the spidery droids).

[@TheDigitalApple]

@Zachary The Childhood Cartoon Fan It’s basically the entire controversy surrounding Speedy Gonzales all over again

[@austinbyrnes8091]

This was honestly so dumb XD

[@paxhumana2015]

@@TheDigitalApple , and yet Pepe Le Pew and Penelope Cat get even more hate, especially Pepe Le Pew, yet LEGO also makes several controversial Marvel, DC, and other themed things, and everyone also conveniently ignores the fact that Hank Pym and Janet Van Dyne were clearly a dysfunctional couple and that Hank Pym was an abusive, egotistical, elitist, condescending, rude, obnoxious, and manipulative jerk, especially to Janet Van Dyne, and that is just one example of many that I can claim with LEGO and its themed products. Honestly, after the new LEGO Star Wars game, I am convinced that LEGO is going to go out of business because, despite its claims otherwise, it honestly has made a lot MORE bad business decisions since the 2000s and it also relies too heavily on other things, most notably its video game division and theme parks, and agenda peddling, rather than its tried and true, as well as bread and butter, division of its company, namely, the LEGO toys themselves.

[@paxhumana2015]

The people that made the Osprey and Jabba's Palace arguments were complete and utter morons. Besides, if anything, the Muslims cribbed/ripped off the designs of their Hagia Sophia palace from the Romans and Greeks, so, if anything, the MUSLIMS are ironically being the racists on that argument and the Osprey is merely a vehicle, and other vehicles that LEGO has, and ditto for parts, can be easily made for war, and/or are already built for war, so LEGO is honestly a hypocritical, stupid, and inconsistent Karen/Kevin at this point in life. I will also say the same thing about Shell, and the envirotards are ironically harming, as well as polluting, the environment far worse than those that they ironically condemn, and the ways that I can prove how stupid, evil, and hypocritical that they are being with their idiocy are legion.

[@krimsonkatt]

@@paxhumana2015 What agenda? If anything, LEGO is dying because kids don't play with toys anymore. They have their iPads to spam KZbin kids and Paw Patrol/Peppa Pig episodes onto. Not because of some "liberal agenda" lol. Also, you're talking about Hank Pym in the comics. All LEGO sets based on superheroes are always based on the movies, IE the MCU/DCU. Very few are based on the comics or TV shows, and if they are they're usually really generic and not adapting a single particular scene. Hank Pym in the MCU is just some rich company man who made the Ant Man suit and has a wife lost in the quantum realm. He didn't build Ultron, he isn't abusive to his wife, and I don't think he's a megalomaniac or a narsissist, though he is a grumpy old man a lot of the time. (not 100% on the last 2, it's been a while since I've watched the Ant Man movies) There is no "woke liberal agenda ruining LEGO." If anything LEGO is either apolitical or CONSERVITIVE, as their products have contained heavy steriotypes since the 50s and don't really push bounds to anything super-liberal. Everyone in LEGO Land is straight and the LGBT don't really exist, and the police and government always do their jobs correctly and there is rarely any conflict past the simple crook outside of the action-oriented themes like Ninjago, Chima, or Nexo Knights. It's basically a utopia. The only "liberal" thing they did is pull all Police, Fire-Fighter, and various other sets like the White House from listings which was completely idiotic. I get maybe halting production of the police sets until things calmed down, but even after that murderer Chauvin was convicted and Trump is out of office, those sets are still unlisted. Insanity. Other than that fiasco LEGO is staunchly conservative or at the very least apolitical. Yeah, they adapted movies those idiot anti-SJWs deemed "liberal propaganda" like the Star Wars Sequels and Captain Marvel, but 1: those movies weren't even SJW movies to begin with and 2: LEGO was just doing their job adapting movies requested of them to adapt. Not really putting a political stance on anything.

[@doctor_burnsides915]

LEGO company: we don’t depict weaponized vehicles LEGO Indiana Jones sets: hold my whip

[@alphayun7401]

you mean johnny thunder? also you can always count on megabloks to make sets that are military based

[@raptorjesus5870]

Star Wars: Sure buddy

[@legostarkiller9252]

@@alphayun7401 No, LEGO Indiana Jones made a set with a Nazi plane in it from the fight scene between the Nazi dude and Indiana.

[@legostarkiller9252]

@@alphayun7401 Also, it had the actual plane that was a Nazi war plane. Pretty crazy stuff

[@ttpbroadcastingcompany.4460]

@@legostarkiller9252 Not to mention the Tommy Gun in one of the sets that took place in the Middle East.

[@NinoJoel]

7:26 I loved the shell set I had as a child. It was just cool to have a fuel station for all the cars I build.

[@gblargg]

Those old 1980s sets were great. So much detail in the gas station and car repair shops.

[@NinoJoel]

@@gblargg yea. I grew up in the 2000s but allways hunted these old Lego sets on garage sales and flee markets.

[@asrielgaming57]

@@NinoJoel sorry but i have to correct you *FLEA markets

[@kriscynical]

​​@@gblargg Lego SYSTEM sets were very cool. I assume that same line carried over into the very early '90s which was when I started getting Lego sets. The one I remember the most clearly was the police station because it looked super modern. My mom also special ordered a bunch of base tiles with roadways set between the buildable areas, so I was able to connect everything together with actual roadways. She ordered them from some kind of catalogue.

[@MKsunmoon500]

Libera: *builds concentration camp* Lego: you weren’t supposed to do that

[@ninjabluefyre3815]

I wonder what LEGO said when they found out what it was. "Hey!"

[@-meinjuaco-6439]

I personally think that the shell dispute was a little silly, considering that Lego is a brand recognizeable for its *plastic* toys and whatnot

[@sphongletongle8238]

It's ironic because I think lego makes more rubber tires than any one else on Earth combined. Obviously smaller but still lol

[@TazyBaby]

Yeah that one is pretty dumb, just let the toy company make toys, then we wont have to buy 3rd party stuff like brickarms

[@jaffaroo6357]

H-hello?

[@yrkjrk2972]

@@jaffaroo6357 Lego is know for plastic toys. Plastics are a petroleum product, made from oil extracted by companies like Shell. To see people complaining about how Lego works with an oil company makes no sense.

[@jaffaroo6357]

@@yrkjrk2972 I know, I'm saying hello because I know the commenter personally

[@jemlolirocktoyz2516]

I don't see anything wrong with lego friends,kids have the power to do whatever they wanna do and play however they wanna play.

[@vantabebs]

i would agree, even as someone who isn't a large lego fan

[@Roadent1241]

It told me, as someone who couldn't see friends more than maybe a few times a year if that, that this was a collaborative thing that I wasn't allowed to have, because I didn't have anyone to share it with. It specifically said that to me but eh, I'm wierd.

[@thepinkestpigglet7529]

The issue is no one was encouraging boy to play with the friends sets

[@nntbot1187]

The lego friends tv series does not have a single lego piece in them

[@blockstacker5614]

Nobody I know even liked that theme at all, its success is baffling to me.

[@theghostofthomasjenkins9643]

my grandparents were in labor camps during WW2. i love that final set because it covers a topic that no one will dare broach. it was a horrible event that happened and it shouldn't be forgotten. if this "set" (as it's not actually available to the public) is a good thing that sparks that conversation, like good art should, then i support it wholeheartedly.

[@djm5687]

Interesting perspective. Thanks for your comment.

[@chrisburrows1380]

My take on it was as an alternate reality, where if Nazi's did win, thats the kind of depraved toy that could have been seen in common life as we would see I pirate or medieval set now. I didn't see it as an intent to trivialize the horrors of the camps. It is surprisingly thought provoking.

[@raoulmoat6762]

The skeletons 😂😂

[@Therandomtihmged1392]

Let me guess. Next in the lineup: lego WTC Edit: just looked it up a Lego World Trade Center is already a thing

[@theghostofthomasjenkins9643]

@@Therandomtihmged1392 sure, if someone has something they want to say about it.

[@JettPyreYTP]

I love seeing Strider talk about Lego.

