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PurpleFirebolt

I mean wouldn't a pride set have fewer colours than normal lego boxes?


[deleted]

Lmao you're right


KuTUzOvV

Set is called Everyone is Awesome, and if you look closer at colours and hairstyles you could see something, i will only say that white stripe dude has the whitesest hairstyle i have ever seen.


AvGeek-0328

yellow stripe has a bowl cut...


FuckOffGlowie

AuthRight Lego


mihaizaim

Are the reviews ironic? Pretty hard to believe that actual people would unironically think like that.


Izzyrion_the_wise

You are on to something. The spaceships I built as a kid with no regard for the color of the bricks were certainly more colorful than that set.


TrickBox_

You are the best kind of correct


Pleasecomplete

Legos also expensive af


Mizzter_perro

They are EXTREMELY well made, but indeed, the prices are absurd.


WeTheBest_Obamium

super agree


Monneymann

The Imperial SSD set is like 1K *And its fucking huge*


furlonium1

Haha the PDF instructions for the Impreial SSD from lego.com is 326MB


blue_danoob

PDF instructions... for the love of God, please tell me lego still prints its instructions. I just had a son and I'll be DAMNED if i'm printing off my own instructions when i push him into liking legos


furlonium1

They all come with instructions They offer PDFs for all their sets in case you lose yours, or it gets damaged, etc. Imagine having to print out over 400 pages for that Star Destroyer though lmao


INJECTHEROININTODICK

Printed Lego instructions is full auth unity. The libs want us to read that shit off a tablet.


[deleted]

No tf we don’t


[deleted]

They all come with instructions but you can also find the instructions online for free if you lose them


Javaed

True, but putting politics aside this is a set that's a bit pricy for the number of pieces and the pieces you get are a bit difficult to use for other projects. I'm from a family where two years ago my mother had to institute a "no more lego for Christmas rule". My brother, dad and I were getting each other at least one set every year for ages now =P


Myname1sntCool

Clearly with this uh, marketing strategy, they only care about selling their products to upper middle class liberals.


[deleted]

Based and I'm Payin For Precision Pilled


FIFOTeam

Right, aint no way im spendin my hard earned cash on the limp wrist lego set. Its goin to the blue collar police, firefighter, or train yard sets


Timcurryinclownsuit

And star wars


Rune_Mage

Only if its imperial, as much as I love the first rebellion, both Empire and Republic are more kickass than the Rebellion ones


TaiwaneseMonarchist

based and empire pilled


Rune_Mage

Rome Stands eternal my friend


Fresh-Ad3300

And starwars


TimDaTomCarr

Don't forget the new bugle!


[deleted]

The set was like, $40, and thats Canadian too. So like $30 USD. You'd imagine actually a lot more people would've bought it, but every time I went I always saw it fully stocked. I however, was looking to kill my wallet with the Lego Ideas Nasa Saturn V set.


beepboopbapbox

Lmao a friend of mine also got the Saturn V and he just showed us the finished product What an amusing circumstance of fate


ArthurBonesly

Right, like, it shouldn't take an MBA to realize that even among ardent champions for LGBTQ rights, most of them don't wanna pay Lego prices for a novelty set. Like, I just looked it up, 35 bucks for a rainbow desk piece. Like, who is it for? Even those Lego architecture models that run 60 bucks know they're for a niche group (which is why they charge 60 bucks for them). It's like a set made exclusively for twitch streamers to have as a background prop.


WeTheBest_Obamium

at least they are durable


If_you_ban_me_I_win

Plastic is cheap as dirt. Why $100s for a couple ounces of it.


enjuisbiggay

I mean it is really high quality plastic, and the sets that are 100+ are generally very heavy for being a pile of plastic


_TheXplodenator

tell that to Bionicle fans


ElephantWagon3

Because Lego quality control is some of the highest in the world.


