I shall answer each of the questions posed by this topic.
Q: Why? A: Because LEGO no longer sees the value in fostering a community, and has gradually been losing its original ideals over time.
Q: What does it mean for the future of the LEGO site? A: Its sole purpose will be to promote the LEGO brand and its products, and provide less and less site interactivity over time.
Q: Will it keep collapsing until all that remains is the online store? A: Probably not. The store is more of the grown-up section of LEGO.com for parents of children to buy LEGO products. LEGO.com is still very valuable as a place to promote LEGO sets and to let people know what themes are available to purchase products from. If the website goes away, you'd be stuck having to rely on social media to know about what the LEGO brand is up to. If nothing else -- they still need to promote their worthless LEGO Life app.
Q: Finally, do making these decisions benefit or harm the site in any possible way? A: It does nothing but harm. Survivable harm, but harm nonetheless. Several fans probably got angry and sad, some might even have felt betrayed by the LEGO brand. Ending support for a community is much worse than never having created a community in the first place. The economic ramifications for the company will not be pronounced, however, so long as LEGO still puts out quality products and families (particularly parents) still have a fondness for the brand.
The main problem I see with the LEGO company is that there is not as much spirit as there used to be. They used to not be afraid of tackling ambitious projects like the infamous LEGO Universe for example. However, as time went on, they started to become more and more like any other business. The company sadly doesn't have as many of the original ideas it used to, and I think they're suffering because of this -- they just don't realize it. They are so out of touch with their fanbase, in fact, that the BIONICLE reboot failed spectacularly before they could even get to the end of their 3 year plan. Their current story-telling and writing techniques just aren't up to the task of writing for BIONICLE anymore, sadly.
It was a side-scroller webgame where you are in an area and shoot elemental power at stone soldiers who keep spawning. If one touches you, you lose health.
jeez it seems like people are becoming parents for the title instead of the process...:/
That's true. Becoming a parent is the norm. We live in a FoMO world. Gotta do what everyone else is doing, otherwise we might miss out. People need to ask themselves "do I want a cute and cuddly accessory, or do I want a lifetime investment that requires care, love, attention and, money?"
Y E S !!!
its messed up how society works. my 15 year old friend has planned her marriage and the amount of kids she will have and the names but not what job she will have, how she will look after them, and if her current suitor is a reliable person who wont leave her
My younger cousins and siblings are on their tablets or on a game console...
Why... back in mah day, we didn't have no fancy shmancy tablets! If we wanted to watch a TV show, we'd have to tune in at the proper time and sit down and watch it! If anyone talked, well too bad! It was all LIVE. LIVE!!!! If we missed something, we'd of had to of bought the VCR or DVD!
And if we wanted to play honest-to-goodness video games, we'd do it on a good ol', trusty, RELIABLE, set-in-stone Nintendo Gamecube! And if you wanted to play a new game straight out of a box, you wouldn't need to install no fancy shmancy updates either!
You young whippersnappers and yer fancy new tablets and switches...
All joking aside I do cringe a little every time I see a little kid in a restaurant mindlessly tapping away on a phone when he could be spending time with his family... :/
But that's the price of progess! 400 bucks and an entire generation of distracted children
Let's hope that LEGO actually learns from the mistakes they made with Bionicle G2, and do things right with a brand new constraction theme. They'll probably just make more and more Star Wars figures, though, since that's far more "safe".
You mean those big figure thingys?
No, I'm talking about constraction figures, like Bionicle and Hero Factory.
Let's hope that LEGO actually learns from the mistakes they made with Bionicle G2, and do things right with a brand new constraction theme. They'll probably just make more and more Star Wars figures, though, since that's far more "safe".
You mean those big figure thingys?
I just felt a great disturbance in the force. As if a hundred voices all shook their heads and groaned and didn't say anything about it
Was given my first phone at 16. It was old then, now it's turning eight old. My phone is older then some of the kids getting iphones. It's so outdated that apps no longer run on it. Maybe parents should buy their kids old/outdated phones. They still look like some of the newer phones.
I still don’t really have a phone! The one I got two or three years ago was only given to me to play Pokemon go! It wouldn’t work and I haven’t touched it since.
Not sure what happened to my English in that post. Was the ios of your phone out of date?
True, but I think a lack of outside activities have meant that children lose their imagination.
Oh, okay. I don't see kids outside anymore, it is normally in summer (may june july august) when kids are outside...
I don't see kids in my street either. Partly because everyone is scared of everyone... And a lot of people speed down my street. It's not very safe to play near the road. But there is a park just down the road. Nobody ever uses it.
Was given my first phone at 16. It was old then, now it's turning eight old. My phone is older then some of the kids getting iphones. It's so outdated that apps no longer run on it. Maybe parents should buy their kids old/outdated phones. They still look like some of the newer phones.
Well, I'm not 16 years old yet, so we'll see.
But none of the other people in my family were "given" phones; they had to pay for them.
It depends on the needs. Most 16 year olds are out and about. So there is a need to call someone. I didn't really go out much until I was 16. So there was no need for it.
It was more of a hand-me-down phone, like nearly everything I own. Better to be that way. Makes you truly appreciate new and earned things. But I guess that's not really the norm. Kids as young a five are begging for iphones.
That's true. Becoming a parent is the norm. We live in a FoMO world. Gotta do what everyone else is doing, otherwise we might miss out. People need to ask themselves "do I want a cute and cuddly accessory, or do I want a lifetime investment that requires care, love, attention and, money?"
Y E S !!!
its messed up how society works. my 15 year old friend has planned her marriage and the amount of kids she will have and the names but not what job she will have, how she will look after them, and if her current suitor is a reliable person who wont leave her
we need to P A U S E and T H I N K
15? That's crazy. When I was 15, I was more interested in playing sports. How could anyone that age be thinking about having kids. Especially when you're still a kid yourself.
I've pretty much come to the conclusion that I wont be having children. Good and stable jobs are hard to come by. My number one priority right now is my education, work and a house deposit. I'd need to have both of those before I could even consider children and weddings. Besides, I'm much too young. I think you need to be well established to have children. So maybe 30 is a decent age. Regardless, I have always liked the name Vincent.
Most kids these days seem to be on their own after school, LEGO is a good way of using imagination.
Parents wonder why this generation is getting depressed, lonely and distant
its because they are alone, in their rooms, WITH NO INTERNET LIMITS, with a very dark internet, forcing how their life should be on social media
It definitely doesn't help that there's an entire generation of parents nowadays that freely curse and swear whenever they feel like it, regardless of whether or not their children are present ._.
it seems like people are becoming parents for the title instead of the process...:/ 
But I guess that's not really the norm. Kids as young a five are begging for iphones. 