[@-odd-ishanimations-5822]

Who doesn't?

[@fazkid9971]

Same here!! And he thinks he's "uncool", I love this!! (Except for the #1 spot, now THAT was twisted AF, and I'm now never going to see Lego the same again..)

[@justanomorifan3059]

Same

[@Porky2007.]

Same

[@pierremack7706]

Same

[@jg1681]

I was an 9 year old girl back in 2012 and I remember buying LEGO Friends first few sets. Continued buying them for years. The thing with LEGO sets was that so many were based on things I just wasn't interested in. I loved LEGO City but I didn't care about Star Wars, ninjas, or pirates. I liked making LEGO houses and towns and shops. So LEGO Friends really caught my interest.

[@katteycat]

I'm the same age as you. I totally had a moral dilemma Everytime I went to get a Lego set. I just wanted to build houses and shops and stuff but didn't want the whole Lego friends stuff since I was pretty opposed to it as a child haha.

[@the-NightStar]

That's really depressing. Man, society's constant image really did indoctrinate the crap out of you. You have my sympathies.

[@Mike14264]

While there's quite a lot of stuff that interests me, when (or rather, if) I go get a Lego set, I have to think very well about what I'll get. I love the more intricate builds, large ships, buildings, fortresses, they all look phenomenal... But one I always wanted to get was the Saturn V one.

[@ilmanu2275]

I can guarantee you ADULT women who are AFOLs currently scourge places like groups on reddit for the same reason, they want womanly-feminine looking sets because they feel like stuff like Batman and Star Wars are too male-oriented. This stupid notion that being feminine means being weak it's well beyond past its time...

[@Minniemooz]

Also the same age as same here :)

[@LavaDog1234]

Lego dimensions is the only time that GLaDOS and Krusty the clown can exist in the same universe.

[@sophiebubbles07]

Miitopia has entered the chat

[@ChadtronicFan]

@@sophiebubbles07 Actual Kristy and GLaDOS. People with their faces don't count.

[@kennethgrey7829]

I wish Lego started building sets based off of the Half Life and Portal games. The Lego dimension set doesn't count as part of that line because it was made for Dimensions and Dimensions only.

[@sonicroachdoggjrraven3263]

That’s why it’s legendary

[@cohock]

yo we have the same profile pic

[@koroblynxthe13th75]

I remember buying as many friends sets as possible because the little buildings and animals were so cute! Especially the little fawn from the elusive "Fawn's Forest" set. Now that was a treat!

[@philbateman1989]

My sister LOVED Lego Friends when she was little! She was kind of overweight as a kid, but it never crossed her mind that the figures were all slim, she just saw them as, well, just miniature people. I was even MORE overweight as a kid, and it never crossed my mind that the regular "boys" Lego figures weren't fat like me. Like my sister, I just saw them as a representation of a person. I was fully aware that real people aren't square XD Most of the "outrage" just strikes me as helicopter parenting. If your kid has fun with a LITERAL TOY, don't tell them that's "wrong".

[@seb1520]

Exact same thought as me. So fucking annoying

[@cringe4021]

I love lego friends, I never cared about the fact that they were “slim” or anything, after all they are just harmless little figurines lol

[@KazuhaEien]

I loved Lego Friends, and Lego Elves, and they helped me get into the whole Lego brand! In fact, this is a bit of a controversial opinion, but I kinda prefer the mini dolls to the typical mini figure. They look really cute, and they're mostly used to represent characters from Friends, Elves, and Disney. Not that I hate the usual mini figures, but Lego Friends really shouldn't have been nominated for those worst toy awards IMO.

[@icantthinkofanything798]

And it's not like there's really a lack of inclusive dolls nowadays. If your sister was wanting her dolls to look like her she could always go with Barbie Fashionistas or something

[@IZAQ_]

Yes

[@kutkuknight]

Lego: we don’t do real military vehicles, the fictional genocide machine that is the death star though? That’s fair game

[@ethansucksatcuphead]

the keyword here is fictional

[@darthutah6649]

They don't do present day weaponry. Past weaponry like swords, bows, and catapults are ok. Future weaponry like laser guns and spaceships are also fair game.

[@justsomerando4905]

Reason: In actual real life military stuff, they have to license it and are funding an arms company They aren’t with the death star

[@PatricTheSpartian]

Neither do they have problem with Nazis, considering Indiana Jones sets

[@kutkuknight]

@@ethansucksatcuphead Thats exactly it, its a stupit arbitrary difference that allows shit like the hunger games to be PG but you cant say fuck on TV because uwu no think about the children hurr durr

[@Whatamievingdoing]

Lego: goes out of their way not to have any war things Also lego: take red coats, knights, barbarians, Aztec warriors, and roman legionaries Editing this to say I forgot about Union soldiers

[@royearle1673]

To be fair.... Those kinds of People don't get taken seriously as, say, a paratrooper, or a marine, or what have-you-not.

[@Whatamievingdoing]

@@royearle1673 good point, having stuff like that would get overlooked more than if they tried to make a WW2 set, or even worse tried to make an Afghanistan set

[@Soullessgingerftw1]

Those aren’t modern

[@the4tierbridge]

@@Whatamievingdoing I mean, those people are all dead, and their tactics, weaponry, and transport are no longer used.

[@knightatyourservice7512]

So, I want to say that here because I don't think anyone noticed my comment on that... LEGO isn't against making war based toys, but they draw the line when it comes to real like war machines that are still in use. Every time when we see a war vehicle in LEGO products, we usually see eighter something based on a fictional war, or war vehicles that aren't used anymore or really inaccurate versions of the real life counter part. If LEGO would make an actual war toy, they would basically ask their customers to give money to an army they might not support. And think about how absurd would be for LEGO, as a Danish company, to support the US military. That's the same reason for why tgey don't give discounts for veterans. Now, I'm not sure how accurate is the source, but I heard that the soldiers really hate this helicopter. Like the ship is so flimsy that it give a lot of insecurity when you fly. Not to mention how badly designed is this set. Some of the gear functions destroys some parts that requires a lot of deconstruction to reach the area of the piece in question so you can replace it. A toy that destroy itself. How that got a pass in tge review stage I will never know.

[@decidev]

That osprey set looked awesome. Shame it got cancelled

[@chinookh4713]

It’s so silly too, I feel like countries these days will get pissed over anything also it seems anti-american too. Not want to fund the company that makes it as if we are their enemies also ironic cause I am pretty sure they fund them anyways with civilian aircraft and military aircraft also even even more Hilarious cause a major gaming company also makes parts for missiles and rockets i mean seriously nearly every thing fund these military companies.

[@petros6013]

Aw man, I’ll never forget the time my family built Jabba’s Palace. The best part was that you can buy the Rancor’s Pit separately. I had no idea it was banned.

[@viscount8388]

Actually, despite the controversy the set was sold all the way until the natural end of the set

[@subifyouhatetiktokandreddit234]

That one was the most stupid excuse 😂Also the Haggia Sophia isn't even a Mosque in the first place, it's a Church 🤣 The Turkish government just wants it to be one

[@totallyahuman5055]

It wasn't banned

[@lefteyereport6354]

@@subifyouhatetiktokandreddit234 the Hagia Sofia isn't, but the Blue Mosque is.

[@Mael_Str0M]

Same. I still can’t believe I built the whole thing when I was 5 years old

[@jasonbanegas9397]

When he talk about the mr gold figure it’s reminding me about sports and Pokémon cards it’s hard for some people to obtain any for retail and they have to buy some for resale and some can scam to the customer

[@mgthestrange9098]

It reminded me of my nephew’s little gold Buzz Lightyear figure he had when he was about 6...my dad sprayed it gold as my nephew was obsessed with Toy Story and gold things.