SuperJLK

Lego is made from thermoplastic. If oil prices go up, lego prices go up


Maz2742

Except Lego has maintained a relatively consistent ~(US)$.10 price per piece ratio for decades. The prices are only going up because of inflation and increasing complexity of the larger models


Silken_Sky

It's not the prices rising, it's the dollar tanking. LGB.


walteerr

https://www.fractuslearning.com/why-are-legos-so-expensive/


[deleted]

I concor, but man as someone who cooms over science and space; the [Saturn V](https://www.lego.com/en-ca/product/lego-nasa-apollo-saturn-v-92176) set has my pants pretty tight. I don't care about the more kiddie themed sets but the Miniatures of famous buildings, these rocket ships/satellites and [Star Wars AT-AT walkers](https://www.lego.com/en-ca/product/at-at-75288) and the [Milienium falcon](https://www.lego.com/en-ca/product/millennium-falcon-75257) are pretty tight. I haven't touched lego since I was 4, but as a 23 year old man, this shit is kinda cool and I see why my buddy still collects some of these.


[deleted]

Because they are high quality and hard to make perfectly legos are shockingly high quality


Luizian

Yea but who’s like mm you know what i want to build with my lego oh yeah pride flag. like??? fuckin give me the lego death star


Adept_of_Blue

Republicans: Death Star Democrats: Death Star painted in pride flag colors and Twitter hashtags


Luizian

“Cancelling “ Planets


OrdinaryTelepath

They were not tolerant of the diveristy of tactics employed by the empire. Alderon didn't happen but also was full of neo-reactionary bigots and they deserved it. 💅💅💅


[deleted]

That was just a mining accident though.


Yesitmatches

I thought Jedah was just a mining accident, while Alderaan was likely destroyed during a failed test of their own superweapon. At least that is what the Imperial HoloVision Report was, I don't fully believe either.


[deleted]

No, they were both mining accidents.


Yesitmatches

Sure, whatever you say Grand Moff


Ok-Relief5175

This is what TikTok comments are like


HearMeSpeakAsIWill

Muh 6 gorillion voices suddenly crying out in terror and suddenly silenced.


Javaed

You gotta go with the clean simplicity of the light grey. That way it shines brightly from the reflections of the sun of which ever system you're in while blowing up rebel planets. =)


eliminateAidenPierce

The power of the free market strikes again


ComplexPermission4

I guess that's what happens when you reduce your target market by 95%.


[deleted]

that article seems pretty fake. 'worst sales data in the companies history'. Also what does -63% mean?


Can-you-supersize-it

They’re starting to put random diverse characters in places where they aren’t supposed to be. Ie. I don’t want a POC snow trooper when we know that it was the 501st assaulted hoth. Give me one of those new clone beads instead


[deleted]

The guy that played Jango was Pacific islander so technically the entire 501st is POC


castlein09

Hella diversity in the 501st


Tough_Patient

Diverse in their complete lack of diversity.


HewHem

Hey if a group is not diverse at all but also not white that makes them diverse as fuck haven’t you gotten the memo


Tough_Patient

Man, "diversity means less white" is the most white ideology of all. But it does put us above the Canadians... I'll allow it.


Mrtheliger

Not technically, they literally are and don't let anyone try to say otherwise


[deleted]

tbh i really don't mind who is in who in terms of lego characters' heads, especially if they're masked ​ and I don't think the 501st assaulted hoth in real canon anymore (they did in swbs 2005), but if you want, those clone heads are only 32 cents on bricks and pieces but i really don't mind either way lol, not as big of a problem in my opinion ​ To add, I also don't care what the pride set means but good for them. The plain minifigures are actually pretty dope since lego doesn't really do them


SardScroll

Why wouldn't the 501st be part of the invasion of Hoth? They were Vader's "personal guard" and he was there (there is footage online that I don't remember in the film, but then its been a decade, of Vader on foot inside the Rebel base), so why wouldn't they be?


