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Why specifically a Lego branded community? (self.lego)

submitted 2 years ago by Aurix to c/lego

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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 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 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!

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years 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.

[–] MrFloppy 1 points 1 year ago

Offbrand bricks are just fine. The reason I picked the Lego name is because everyone knows it.

Would be great, if you could write this in the rules-box.

[–] c2h6 0 points 2 years ago

That's a good decision I think. Calling it lego because it's the most famous brand, but allowing anything that's compatible.

Not sure if this is going to be an issue in future, but there are also building blocks that use a non compatible system like nanoblocks. At some point you might have to decide if those are acceptable too!