[@ExtremeWreck]

@@mgthestrange9098 *O O F*

[@veo1053]

seriously man I just wanna build my deck

[@jasonbanegas9397]

@@veo1053 man hearing make me want to do that to 😂😂

[@mrzilla321]

Back when mrgold was released, it was my favorite minifigure. I bought like ten packs throughout the time, then gave up. Later in the week my parents surprised me with a fake mrgold, and I was crying in joy

[@phantomstrider]

Worth it to see you that happy 😃

[@cosmonautzapdos3348]

@@phantomstrider wholesome comment

[@tobysresearchprogram9296]

One pack. Just one pack I received. And got a skydiver.

[@brickchef8282]

I just don't get why they didn't start producing more of them after seeing the mess they created

[@kadenw9663]

@@tobysresearchprogram9296 I got 4 packs.. they were all the paintball guy

[@Vampyreq]

As a guy who didn't look at Legos for about a decade, I decided to randomly walk into a Lego shop. Lego friends sets are very pretty to look at, and I like them.

[@emaany1839]

Bruh imagine buying illegal lego from the dark web just to find a bunch of police legos lol

[@joaoemanuel9187]

this is kinda sad

[@lanegoracke2972]

Imagine being the cop who opens the bag. Would he be confused? "We've come full circle"

[@kurvitaschthedictator]

@@lanegoracke2972 no he would be looking for the lego pepper spray and tasers only to be disappointed by handcuffs

[@samuelbastable2002]

At 3am

[@ashkitt7719]

@@samuelbastable2002 oh boy, 3 am!

[@sonnymoorexsonic]

"we want toys that offer many opportunities for children" ...that sounds a tiny bit like lego dont y'think?

[@cutler_beckett]

If only there were like a thousand other themes of LEGO to appeal to as many children as possible! :( OI WAIT A MINIT!!!

[@cyborgpunk6668]

Plus what if a gay kid want to play with the lego Friends series who enjoys the pinkness and all as a theme? The point is that it’s entirely their choice

[@anonymousgreninja6994]

@@cyborgpunk6668 Do you assume every gay dude is feminine?

[@Atumblingblogger]

... but not in the lego friends group. Their girl branch doesnt offer as many opportunities. Someone can be girly and want to do an activity seen as masculine and that would make it seem less masculine to her and less embarrassing or whatever because her girly lego set lets her do it

[@snupblupkins8493]

@@anonymousgreninja6994 do you assume some gay men aren't?

[@dannymartial7997]

Funny how Lego were such pushovers for a lot of the controversies and folded immediately to avoid further criticism, but when it came to their Friends series, they held their ground because they were making too much money off it to quit.

[@Ilsezwarts]

I mean it's a controversy for sure,, but I also resent the whole "everything super girly is bad for girls" movement, it gives off the idea that all feminine things are bad. Although I can ALSO see where they are coming from...? I guess the truth is in the middle on all of that

[@wesleywyndam-pryce5305]

@@Ilsezwarts well its good that you've just made that "movement" up in your head then isn't it?

[@Ilsezwarts]

@@wesleywyndam-pryce5305 dude, the video literally mentions a "pinkstinks" campaign, what are you on? XDDD

[@nickb3164]

capitalism always wins lol. also the controversy probably acted as free marketing which boosted sales even more.

[@thecharmer5981]

My sister had those sets, can guarantee she’s the opposite of a “girly girl”

[@jeremydavie4484]

If Turks were insulted that Jabba's palace looks like the Hagia Sofia, The Hagia Sofia is not a mosque! It was originally an Eastern Christian Church! I feel like that is actually more offensive to Eastern Orthodox Christians. Ironically, Jabba's palace was my favorite Lego set

[@ErrolCe]

Well it was converted to a mosque and it’s been that way for a while now so…

[@RonniV2]

As a girl who grew up playing with legos, I can guarantee that the Lego Friends sets were definitely popular, especially with the girls who didn't like legos. I don't really see anything wrong with them, they're basically polly pockets that you can stick in your lego house, which is kinda cool.

[@sjmhadsock4586]

I actually thought the same thing

[@EnlightnMe48]

Some People aren't happy unless they're miserable. I only wish Lego friends were around when I grew up. I would have 😍 to build with them. I wouldn't have been offended by them.

[@GenuineLhachwen]

I agree the Friends sets are and were a fabulous idea for Lego to incorporate into their line. I love Legos and added a few of the Friends sets to my collection. Regardless of what some activists think- boys and girls have different interests and play very differently in most cases (there are outliers but as in most things most humans have a median baseline for their behaviors). This shouldn't be a problem but like EnlightnMe mentioned, some people aren't happy unless they are sharing their misery with others. These people need a hobby other than misery lol

[@henrysokol3466]

I guess the problem I and some other detractors had is that not only did the stylistics seem to *deliberately* market Friends as 'only for girls' Legos... the unnecessary play re-scaling was a problem. The sets and some parts couldn't really interact with the greater bulk of Lego sets, because they were built for and populated by comparative giantesses.

[@DanielFerreira-ez8qd]

@@henrysokol3466 At least the use of different, then rarer colors made them more accessible

[@ProphetOfGaster]

Mr. Gold: *Exists* Literally everyone: *Here's a little lesson in trickery...*

[@lilbill7385]

This is going down in history

[@raye48]

@@lilbill7385 if you want to be a villain #1

[@blkeggh111]

you have to chase a superhero on the run

[@yusepe_777]

just follow my moves, and sneak around

[@SC-ce3vp]

make sure not to make a sound

[@jtshorty]

Lego: NO WAR. Almost everyone who plays with legos: “Ok boys, let’s go blow these guys into bits” Edit: wow this is my first 1k likes on a comment thanks so much.

[@brunor.2895]

My fathers are kind of pacifists contrary to me,I made a massive amount of guns out of non war legos

[@TMP-800]

I tape the figures to the rockets and blow them to bits

[@ichangedmyname2231]

I think the Lego Lone Ranger sets were some of my favorites just because of how many guns they had

[@whitworthlime8793]

Also lego: makes lego starwars which is literally based of off ww2, the nazies and....WAR.

[@commandercorl1544]

Hah, I cant tell you how many times I've used Lego skeletons with guns and knock off lego guns for war

[@adamhickey396]

The Mr. Gold minifigure debacle will always taint my love for LEGO. When I first saw it in the figures lineup, I was really hoping to get one. I didn't know at the time that it was a limited figure. Then I heard that it was limited to 10,000, which disappointed me... then I discovered it was 10,000 WORLDWIDE! Worse still was when employees in stores and so called fans would go into boxes searching for Mr. Golds and hoarding them before genuine fans could have the chance in acquiring one. LEGO really missed the boat with that one and it was something that could easily have been rectified had, instead of their being Mr. Gold figures in bags, each instruction came with a unique code that you could enter onto your computer. If you found the right code, or after a lottery or something, you could then obtain a Mr. Gold. It would've been much fairer

[@fireblade295]

Hate a company for being a company? *looks at DnD and the idiots hating it* Sounds familiar... Children abound.

[@adamhickey396]

@@fireblade295 That is exactly the point though. Childen DO abound. LEGO is a company whose primary audience is geared towards children and teenagers. It is only very recently, within the last 5 years or so, that the When Mr. Gold was released, the target audience then would've been towards the younger demographic who had, at that stage, been collecting the minifigure series for ten years. A vast percentage of them would've spent good money in collecting the entire collection up to that point. When Mr. Gold was announced to celebrate the 10th anniversary , the interest in the figure was massive amongst the LEGO community. Practically everybody wanted one. Moreover, people had heard it was going to be a special figure, however the assumption had been it would be something like one Mr. Gold for every box, or even every other box. But 10,000 across the entirety of Europe?! The LEGO motto is famously "Only the best is good enough!" In this case, Mr. Gold was just pure corporate greed instead of listening to their customers and, quite rightly, they received massive backlash from their customer base after this debacle. It is why they never did anything like it again. Personally I am not one for "limited" or "collector" exclusives. It reeks of elitism and it unnecessary in today's internet/global market, though I can see why they do it for more adult orientated markets (NECA, for example). Though I do not agree with it, I can see why companies with a primarily adult base audience does things like that. But to do something like that to kids who are aged anywhere between 5 and 15? I can never agree with it.