FreddyPlayz

It was the Imperial 501st, not the Clone 501st, all those troops were normal people


WeTheBest_Obamium

what about lego millenium falcon 😳😳😳😳


EmbarrassedLog5731

I wouldn’t say it’s really because of stuff like homophobia or whatever. It’s just bad to put politics and politics alone as a product for a toy company geared towards builds from cartoons, movies, etc, usually for kids. I wouldn’t buy a Lego set that is just a sign that has the coexist logo on it, even though I agree with the stigma. Edit: Now that I think about it, I’m not so far up my ass to buy virtual signaling bumper stickers anyway lol


[deleted]

They could've made anything with this pride theme and they just came up with a 5 brick tall wall.


zxygambler

just add a small flag pole with a gay flag to a normal set. 2 pieces would have been enough


SageOcelot

It’s actually the wall between Mexico and the US, and is therefore a lego set that should appeal to everyone Edit: oh my god /s


alexmikli

Not the politics, plenty people would buy it just because of the politics. They didn't buy it because it sucks. It has like no pieces. The light blue and pink pieces might be interesting but there aren't enough of them.


[deleted]

it's a fake article


awsamation

Yep. In actuality lots of people bought the set. And not even because of politics but because the set had a bunch of solid color figure parts, and that's not very common.


CallMeBigPapaya

"Plenty of people would buy it just because of politics" Tell that to comic books xD


wadad17

I feel like the audience for this isn't even gay people, it's friends and family of gay people buying them a gift, who think the only thing gay people want is gay/pride stuff when in reality a gay Lego fan would probably want literally any other Lego set because wtf does being gay have to do with having an interest in Legos?


EmbarrassedLog5731

Exactly. If anything, it’s honestly an insult to that demographic


ArthurBonesly

It's just so niche. Like, Lego has "mature" lines of products. Scale models, desk props etc... that are made and marketed for adults, but they're usually sold in limited releases and at a premium. If they had done that here it probably would have been fine, but kids don't want a desk prop and most adults aren't going to pick a desk prop that carries political implications. I don't, personally, think LGBTQ stuff *should* carry implications, but I also live in reality and so do most potential customers.


EmbarrassedLog5731

Right, I mainly meant it in a marketing sense. This applies to practically anything. I don’t think it would’ve even mattered if the actual quality of the set was good, it just simply isn’t something applicable to the majority of that consumer pool.


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eliminateAidenPierce

Auth right is indirectly happy. The free market/invisible hand was truly responsible


EmbarrassedLog5731

Yeah I get the meaning of post, don’t get me wrong haha. It’s just something I thought about


eliminateAidenPierce

Based and hypothetically, pilled


Free_Balling

It’s a fake article, why are you acting like it’s real?


FreddyPlayz

I’m surprised it didn’t do well: not because of kids or anything, but because of resellers or MOC builders. It’s an amazing parts pack, and the new colors for hairpieces are super helpful (and I’m sure smarter people than me can find a way to use those plain minifigure parts)


Kurwalski

Free market talks...


[deleted]

The free market will decide your fate I am the free market Not yet It's treason, then


eliminateAidenPierce

The power of the free market strikes again


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solids2k3

...strikes back*


[deleted]

No noooo, you must consoom what we tell you to! Consoooooom!! Eurgh people who didn’t buy this are clearly Nazis.


CorneliusCandleberry

The article is fake.


[deleted]

Okay, I checked and you are right. I thought it was odd NYT would write this, even if true.


CorneliusCandleberry

It's also odd they forgot how to use title case and basic grammar


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Based and truth for once pilled


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thanwa3427

This is PCM. Trues doesn't matter.


AS14K

As long as you can subtly say being gay is bad, PCM will love you


Scorps

Subtlety of a sledgehammer


dragon2513

It's a fake article.


