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Why specifically a Lego branded community? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by Aurix@lemmy.world to c/lego@lemmy.world

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With more and more alternatives appearing to Lego which also increase in variety and even surpass at times Lego quality, why focus just on this company for a brick building community? I for example have been badly burned by Lego's handling of the Mindstorms brand and there are more compatibility broken product lines from Lego.

Is posting other brands alright here? Will it lead to unpleasant conflicts from Lego, if their brand name is used?

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[–] Luxsidus@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Offbrand bricks are just fine. The reason I picked the Lego name is because everyone knows it. So no worries! If you want to make a specific community for offbrand bricks, I'd be glad to pin it!

[–] hikaru755@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I think this was the right call, discoverability is just so much better than any recombination of "interlocking building bricks" or something. "Lego" is very close to being a generic category name anyway, in my opinion. As long as the community is as small over here as it is right now, splintering it even further wouldn't be a wise move, I think.