[@mrpersoonman]

​@@fireblade295 dude.

[@AlolaMaskedYT]

The legendary duo of Phantom and Boo is back! I played with legos all the time in my childhood.

[@graftongazaway5633]

They only have been gone for 1 week

[@AlolaMaskedYT]

@@graftongazaway5633 I know, but a return is a return nonetheless

[@graftongazaway5633]

@@AlolaMaskedYT ok

[@rachelthompson7487]

I didn't own any But I wanted to so badly and I still do.

[@AlolaMaskedYT]

@@rachelthompson7487 I feel for you, dudette

[@angelmota1437]

Banned lego sets? I’ve didn’t even know these can get banned!

[@tearfulsmiles9901]

Welcome to cancel culture.

[@Supreme_Commander-2007]

@@tearfulsmiles9901 lol

[@toujisuzuhara01]

I worked for 14 years at Toys’R’Us and trust me, parents and children were very pleased by Lego Friends . You can’t imagine how often I was asked “why isn’t there any Lego for girls”. Despite myself also believing Lego to be genderless. Still, you can add a theme ro cover parties and ponies. It doesn’t stop girls from buying star wars lego if they want. I think the biggest complain was that those sets were in the “girl” section and not the Construction section.

[@Zero_Is_Stopping_Time]

Those parents sound bad, trying to gender everything

[@eileenconway2966]

“YOU! Toy servant! Tell me what GENDER this PLASTIC BRICK is!

[@toujisuzuhara01]

Eileen Conway You brought so much joy to me with this comment. Really needed it this today. May I share it with my friends and family on Facebook?

[@josecopas]

You give me "i really reslly like this image" kind of vibes lol

[@the4tierbridge]

@@josecopas What is this referencing.

[@eylookvulheimiik7538]

Honestly I'd be fine with friends if they just used normal mini figures instead of the weird friends ones. I always love the universalness of Lego connections, and friends don't really fit the rest of the mini fig pieces at all

[@pommievommie6710]

I was a bit intimidated by Lego sets as a kid, since they where stereotypically "boy toys". While my parents would never have minded getting me the sets, I was a very girly kid. Lego friends was a really nice introduction that appealed to my favorite colors and themes. Sometimes you gotta just sit down and build a cute little tree house and leave it as is.

[@Lithic.flakes]

I really see no problem with Lego Friends I'm a guy and when I was little, I managed to get my hands on a veterinary set, and actually really liked it

[@Angie_Coelhinha]

Honestly, same.

[@poweroffriendship2.0]

@@Lithic.flakes I see no issues with LEGO Friends, even the Netflix adaptation seemed pretty harmless.

[@ferdi_lelnand6174]

W comment, W human, W attitude

[@henrysokol3466]

But does the cute tree house have to be done only in stereotypically 'girl' colors to be cute? And can't a little kitchen stock the odd loaf of normal bread, a cola or pizza slice? The sets almost looked like the inhabitants of the setting would march into stasis pods whenever an archetypally feminine atmosphere and activity wasn't available. It seems borderline _insulting_ to interest young girls the lazy way... through obvious, unsubtle 'Barbie bait' like that. There's only so many times you can gaze down a corridor of toys in a store, so universally filled with Barbie-style pink the place is nicknamed after it, before you wonder: just how much preference towards such colors would modern girls show without constant outside influence?

[@Tutiereez]

"No Lego military sets" Lego Indiana Jones: Am I a joke to you?

[@sophiebubbles07]

Hahahahaha

[@bubbyscott7064]

I remember that

[@Thekitty0706fan]

Still the strangest thing, army fighter, army bomber, army transport truck, army jeep. And soldiers of course. Still amazed that one slipped by, especially since it was german vehicles to make matters worse. They were amazing sets though.

[@poncedefreon84]

@@Thekitty0706fan and also it is going to happen again , in 2022 there will be new Indiana jones sets based on the original movies

[@keegantripp1245]

@@poncedefreon84 wonder if they’ll take a look a Brickmania’s models.

[@ryaquaza3offical]

“You couldn’t actually get grey bricks because they thought they could be used for tanks and stuff” That really didn’t stop me from making a clown vomit scorpion when I was little

[@GB-vj1eg]

come again? a what now?

[@tearfulsmiles9901]

That poor clown...

[@davidschneider9145]

@SpikelsNice Do you know what the VZ-61 Scorpion is? Probably that thing in rainbow colors

[@sophiebubbles07]

Dear god.

[@sophiebubbles07]

LEGO Friends had grey bricks, at least.

[@yaroslavbozhdynsky]

I will always defend artists for their free artistic expression, even very controversial. Usage of children's toys combined with tragic events has an enormous artistic depth.

[@muir8009]

This isn't actually about that particular artistic item. It's about the manufacturer Lego potentially being seen as either a promoter of that appalling historic event, at least indifferent, possibly even making light of. Even if displayed in an art gallery the "Juden raus!" boardgame is never seen as being an artistic statement, just as a loathsome artifact from a horrific time in a not too distant past

[@MisterFribble]

You know, the Osprey thing still annoys me a little bit. It is such a unique machine, and for how anti-war LEGO is they sure do release a lot things with blasters...

[@StaceyIsles]

Yeah and starwars ... That's based off of ww2... so no anti war but war based fictional films is ok

[@PANDORAZTOYBOKZ]

False dichotomy. Star Wars is fantasy technology that is not, and has not been, actively used to murder civilians, and never had it perpetuated a PRO war standpoint. Paying licensing to the production of death machines is an objectively pro war move.

[@osets2117]

@@PANDORAZTOYBOKZ Lego is still full of BS, they released the Sopwith Camel, a world war 1 attack aircraft, a few years back (beautiful set too).

[@komessandtomikcoll2154]

@@PANDORAZTOYBOKZ Star wars weapons are based on real ww2 weapons witch were used to kill people and further a pro war propaganda. Also the iconic pistol that even han solo uses is based on the Luger a german weapon so yeah.

[@actuallyarclight]

@@osets2117 dont forget that one creator set for an F-35!

[@ShadowMage]

Speaking of the Lego police sets, does anyone remember the Lego space police ones? Those were honestly my favorite ones (even though I technically only have two of the sets, with one of those two not exactly being a set and more of a figure with some space money).

[@riosnyder6122]

YESS. omg I loved it

[@aoitrekt1109]

Yes, I only had only 2 small Sets too Was a very nice time

[@samba1367]

Very nostalgic towards the third space police series - but also once again concerned with Lego's ignarance on the real world implications. Nowadays, I can't look back on the series without seeing an obvious pattern of racial profiling there, with neither alien police officers nor human criminals, the series seemed very short-sighted

[@ShadowMage]

@@samba1367 I can't tell if you're joking or not.

[@ShadowMage]

@@TheAoyoc How was anything he said racist?

[@frogmouth2]

I have a bit of a conspiracy theory. The real reason the search and rescue copter was canceled was because it was a dissfunctional set that had its main play feature break upon repeated usage. They already shipped everything and it just seamed easier for everyone to say “we can’t sell this because we don’t support war” as apposed to “we made an extremely faulty product”. The people who did get their hands on the actual set did say that the actual system did screw up like this so I’d have to believe them. It’s also a note that these actual “protests” were just a couple guys standing outside a lego shop early in the morning. Anyways most actual lego fans wouldn’t care about the militant nature of the set, rather the actual product’s high cost for poor design as a technic set. It’s just a theory but I’d say it’s a pretty good one.

[@drewobrien1483]

Good theory

[@jefffischer4772]

Considering the Star Wars sets are almost entirely military vehicles (including WMDs) the strict line they claim certainly isn't adhered to. It's more accurate to say they won't make military sets from the 1900s to current day. The entire pirates set from the 90s had plenty of blue and red themed uniforms that have to have been referring to French and British navies as more real-world example. I even have some of the spring-loaded cannons in a box somewhere.

