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My Lego Network doesn't exist anymore

The article describes the "My Lego Network" which was a short-lived social network inspired project of Lego. The site was shut down in 2015. Rather than updating the article to reflect that it doesn't exist anymore, I would suggest removing the mention of it entirely, as it doesn't seem particularly noteworthy to me. Wilstrup (talk) 21:33, 15 November 2020 (UTC)

Does short-lived equate to not-notable? In history, listing previous failures often gives insight to why a later attempt succeeded.  Stepho  talk  22:54, 15 November 2020 (UTC)

Nope. I don't think short-lived in any way implies non-notable. But I don't think that "My Lego Network" is particularly notable, and I suggest that we remove it from the article since it doesn't exist anymore. If people do in fact consider it notable, an alternative is to add a section to the article about historic Lego web sites. Wilstrup (talk) 23:12, 15 November 2020 (UTC)

I noticed that there is nothing here about Lego Life, the current Lego social network for kids. Probably need to add a paragraph on this as replacement. Fieryninja (talk) 23:39, 15 November 2020 (UTC)

The Wayback Machine has archived My Lego Network from 2007 to 2015. For the web, that's not exactly short-lived. Having a small mention as a precursor to the current Lego Life (which of course should be mentoned) is a good way to show history. Not existing any more has never been a reason to delete anything from Wikipedia.  Stepho  talk  00:18, 16 November 2020 (UTC)

I concur that not existing anymore is not an argument against notability - The Roman Empire is quite notable :-). Are you having a Straw man debate here? I did suggest removing it since I don't think it is notable, but I don't feel at all strongly about it, so I'll just leave it and work on something else. Wilstrup (talk) 06:51, 16 November 2020 (UTC)

Perhaps I misunderstood you. However, I do think it is notable, even if it is just a footnote in history. Thanks.  Stepho  talk  07:59, 16 November 2020 (UTC)

Cool, no problem. For now, I just changed the text to reflect that it doesn't exist anymore. Perhaps someone with some knowledge about the matter and about "Lego Life" can write about the current state Wilstrup (talk) 08:32, 16 November 2020 (UTC)

Lego_gun - can this mess be rescued?

Comments appreciated at Talk:Lego_gun. --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 07:25, 27 January 2021 (UTC)

"At certain points, investing in Lego sets was more valuable than investing in gold."

...in the lead section. Even if we consider this to be a reliably sourced statement (it isn't; the source is titled "Report claims"), it doesn't have much informational value. Many things are "better investments than gold". Using gold in this context is just an attempt to glorify something by evoking emotions of shiny value in the mind of the reader. I question the neutrality/weight of the statement, independently of the source, as I guess better sources for this claim could be found but are equally useless. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 12:00, 28 January 2021 (UTC)

I agree, it should be removed until it's actually contextualised. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 12:03, 28 January 2021 (UTC)

In defense of the Lego Tire article

The article about the LEGO tire is currently set to merge with this article. I would like to contest this merge. Firstly, as stated in the article, LEGO is the largest tire manufacturer in the world. Secondly, a large percentage of LEGO sets are based off of vehicles. Thirdly, LEGO tires are unique amongst LEGO pieces, as they are made from a different material than bricks and minifigures. Fourthly, LEGO tires allow for their sets to be interactive, which is major reason why LEGO is so successful. LEGO tires deserve their own article due to their uniqueness and importance in LEGO sets and their notable position in the tire industry. Painting17 (talk) 15:12, 10 February 2021 (UTC)

Lego Quatro not mentioned?

There was a series(?) of Lego called Quatro (bricks are two times bigger than Duplo, four times bigger then "regular" Lego). There is no mention in the article about it. It is listed in List of Lego themes though. I'm surprised, because this size distinction in my opinion deserves to be mentioned in the article - it is something "bigger" (pun intended) than just another theme. Perhaps I'm exagerrating. Anyway, I added some remarks in List of Lego themes in tables at Duplo and Quatro regarding sizes. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 31.183.193.238 (talk) 23:00, 11 March 2021 (UTC)

Tonne is not a unit of pressure

In the manufacturing section it says "The ABS plastic is heated to 232 °C (450 °F) until it reaches a dough-like consistency. It is then injected into the moulds at pressures between 25 and 150 tonnes, and takes approximately 15 seconds to cool." The tonne is a unit of mass and possible force but not pressure. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.159.76.165 (talk) 10:43, 28 January 2021 (UTC)

I'm surprised that hasn't been corrected yet. I don't know what it should actually say though, so I can't correct it myself. Just replying here so this thread doesn't get archived. Hopefully someone will notice who can fix it. DesertPipeline (talk) 04:23, 2 April 2021 (UTC)