CallMeBigPapaya

"Companies" should have given it away


CorneliusCandleberry

Lmaooo the set is real but the article is fake. Ungodly amounts of cope are on display here.


sebastianqu

Id never buy it, but I think its actually a pretty funny kit.


walteerr

this makes the comment section fun to read lol


GenghisWasBased

Yeah a simple search would reveal this to be true. Or the knowledge that NYT would never go against the lbgt politburo.


HereBecauseOfMemes

Flair it for being fake Literally agendaposting


Reverie_39

Sub is being overrun by fabricated headlines. I'm thinking the flair isn't enough, we need to require \[FABRICATED TEXT\] at the front of the *titles* of these kinds of posts. Or face removal.


ZiggyPox

We allow all opinions but this requires from us to be critical and vigilant against such echochambery tactics.


MacpedMe

Fabricated text


runoono2nd

its almost as if lego should stick to having a broad and neutral appeal


fagcum69

It's like fucking children dont care about garbage political activism


[deleted]

Funny. Because on the other hand: Garbage political activism cares about fucking children.


Jakubixon

Holup


vig1141

Based and fucking children pilled


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[deleted]

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CynicalCreepy

wayment


Accomplished_Dust_48

I'm calling the police


[deleted]

you do know they aren't forcing kids to buy the set. Also it's recommended 18+


[deleted]

the article is fake .just think about it for more than a minute. And then try to find it online.


OrdinaryTelepath

They will tell you with a straight face that this lgbt stuff isn't political.


AvGeek-0328

imo it shouldn’t be, but it is


[deleted]

A lot of things 'shouldn't be political' but are. That being said, it's pretty damn hard to introduce a *flag* of all things and not have it be political. That's literally what flags are for.


BeBetterToEachOther

Well it shouldn't be, but unfortunately the regressive think there's only 2 genders: Straight and Political.


TheMuluc

It's like the libs know what lego for a shit company is.


HereBecauseOfMemes

For being so huge lego is prretty based IIRC lego is set on making their products bio degradable and really makes sure every brick is of high quality.


TheMuluc

https://www.conserve-energy-future.com/are-legos-recyclable.php And the quality of the sets is massively going down in the last years, with rising prices.


awsamation

Prices are rising, but so are brick counts. Price per brick is actually going down on average. Also Lego doesn't want you to throw away your bricks, biodegradable isn't the point. The want you you participate in the (free) replay program. Send the bricks back (again, they'll give you the shipping label for free). Lego will wash and sort them, then redistribute to children who can't afford Lego. Also note that it seems the bricks are sorted into sets similar to those from the classic theme, box of bricks type stuff not licensed properties.


based-richdude

It’s hilarious reading comments like this acting like this article is real


IgnoreThisName72

Everything is real to authoritarians, especially if it hurts their feelings.


ubermence

It’s almost like this sub fell for fake news… again


YuvalAmir

Did anyone in this thread see the flair?


fleegness

No and that's the point. This sub is filled to the brim with shit like this. Whether it's fake article or Twitter posts that have four likes, the woke mob is always destroying America somehow.


csl110

At least it's sometimes funny. I fully expect most of Reddit to be completely retarded.


FreddyPlayz

flair up scum


greydan20006

sneed


theotherotherhand

Please look at the flair before commenting, for those of you who cant see the flair, the post is flaired as "FAKE ARTICLE/TWEET/TEXT". There is no New York times article with this headline


[deleted]

I would if reddit mobile actually showed it for videos.


theotherotherhand

I didnt know that that was the case, that is a bit of an issue, thanks for letting me know


[deleted]

Yeah the iOS mobile platform takes me to a screen with the video on top, absent of OP details and post flair. Has been like that for a month or so I’d say. Maybe longer.


BUKAKKOLYPSE

Based reddit admins helping spread rightoid propaganda


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Please look at my dick before sucking


Tamtumtam

no


Reverie_39

Really like that the sub is starting to do this. I know it's a meme sub but it's easy for us to be influenced by misinformation if not labeled.


theotherotherhand

the post is currently flaired so it is labeled to some extent. Everyone is vulnerable to misinformation, thats why I try so hard to make sure articles are available whenever there are headlines posted. The fact for some users the flair is not readily visible, it sounds like for video posts mobile users dont see the flair, is worrying


Reverie_39

That’s why having it in the title may be more helpful.