[@moneybilla]

@@jefffischer4772 real military vehicle les built for war are completely diff from made up sapce shit in start wars lmao😂😂😂

[@majorgillis4082]

@@moneybilla well that's not completely true, they've gotten flack for Halo and CoD themed merchandise so it's not a stretch on the SW sets as well. I know it's all fake, but people are "sensitive."

[@SanchoPlisken]

So given the v-22 osprey’s history it sounds like Lego made the set too realistic.

[@legoferrari14]

LEGO also had controversy regarding the "BIONICLE" line in the early 2000's due to the way they used terms from Maori culture for characters and concepts within the BIONICLE world, to the point where the villager characters were renamed from Tohunga to Matoran, and the individual Matoran that had been released up to that point receiving new names as well; e.g. Huki to Hewkii, Jala to Jaller, etc.

[@iamkablam8096]

Lego Friends was a success because there’s an actual market for that kind of stuff. There are a lot of girls AND boys that like the Barbie style of toys. Plenty of people like “girly” stuff and there’s nothing wrong with having an entire Lego set line devoted to that.

[@thegamingrepublic7014]

Yea, I’m a boy and I use the lego friends sets to either build an idyllic town or help in ship construction

[@paulkemp8520]

The only issue I had with it was the minifig redesign. It felt a little bit like pandering to, and infantilising people who wanted cutesie sets, and lets face it, specificaly women. I dont know, it just felt sexist to me. Cutsie sets could have been done under the normal branding in my opinion (I would buy either either way though I guess)

[@asackboyplush6508]

@@thegamingrepublic7014 salute dude

[@the4tierbridge]

@@paulkemp8520 A dude, you can buy normal female minifigs to. You can even make them!

[@paulkemp8520]

@@the4tierbridge exactly my point. So do women/girls need a new shaped minifig to be marketed to? Thats why it seemed sexist to me. Though come to think of it, we need more female original type minifigs, there are far more male ones.

[@ThomasThings]

"The lego ninja-go seiries" "Ninja-go" Physical pain

[@Mattcai2004]

My mother once called it that

[@jbcatz5]

How can he say he’s a fan of the show and call it Ninja-Go? It’s pronounced on the show as Nin-Jah-Go.

[@ThomasThings]

@@jbcatz5 yep. Literally, in the intro, of EVERY episode (exept s1e1) sensei Wu says it. Then again, people just do that. (Pronounce things differently)

[@flashpointgodlevelbatman0688]

Eternal pain

[@tacticalthomasthegreat3259]

Respect is gone

[@harmonetheanimationaddict4419]

The people that say Friends is encouraging gender stereotypes seem to be ignoring the fact that one of the girls (Olivia) is into science and robotics....something that’s seen as a guy thing.

[@ExtremeWreck]

I mean, they tend to stereotype guys to oblivion. How hypocritical of those groups.

[@ExtremeWreck]

@@heiltotheking I should know, there are boys out there that don't like that stuff. Just tolerate those guys, & don't force them into those stereotypes at all.

[@definitelynotsiri4058]

@Booty Slapper No one here is crying, we just don’t think everyone from a certain group has to behave in a specific way because then life would be boring

[@paxhumana2015]

You know, I wish that someone would do a picture of the LEGO Friends theme with the characters from the LEGO set of the television show of Friends and then they are doing the classic 1960s Spider-Man pointing meme thing.

[@paxhumana2015]

@@definitelynotsiri4058 , all of you mental midgets that are arguing, as well as ruining LEGO, from the fan base, to even the LEGO employees, and the employees of the related companies, themselves, are reasons I wish that the Infinity Gauntlet was a real thing.

[@svaughn82]

I think the reason that Lego minifigures have more negative faces is because they have a bigger variety of faces all together. Thinking back to when I was a child in the 80s and early 90s, the minifigures only really had a few expressions. Now they have every expression u can think of. I think it just comes down to growth and expansion.

[@Sergio-nb4hj]

Also, in themed sets, it often makes sense to have negative faces. Conflict is a part of pretty much any narrative, is it not?

[@ComicMizchief]

They also recently cancelled a LEGO city crooks hideout because it “no longer reflects their brand values”

[@captainpep3]

It’s a shame that it seems that they’re bowing down to BLM so easily, with the cop lego set and everything

[@GogiRegion]

@@captainpep3 Did any “BLM” groups or individuals actually ask for LEGO to curb, or was it just a publicity stunt done by LEGO to make more money?

[@kittykittybangbang9367]

@@GogiRegion Yeah I don't see how removing cop set will help BLM. If anything it's seems like performance activism or slacktivism.

[@captainpep3]

@@GogiRegion you have a point

[@captainpep3]

@@GogiRegion but I wouldn’t be surprised if people part of BLM were actually unironically offended by them having a cop set, in my opinion I think people are too sensitive towards stuff regarding cops and race

[@righty-o3585]

I do actually like that Lego explained the similarities between the mosque and Jabbas palace, and stated that it was not intentional, but in no way shape or form apologized. Because they did nothing wrong. I wish more companies were like that. Tell people HEY we would never intentionally disrespect, we did not mean to upset anybody, but we also will not apologize because we did nothing wrong 🤘

[@AnnoyingRash]

Most funny detail of the story: the Hagia Sophia started as a Christian Church.

[@Clown_the_Clown]

@@AnnoyingRash Should have stayed one day too

[@mrniusi11]

appeasing the authoritarians and leftists is never the answer. Censorship demands are almost always ridiculous especially when it's a product you need to seek out and no one is harmed.

[@Clown_the_Clown]

@@mrniusi11 fully agree

[@justbecause7402]

@Mr. Niu Si you don't know shit if you think Turkey are left wing lol

[@muppetvision]

as a little girl i absolutely loved playing with legos! i kind of forgot how wonderful they were until last christmas when i got the sesame street set. once i sat down to start building it, i didn’t want to stop. there’s something just so fantastic about legos, and i can’t exactly put my finger on it. i’m 18 now and i’m craving another big set to spend my time on !! this video was an absolute joy, thanks strider !

[@cashcleaner]

I think my most favorite aspect of the LEGO Friends pushback is how it really highlighted the fact that with a certain segment of the population, no matter what you do, it will never be enough. They won’t ever be happy. The icing on the cake was how Friends just started flying off the shelves and continues its popularity to this very day. As it turns out, a lot of girls really dig the colors and mini figures the Friends line offers - despite what their detractors believed.

[@LostInNumbers]

Yeah, and let's not beat around the bush, there are many more Lego sets that deserve to be criticized for being too stereotypically boy oriented. Ninjago, Nexo Knights, Bionicles and others are all examples of pure "Blue assile" marketing. All that being said, I wish Lego Elves did better.

[@ferretqueen2908]

I had one and wasn't really a fan, but I must say when it was given to me I was entirely the wrong demographic for it. It's a cute idea.

[@purpleninja3938]

12:58 I find this clip extremely hilarious. "Do you wanna swim?" "Nice idea, Andrea!" "LeT's Build a PoOl!"

[@AnimationJ]

Yes

[@raptorjesus5870]

Why would you not already have a pool or plan on going to the beach

[@nibyafternight1983]

This made me real realize how "idea" and "Andrea" are two perfect words for a tongue twister

[@okaminokuro]

Dragon quest builders has entered the chat.

[@eeveeofalltrades4780]

The fact they built the pool already takes away the stereotypes. I mean, how many girls do you know in real life who would build a pool whenever they want to swim????

[@brandonsaquariumsandterrar8985]

I find it hilarious about the osprey, because later, in Ninjago, they made a ship that looked EXACTLY like an osprey.

[@signs4407]

I'm pretty sure you mean a monkie kid set because i looked up ninjago set archives and none look like a osprey

[@g.s.863]

Dude they made a Creator tilt-rotor set too

[@bruh-xm6fv]

Wait where? Which one?

[@g.s.863]

@@bruh-xm6fv Creator set #31020

[@sophiebubbles07]

I think I know what you’re talking about. I watched Ninjago.