I have altered it for the time being to 'force', since 'tonne' is shorthand for the obsolete unit 'tonne force'. However to be accurate we should state this in MPa. A Megapascal is c. 102 tonnes per square metre, and ABS is normally injected at between 40 and 140 MPa, it says here. — Preceding unsigned comment added by TobyJ (talk • contribs) 05:24, 2 April 2021 (UTC)

User:TobyJ: Thanks for your help :) DesertPipeline (talk) 10:33, 2 April 2021 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 7 April 2021

Hello! Two updates are worth adding here. LEGO released two remarkable design sets lately. One is the Colosseum, launched in November, 2020, to replicate Rome’s iconic landmark, and is made of 9,036 pieces, making it the largest LEGO brick set ever launched. The second design set is the Space Shuttle Discovery with the Hubble Space Telescope, launched on April 1, 2021, to replicate the STS-31 mission on space shuttle Discovery that launched the Hubble telescope into orbit in April 1990.

Http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-040121a-lego-space-shuttle-discovery-designer-interview Http://www.space.com/amp/lego-space-shuttle-discovery-hubble-telescope-design Https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna1248075 Http://thebricklogger.com/2020/12/lego-colosseum-review-thoughts ArteckCaps (talk) 18:36, 7 April 2021 (UTC)

Colosseum is done at History of Lego. The Space Shuttle one does not seem to be noteworthy enough for inclusion yet. ◢  Ganbaruby!  (Say hi!) 09:26, 14 April 2021 (UTC)

Only the American pronunciation is listed

The correct pronunciation outside of America-Canada is lay-go, which is not listed, instead only the (frankly cringe-inducing) American pronunciation "leggo" is listed. --118.208.187.115 (talk) 00:43, 27 May 2021 (UTC)

25 million Australians disagree with you.  Stepho  talk  10:23, 27 May 2021 (UTC)

if by "25 million" you're referring to the entire population of australia, I disagree, I called it lay-go, my whole primary school, so did my siblings, and the other children in school when we played with the lay-go in our freetime.--118.208.187.115 (talk) 06:13, 28 May 2021 (UTC)

The British pronunciation is "LEG-oh". This has been used in documentaries, tv shows etc. I have never heard of "lay-go". Fieryninja (talk) 06:52, 28 May 2021 (UTC)

I'm curious where you live since first you mention Australia, then Britain, either way, I've read multiple Australians on other social media claim they consider laygo the correct Australian pronunciation and that they pronounce it that way, there's no reason both pronunciations can't be listed in the brackets. Unfortunately the internet is egregiously America-centric so it will be difficult to find a source, especially from American dictionaries like cambridge (unless I somehow create my own study).

"Leggo" is how it's pronounced in the UK. (Or even "Leg-oh"). No-one in the UK would call it "LAY-GO" unless they wanted a punch in the face. The Rambling Man (Stay alert! Control the virus! Save lives!!!!) 09:26, 28 May 2021 (UTC)

All I can say is that every Australian I have ever heard pronounce it says "leggo". I have never heard it as laygo. For reference, I have lived most of my life in Western Australia. Perhaps easterners do it differently but even on the Lego Masters show they pronounced it as leggo. See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZPD8N93GOs at time 2:00 .  Stepho  talk  10:29, 28 May 2021 (UTC)

Spelling Style Redux

The official spelling of anything and everything related to this interlocking brick system is 'LEGO', all capitals (https://www.lego.com/en-us/aboutus/lego-group/the-lego-group-history). Yet the majority of mentions of the company/system/products on the site are still incorrect, despite the issue being mentioned 17 years ago.

Ajm71 (talk) 15:30, 14 September 2021 (UTC)

The third point at MOS:TMRULES says 'Follow standard English text formatting and capitalization practices, even if the trademark owner considers nonstandard formatting "official"'.  Stepho  talk  20:49, 14 September 2021 (UTC)

Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment

This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 6 September 2020 and 7 December 2020. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): DetongChe.

Above undated message substituted from Template:Dashboard.wikiedu.org assignment by PrimeBOT (talk) 02:25, 17 January 2022 (UTC)

"More Recently"

Should the article say "more recently" with regard to a game about an 8-year-old movie? Yes, it's more recent, but 8 years is a long time. Perhaps it should read "Lego also released..." User1042 (talk) 22:19, 11 May 2022 (UTC)

We cannot use words like "recently" for exactly this reason. Image what somebody reading it in 5 years, 10 years, 20 years would think.  Stepho  talk  23:36, 11 May 2022 (UTC)

Can you Add Edit-protection for this Page?