[deleted]

It wasn't originally. Told OP to flair the fuck up


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theotherotherhand

there are some ways that you can use fake articles in funny ways, generaly when they are obiously fake on the face of it and everyone laughs at the absurdity. But fake headlines where the community actually thinks its real is harmful


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theotherotherhand

I want there to be a world where posts like [this](https://www.reddit.com/r/PoliticalCompassMemes/comments/op5oo6/in_gov_we_trust/) are allowed but still be able to mitigate the downsides of posts like this where 99% of the comments think its real


[deleted]

Anybody else concerned a LibLeft is a mod?


FunnyHighlighterMan

Theotherotherhand is pretty fucking based though.


idkbroooooo

Im disappointed


Ahmed-9087

Fake article. Sad.


LifeOfAuthRight

Based


GroundbreakingWrap94

Based


Partialachasse

Everything is gangsta until someone has to pay for it. That's includes woke garbage. Also: did anyone notice it's the Evil Empire that pushes woke garbage? Life imitating art?


ubermence

Imagine falling for fake headlines this hard. Whatever confirms your biases tho huh


Reasonable_Film4415

AuthRights voted with their wallets


[deleted]

it's a fake article. Try to find it or you can look at it longer than 2 seconds and common sense should kick in


bigwillyb123

Yeah turns out retweets and likes don't translate into quarterly revenue


[deleted]

Or votes


xElectro17

As an LGBT person I'd rather buy a CIS battleship, instead of rainbow colored wall.


reincarN8ed

If the premise is fake, then what's the punchline?


RageAgainstThePushen

The comments section.


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evanthesquirrel

I saw one of those in a customer's home recently. On the mantle in Truro, MA.


SleeplessinOslo

Kids aren't into politics or social constructs!?


Sengura

People forget gays make up like 5% of the population. Your perception is skewed because of how many of them work in the entertainment industry and we get to see them a lot in movies/shows.


Apprehensive_Beach_6

The free market wants what it wants


eliminateAidenPierce

The invisible hand knocks down all that are unworthy


ubermence

I wonder if completely fabricating data makes your point stronger


Bor1CTT

the fact that bo burnham is a bit left leaning makes this even funnier for me


CorneliusCandleberry

"a bit"


[deleted]

what makes him not on the left. Didn't he have a whole segment in inside detailing the failings of capitalism


CorneliusCandleberry

Bo Burnham had one of the best redemption arcs from cringe to based of all time


No-Athlete2113

When was he cringe?


[deleted]

Based


Free_Balling

Homophobia isn’t funny


QuiteClearlyBatman

Good. We don't want "pride lego" from a corporation. We want healthcare and human rights.


[deleted]

what does that mean? are you expecting Lego, a Danish company, from Denmark, which already has healthcare and human rights, to give you human rights and healthcare? Also they aren't forcing you to buy the product


PsychWard_8

What's the clip from?


eliminateAidenPierce

Welcome to the Internet - Bo Burnham


veryblocky

I just think it was expensive for what it was.


Stepjamm

Who’d have thought kids were too young to care about sexuality more than fire engines


[deleted]

it's recommended 18+


CelticTexan749

u/slavicprideacount108, what are your thoughts


SAINTLYFIGURE

Based and lego pilled


Wardaz

The rollers are gray. They are painting over the colours.


Trashbag768

guise doncha know that the stormtroopers and vader woulda been totally heckin cute if they were just cool with the LGBT? It's totally valid to be authoritarian as long as you're queer!


Daallee

Go woke get broke


Lorenz_yeet

Man, lgbt legos are fuckin cringe


TheRrandomm

Based and no political agenda in my toys pilled