[@aralesystem6344]

a Phantom Lego Video ?... *EVERYTHING IS AWESOME !!*

[@killerquinn64]

He does these all the time! But it’s still great to see.

[@jestypop8698]

i was so surprised when i first found that lego friends caused big backlash. as part of the group that didn't think normal legos were *for* me, i was so so in love with lego friends and lego elves. i think its important to recognize that in the gender neutrality argument, our version of gender neutral has definitely leaned more masculine as a sort of default. its pretty telling that you can tell if its the "girls toy" section or the "boys toys" section based on how pink it is. as a kid, my brain figured that pink is for me and everything else is for boys. of course id look at the boys toy isle because i wanted to see what there, but i found that a boy-marketed and even a lot of "gender neutral" marketed things lacked acknowledgement of girls entirely (genuinely how many avengers sets have you seen with black widow included? have you seen captain marvel or any of the avenger's love interests like you'd see a ken doll in the girls isle). anyway, i really enjoyed the video and i like your chill vibe, its like a lofi bill nye video👍

[@Viewer-ld5rc]

The “mosque” isn’t even of Turkish origin. They stole it from the Greeks, when they conquered Constantinople. It wasn’t even a mosque until last year.

[@scatpitstevens7688]

Not stolen, finessed

[@Viewer-ld5rc]

@@scatpitstevens7688 They “claimed” it. Yeah…

[@scatpitstevens7688]

@@Viewer-ld5rc stay mad about it

[@Viewer-ld5rc]

@@scatpitstevens7688 I’m not mad, why did you think that?

[@paradoxpanda1756]

Lamao yea and then Palestinians are mad when they can't have Israel after losing multiple wars to them 🤣

[@CacneaMain]

Regarding the Osprey I also heard the rumour, that the decision to cut it was (atleast partly) a result of the inner mechanism of the rotors etc. being terribly broken, some reviewers got their hands on some stray sets and said mechanism actually straight up broke little gears and axis very quickly.

[@doltBmB]

True to the source material then.

[@kalvenbernard7954]

Huh they really went for a realizem on that one

[@Newbluejay]

Speaking of axis, #1

[@g.williams2047]

That thing chewed up gears in perhaps the worst quality control failure I’ve ever seen from a lego set.

[@NisseHult101]

Yes, apparently if using the engine tilt function while also driving the propellers, the load on the small 8-tooth Lego gears inside in the "gearbox" would become so high that they would have a high risk of breaking. There were several suggestions on how to fix this issue from Lego fans/reviewers that had obtained pre-release kits, but by then the Osprey model had already been cancelled, ostensibly because of this "military problem".

[@TheRealBigBaller]

It just makes me sad when they were criticizing the set for looking like a mousqe

[@Pagan20-08]

I agree, anyone who knows Star Wars knows its Jabbas Palace. Yes you could say it has a small resemblance to a Mosque, but that's not Lego's doing, that's George Lucas's (and anyone associated with developing the visuals for Return of the Jedi) doing. I also dislike how the police and Shell sets were taken away for something that they had nothing to do with.

[@trey5747]

@@Pagan20-08 I do agree with taking away the shell set but yeah everything else shouldn’t have been taken down

[@okalright3941]

@@Pagan20-08 and there is nothing wrong with mosques anyway it's just like a church

[@Pagan20-08]

@@okalright3941 Exactly, in the lore of the Star Wars universe Jabbas Palace was once a monastery. I thought it was supposed to be a good thing when fictional universes take inspiration from real life locations?

[@Pagan20-08]

@@trey5747 the Shell sets I'm more than a little dubious about, they do have a point with removing them, but taking away those sets won't actually hurt oil company's like Shell, they make way too much money to worry about lego sets with their logo being removed from stores. And the sets don't look half bad either.

[@TazyBaby]

The no sets of war based things really is disappointing, It would be really cool to see high level sets of iconic planes like the P-51 or Spitfire

[@MaticTheProto]

Or bf 109

[@MaticTheProto]

But luckily cobi exists

[@REMIX_CNK]

I would love to build a SR-72 Blackbird or AH-1Z Viper!!

[@CarmineKar98K]

Oh wow, people get offended over children's toy's, who would've guessed. Now if only the world could solve actual issues in the universe.

[@MrStickman1997]

BLM getting Lego Police sets banned is a real issue because it is plain disrespectful to real good police officers and police forces. And BLM is a racist and criminal apologist group.

[@cranklabexplosion-labcentr8245]

@@MrStickman1997 BLM shutting down their own group? Funny world

[@PhoenixAce]

@@MrStickman1997 Fortnite got rid of the cars but then again Fortnite just adds and removed based on popular demand

[@InsanityContainmentz]

@@PhoenixAce yeah they didn’t remove cars because of that. I’m pretty sure cars were added after the protests Started. Mat pat literally started his latest fortnite video (which was ages ago) by watching the “new” fortnite season 9 trailer which was just epic games saying they vaulted the whole game

[@Willknowles2009]

People are morons

[@raye48]

Those people who are so against Lego friends don't seem to realize that girls can enjoy other Lego lines. I adored ninjago and friends and frequently played with both. People get so into their own heads they don't seem to figure out that little kids don't care about the thickness of a figure or gender stereotypes. Let me enjoy my cafe and grocery store sets in peace.

[@faeb.9618]

honestly as a kid i just hated those kind of toys and was so against them because my parents owuld tell me that was the only thing that was appropriate for me to play with when i kept running to the bionicle and bakugan/beyblade section of the store :I

[@Samplehorse]

Fr. They are simply there for the kids that want sets like that. I think the different style of minifigs was kinda stupid. I would have appreciated normal figs that way we can get even more unique female minifigs. But in the end, if your daughter doesn’t like lego friends just buy her fuckin lego city. There is no gender to legos.

[@unicornman147]

Lego Friends isn't the problem, it's parents who force their daughters to only play with girly things, their sons to only play with boyish things, etc. When I was a kid, I liked the girly pink Belville as much as I liked Power Miners, Bionicle, and Star Wars, so go figure

[@raye48]

@@unicornman147 Exactly

[@aho9071]

They also seem to forget that they don’t necessarily need to follow the instructions like they can use different lego characters or don’t need to use “girly lego block colors” They can have all guys characters in a blue cafe. Lego sells boxes of random legos and separate characters parts

[@IANOYTYK]

I remember the Lego Friends controversy. Though the thing I took away from it was that Lego Friends couldn't fit with other sets as the blocks were different sizes. So not only was it a weird moment of "these are the girl legos, not the other stuff" your Lego Friends couldn't be used with other lego sets, which creates an artificial separation between the regular legos and "girl legos"

[@vissent1081]

I’ve seen a lot of people, mainly girls, who dislike the topics and themes of the regular Lego. So it makes perfect sense to make a new Lego targeted at people who aren’t interested in the normal stuff. It’s like making food, but then some people dislike the food. So you make more food for those people

[@IANOYTYK]

@@vissent1081 Yeah, but the issue was the proportions. You couldn't use Lego friends and regular legos because the blocks used on the different sets can't go together. All other Lego sets you can use bricks interchangeably. But not so with Lego friends.

[@TehVajier]

@@IANOYTYK I don't understand what you mean abaut you can't use bricks between Lego Friends and other Lego. They all use the same interchangeable Lego brick system, at least the ones I've seen.

[@IANOYTYK]

@@TehVajier Maybe they've changed recently- but when they came out the holes/foot holes were different sizes.

[@EskChan19]

@@IANOYTYK The minifigures are different so a seat for friends won't work with normal figures. But the bricks are the same and always have been.

[@TheAceOfCubs]

Being a ‘90s kid, I had no idea Lego sponsored Libera to build a concentration camp 😳 I still remember getting some Lego catalogs from ‘96 though because I couldn’t stop looking at the western cowboy sets lol. I still have one of the set where you can blow out the jail wall! Very interesting.