Can you just put Edit Protection for this page, to just verify this? Pedroj234 legos (talk) 17:46, 8 September 2022 (UTC)

Hi Pedroj234 legos, this page already has semi protection. This was done so in 2017: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&logid=82348652. Dillard421♂♂ ^{(talk to me)} 17:54, 8 September 2022 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 19 July 2022

Change: “One of the largest Lego sets commercially produced was a minifig-scaled edition of the Star Wars Millennium Falcon. Designed by Jens Kronvold Fredericksen, it was released in 2007 and contained 5,195 pieces. It was surpassed by a 5,922-piece Taj Mahal. A redesigned Millennium Falcon retook the top spot in 2017 with 7,541 pieces.[60] Since then, the Millennium Falcon has been superseded as the biggest Lego set by the Lego Art World Map at 11,695 pieces; the Lego Titanic at 9,090 pieces and the Lego Architect Colosseum at 9,036 pieces.[61]”

To: “One of the largest Lego sets commercially produced was a minifig-scaled edition of the Star Wars Millennium Falcon. Designed by Jens Kronvold Fredericksen, it was released in 2007 and contained 5,195 pieces. It was surpassed in 2008 by a 5,922-piece Taj Mahal. A redesigned Millennium Falcon retook the top spot in 2017 with 7,541 pieces.[60] Since then, the Millennium Falcon has been superseded as the biggest Lego set by the 9,036-piece Icons Colosseum in 2020, and yet again by the 11,965-piece Art World Map in 2021. The World Map is currently the largest set by piece count.[61] EpicMindvolt (talk) 01:01, 19 July 2022 (UTC)

 Not done for now: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the {{edit semi-protected}} template. Aaron Liu (talk) 10:00, 19 July 2022 (UTC)

It's already semi protected from 2017. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&logid=82348652 Dillard421♂♂ ^{(talk to me)} 17:59, 8 September 2022 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 9 December 2022

Remove the sentence "As of 2021, Lego was the largest toy company in the world.[2]" because it is not supported by the footnooted source and fails to state what is being measured, eg, market capitalization, sales, # of stores, etc. 2601:601:1B80:CB90:1C0A:CF40:96A0:258 (talk) 05:32, 9 December 2022 (UTC)

done Nucg5040 (talk) 12:16, 9 December 2022 (UTC)

Revision of term "Black Market" in "SET THEMES"

The last sentence of the 2nd paragraph of "SET THEMES" reads, "Discontinued sets may become a collectable and command value on the black market." The term "black market", is incorrect and should be "resale market" or similar. "Black market" would imply illicit, fake, or stolen goods, and this is not the case, the sentence is describing secondary market sales of legitimate products.

This should be revised for clarity. Jakebed (talk) 01:38, 3 January 2023 (UTC)

From the reference https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as-it-happens-monday-edition-1.5971290/lego-enthusiast-explains-why-the-black-market-for-the-toy-bricks-is-so-lucrative-1.5974493 these sets are being stolen and then resold for a high profit. So "black market" is the correct term. Although it should also be mentioned in the article that the sets are being stolen.  Stepho  talk  02:31, 3 January 2023 (UTC)

Main strategy which is Adopt By Lego

By continuing to promote the educational value of their toys and market them as a way to nurture a child's interest in STEAM, LEGO ensures its products are “parent-approved.” This approach incentivizes parents to keep buying, which's been key to the LEGO marketing strategy from the start. 206.84.143.91 (talk) 10:26, 2 August 2023 (UTC)

Considering that:

• my parents bought me Lego in the 1970s and became a software engineer,
• I bought my children (boy and girl) Lego in the 2000s and that my son also became a software engineer,
• my grown children and myself still enjoy Lego (a major gift theme last Christmas),
• about 1/4 of the software engineers (both young and old) at my work still enjoy building with Lego,

then yes, I'd agree that they have educational value. Anecdotal but I never regretted the value of buying and building with Lego.  Stepho  talk  05:45, 4 August 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 11 October 2023

There are some big lego sets. Here is the useful information on top 10 big lego sets - https://www.folotop.com/top-10-biggest-lego-sets/ Asolanki1915 (talk) 05:26, 11 October 2023 (UTC)

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. JTP ^{(talk • contribs)} 05:40, 11 October 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 23 October 2023

5.56.144.94 (talk) 11:21, 23 October 2023 (UTC)

pls

 Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Liu1126 (talk) 11:41, 23 October 2023 (UTC)