[@schootingstarr]

"We don't want war machines" I remember a little line called "Dino Attack" that was released with Gatling guns and cannons and explosives. Well, not everywhere. The line was limited to the US and Japan. The rest of the world received an adapted line called "Dino 2010", where all the weapons were removed or replaced with objectively worse additions, like a terribly flimsy cage that was supposed to hold the T-Rex

[@badgaming4371]

Im pretty sure that theres a batman set with a gatling gun

[@pundertalefan4391]

That actually sounds freaking awesome. XD

[@digitalunity]

That's nothin, I remember they released a Sopwith Camel, a literal war plane. LEGO releases war stuff when it suits them. I don't have a problem with that at all, the Camel is a gorgeous plane, a favorite of mine even. As far as I'm concerned, little kids want to play army, and if they want to play army with Lego they should be allowed to.

[@jemmapellemma8185]

Okay but I'm old, and so I remember when the first wave of Star Wars sets was released it was a HUGE deal to my friends and I. In the mid 90s LEGO's aversion to war was very frustrating. We had several waves of space themed stuff but it was exploration and not exclusively combat focused. So much so that I would argue part of the reason the Space Police faction existed was to give the setting a little edge - and I loved it. Before LEGO Star Wars all we had was like Blacktron II, Spyrius, etc. And then we got Aquazone, Roboforce, and Insectiods. We'd basically kitbash those lines with a dash of pirate and Wild-West/Egypt guns to make our war-obsessed play pattern. Then came Star Wars, and for the first time we had "machine guns" that were _blasters_ instead of _video cameras._ Cannons could now look real and not have to be either a translucent antenna laser, or a pirate cannon, or a technic bar.

[@jemmapellemma8185]

@@digitalunity The camel didn't release until 2001, so after the big change in 1999 by finally adding Star Wars and then continuing to lean into that direction of "when it suits them." As far as the timeline is concerned I think it's important that the Osprey is still in use and could have funded the military industrial complex or whatever, but Sopwith folded in 1920 so it's not entirely an apples to apples comparison.

[@Infomaniac_Moment]

Fun Fact: Greenpeace damaged the Nazca lines.

[@iambored9060]

Ironically green peace has made climate change far worse by fear mongering against atomic energy

[@okaminokuro]

well-intentioned morons are rarely fun.

[@plebisMaximus]

@@okaminokuro "The road to hell is paved with good intentions" Ancient, but forever relevant quote.

[@realmothchu]

the peta of environmentalism

[@jean-lucpicard7966]

@@iambored9060They also oppose genetically modified crops in spite of them being much more eco-friendly than "organic" crops.

[@Hyrullah1986]

Im Turkish and that Jabba's Palace situation is so hilarious, there is nothing wrong about it lmao.

[@hungtheheroluu]

When I first heard about the LEGO Jabba's Palace set being controversial, albeit not from this video, I was surprised, especially because I own that set. Too bad I don't have the Rancor Pit. And also, they even made another version of Jabba's Palace recently as a tie-in to The Book of Boba Fett, being titled Boba Fett's Throne Room.

[@axolo3662]

Jeez, imagine getting angry at Lego for recreating a thing accurately when other toy companies had been making Jabbas Palace for a couple decades now.

[@mindlessfun4804]

Enter islam.

[@henrysokol3466]

@@mindlessfun4804 In fairness, even this video makes it clear almost all Muslims were fine with it. There was just a tiny segment of the population, in one country, being paranoid lunatics and yelling so loud Lego got embarrassed.

[@duralumin_]

@@mindlessfun4804 racist.

[@Mac10Daddy]

@@henrysokol3466 and that’s the point, doesn’t take much for a company to cave in

[@henrysokol3466]

@@Mac10Daddy MY point in response to the person I was talking to was that being Moslem doesn't automatically make one high-strung and intent on seeing grievous insults to your faith everywhere.

[@yeethan7352]

I love how 90% of this is just "some group or other had their feelings hurt by plastic bricks"

[@derkaiser9881]

Fantastic summarization. Lego and its critics sometimes give me circus vibes.

[@0DRONZER]

yea

[@shwembo]

The Lego prison sets is such a dumb reason to be banned

[@ToomanyFrancis]

The Lego concentration camp art piece was the only controversy that made real sense. The artist has to find a reason for using children's toys to represent genocide and as far as I am aware there was no logical reason given. The silent canceling of the Lego City Police line makes a lot of sense in the long term but it seems very reactionary in context. Police brutality is a serious issue throughout most of the world, especially in developing nations, and the problem is only growing in first world countries where I would assume most of Lego's sales are. It's becoming more and more difficult to defend the actions of law enforcement when people are being fined, arrested, or even imprisoned over trivial matters by a system that is heavily one sided.

[@billsima6983]

@@shwembo a very dumb one indeed

[@Tommuli_Haudankaivaja]

My friend had a Mr Gold in his room and I didn't know it was this rare. I just thought it looked kinda cool. I know for a fact that he got a real one, because he usually put all of his money into mini figures. Being only 9, you can't exactly just go to the black market to buy a fake one. I wonder how he is doing nowadays, as I haven't seen him in 6 years.

[@noahhill841]

cool

[@imstupidbut]

check if he is still alive

[@cdogthehedgehog6923]

I call bullshit.

[@On7.]

Kova

[@frozenmallet09]

@@cdogthehedgehog6923 Why? doesn't seem like a crazy implausible story.

[@RandProductions45]

What’s funny about the V22 Osprey set is that they released a set of green army men figures with a jeep. Granted they’re supposed to be green army men toys from Toy Story but still.

[@ReduckYT_]

Do top 5 worst and best ‘shows’ Basically, any movie, cartoon or sitcom that has “the _____ show” in the title.

[@tidepodpadthai2633]

The Mr Men Show is a favorite of mine, personally

[@sonicfromskylands495]

Rank the Lego cartoons

[@thegrandxbunny2073]

Fred the show.

[@negativezer0741]

“The Cleveland show” was golden

[@thegrandxbunny2073]

@SpongeBob SquarePants Full Ep. in Desc. Exactly.

[@SpartanBrix]

I can’t believe nobody talks about how Lego legit made Soviet Union and Nazi soldier minifigures in the Indiana Jones sets 🤣🤣🤣 edit: y’all, in the context of the set, they are Nazis and Soviets. It doesn’t matter what they say they are, because in the context of the movies, they ARE Nazis and Soviets.

[@SpartanBrix]

@@Jamibolae but they are in the context of the set, it doesn’t matter if they name them or not, they’re Nazis and Soviets 😂

[@nox5555]

@@SpartanBrix there are no soviet soldiers in Indiana Jones movies, so they just made up a different typ of bad guys.

[@insertname7325]

@@nox5555 the fourth movie?

[@nox5555]

@@insertname7325 the what? there are only 3 movies.

[@insertname7325]

@@nox5555 Is this just you (rightfully) thinking that Crystal Skull is shit and thus refusing to acknowledge it?

[@FrenkTheJoy]

The Lego concentration camp is really cool. I completely understand it making people uncomfortable, but like you said, it's not like it was available to be intended to be bought by young children. It was an art piece in a museum.

[@baileyclifford2852]

it was meant to make you feel uncomfortable

[@weerwolfproductions]

I agree. It probably came from the increasing tendency of people visiting the camps to make selfies with smiles and then the remnants of all the pain and suffering and genocide in the background. I can totally see how the artist combined the toy with the horrendous legacy to make people re-think on how horrible that black page in humanity's history actually was.

[@kauske]

Honestly, if you feel entirely comfortable being reminded of the holocaust, holodomor or any other mass genocide, there might be something wrong with you. But even if it's uncomfortable, you shouldn't just push it out of your mind. Atrocities should be acknowledged and prevented in future, not buried and ignored.

[@reillymcwriting]

@@kauske DUDE YOOO I WANT A LEGO SET FOR KRISTALLNACHT! /s

[@SirDankleberry]

@@kauske What the fuck? Should I feel comfortable or not?

[@masterjoseph25]

Ah, the days before Nin read the reviews. It just feels... different.

[@TheTaintedWisdom]

"Lego Friends is awful, stereotypical, sexist drivel!" Girls: "GIMME, GIMME, GIMME!!!"

[@cheruwu9659]

I know this is a Lego video but if you look at Playmobil; they've been doing 'girly' sets for ages. I guess It's so successful that I don't really see any very boyish sets anymore lol

[@crayonchomper1180]

I think a lot of the main draw for them was the colors, so many you can't find in regular lines like Tuscan Orange in that Italian restaurant

[@annasstorybox7906]

@@cheruwu9659 yea... But they are good at neutral sets as well and sold tons of pony farm like sets without making everything pink. They had buildings in colors actual buildings have. Also their police has guns, they do cowboys, pirates, knights, ancient Roman's and egyptians and vikings and kids love that stuff. Lego used to have awesome knights and pirates and these sets were liked and are sought after. People want that stuff... I think Lego is trying to please a loud minority of social justice warriors instead of doing stuff people want. They invent new licensed digital interactive sets that have little value for people who just want to build up their own little world... I guess they would sell tons of sets if they would revamp some castles, pirate ships and alike and I also would think that friends wouldn't be less successful if it had regular mini figures instead of a off scale dolls that can't be customized as well as regular minis. That's something I don't get... Veterinarian, cookie factories, pool or horse riding tournaments could be easily done with regular minis that could be customized. With the kids favorite color shirts and different haircuts, instead of having a limited range of doll like girlies.

[@Mr_Green2178]

“wtf girl having feminine toys, so sexist!1!”

[@rensangel]

exactlyy there's nothing wrong with feminine toys and girl legos 😐 i loved these things when i was a little kid they were the only legos i ever wanted when they came out because they were so brightly colored and pretty

[@littleumbrella1763]

No military sets? There are like 5 series dedicated to medieval times. Not to mention a couple on PIRATES AND MARINES

[@_reverse-psycho_855]

That doesn't count as military. According to Lego, "Millary" stuff includes tanks, fighter jets, etc.

[@littleumbrella1763]

@@_reverse-psycho_855 just coz its 18th century warfare not modern it doesnt count as military?!

[@xemnufromthemagicplanet1678]

@@littleumbrella1763 modern warfare is what they're mostly against. The rule isn't upheld very well

[@lolmeme69_]

@@xemnufromthemagicplanet1678 So how long do we have to wait for modern to become...not modern?

[@Supreme_Commander-2007]

@@_reverse-psycho_855 Well guess they should cancel the Dc and Marvel themes.

[@gayass8702]

my biggest complaint with lego friends was the changed body molds, i just wanted to make their legs move (i more hated that my parents always bought them for me bc it was girly lol)

[@VeXeDZERO]

Yeah, same here. Lego minifigs should just be the same.

[@sweet5304]

Female detected 🕴️

[@selalewow]

You kind of hit the nail on the head. Rather than buying more gender neutral Lego a lot of parents/grandparents bought the girly sets for their daughters.

[@Inxwolf]

well, you do get a lot of good hair pieces with Lego friends and also did you forget about Lego elves? then again there’s the continuity issue where olivias skin color and eye sight changed

[@piss4429]

@@Inxwolf lego elves still felt super gendered to me, it was obviously targeted towards girls. less egregious than friends, though.

[@mindlessfun4804]

"Lego is misogynist! We want legos especially catered to women" >>lego friends "Lego is misogynist! Those are just stereotypes" >>Profits increase by 35% "little girls are misogynist!"

[@SirDankleberry]

Welcome to third wave feminism.

[@TonyNumber9]

You can never please them lmao XD

[@riccardobalbo234]

Imo the turks shouldn't even be mad about Jabba's palace. Hagia Sofia wasn't supposed to be a mosque, originally it was built as the Saint Sophia Chatedral by the byzantine empire, then the otomans took over and they turned it into a mosque, in 1935 it was declared a non religious museum to avoid tensions and only last year Erdogan decided to turn it back into a mosque.

[@Qwerty-qg6db]

What does that supposed to mean?

[@riccardobalbo234]

@@Qwerty-qg6db that the building in question wasn't even built by the turks so to me it's not linked to them

[@Qwerty-qg6db]

@@riccardobalbo234 ok but Hagia Sofia didnt even have minarets when it was first built. Besides it doesnt even have to be about Hagia Sofia.

[@jillscott4029]

I would go with they shouldn't be offended because it looks nothing like the Hagia Sophia, and I'm fairly sure most Turks would just ask what exactly you were smoking that made you think you could see a resemblance.

[@riccardobalbo234]

@@jillscott4029 same

[@_Zach_The_Clown_]

I assumed people would argue that the Simpsons Legos would make kids want to drink but even that argument is crazy

[@parker-boy98]

IKR?

[@kylehatespotatoest6615]

There isn't even duff beer in it, it's replaced with the buzz cola

[@harmonetheanimationaddict4419]

Don’t people realize that kids have already been watching The Simpsons since it started?

[@poweroffriendship2.0]

Yup

[@Gloom_Shroom_Gaming]

@@kylehatespotatoest6615 Yah they did that in Lego Dimensions also. The Simpsons is an adult show, but I don't understand why it's bad to make a Lego set based off of it. Friends is also an adult show, but people were absolutely fine with that Lego set...

[@roshnipatel2000]

So Lego friends is controversial for being too “girly,” but Barbie and Winx Club and all of these other “girly” things meant for young girls is fine?

[@froggers8945]

People gotta stop picking and choosing.

[@KleioChronicles]

I think the issue was less the content of the lego set but rather the advertising and branding. Why create a separate line only advertised towards girls and not make it more open? Boys can like feeding horses and having parties too and the girls were already enjoying the other sets. The over use of pink and purple for girls is very stereotypical though. If compare it to Bratz dolls and the variety in colours, clothing styles, and activities available you can see that using pink so much and advertising in such a way creates problems in regards to allowing for children to pick what they actually want to play with when they end up being shoehorned into what they should like based on societal and branding expectations. Not every girl likes pink, I honestly hated it and actively avoided Barbie because of the lack of character it gave them. Bratz at least gave you choice - go goth, trendy, pink, whatever. Those conservative parents are unlikely to allow their boy to get the “girly” thing or let their girl get anything but the “girly” thing. Regular parents will buy toys based on assumed likes - the pretty dress-up doll stuff for girls and the action cars, dinos, guns stuff for boys. So much pink is an eyesore as well. In the end, if they had just put the sets out as yet another lego set of the same standard and expected colours of others (you can be fun even without everything pink) and stuck to regular branding and advertising with both boys and girls playing with a lego set then it wouldn’t be much of an issue. The issue stems from limiting options based on branding and then advertising. They can try and gear it towards girls even if it’s a stereotypical thing to do but at the very least they could have given the girls options. I personally found lego boring and preferred video games when I got my hands on them. Dolls and play figures themselves only go as far as your satisfaction with their aesthetics or your imagination. I quickly grew bored of having nothing to do with dolls past making them look cool. That’s my take on it. Just make things geared towards children and let them explore it qt their own pace. I mean, plenty of baby toys are unisex, why start making them so segregated thereafter?

[@AdamantLightLP]

@@KleioChronicles Well, people bought them, which means they liked them. A lot of girls like that stuff, who cares.

[@KleioChronicles]

@@AdamantLightLP did you even read what I wrote. Initial purchase doesn’t mean shit regarding satisfaction - look at Cyberpunk for a recent example. Again, the issue isn’t really the content but the branding.

[@redassassian]

@@KleioChronicles the friends line is not equal to cyberpunk since it's a longer sale line of products. Lego probably did studies to see like a majority of girls are not interested in lego, address those, and release the massively successful friends line. Stereotypical girly toys are successful since a majority of girls like them. Supply and demand. Then people that already want unisex has lego city theme. So have a cookie since "iam not like other girls, I'm quirky"

[@charlesbronson8112]

As soon as you mentioned the osprey, I knew any existing sets are worth a fortune, so I looked it up and yep, it’s worth a fortune 😂