I don't think kids have changed the way they think.
I think adults have changed the way they think about kids.
Emarcee; EXACTLY!
Based on the current state of LEGO.com it seems the people working there believe that children are only capable of understanding the most basic and vapid of images or "memes". What is truly sad an ironic is that LEGO's mission statement has always been to encourage creativity and intelligence in children... but now they're doing pretty much the opposite by treating children like what essentially amounts to livestock. Children play in the kiddie corner while the "grown ups" get sales pitches thrown at them.
The philosophical and maybe even ethical implications of this small decision concerning age segregation are quite literally flooding my mind. The sheer mindlessness and decay of human spirit on display there is something out of a Cosmic Horror novel.
Based on the current state of LEGO.com it seems the people working there believe that children are only capable of understanding the most basic and vapid of images or "memes". What is truly sad an ironic is that LEGO's mission statement has always been to encourage creativity and intelligence in children... but now they're doing pretty much the opposite by treating children like what essentially amounts to livestock. Children play in the kiddie corner while the "grown ups" get sales pitches thrown at them.
The philosophical and maybe even ethical implications of this small decision concerning age segregation are quite literally flooding my mind. The sheer mindlessness and decay of human spirit on display there is something out of a Cosmic Horror novel.
It really is quite sad. Its almost as if Lego is saying "Hi! Want to purchase a set? Fun stuff for your kids? Well you should probably be able to find that eventually. Good luck." Most parents take kids not as seriously as they should nowadays.
I actually thought for a moment that LEGO.com may have been shut down. I should be glad that it wasn't, but I rarely ever visit the site anymore now that both the Message Boards and Galleries have ended, so really, I don't even care about it at all. Even worse is that the mods simply told us that shutting them down was to "make way for the exciting features of the future", but then we got LEGO Life. Worst of all is that the mods constantly told us that "LEGO Life is not replacing the LEGO Message Boards" like a broken record, but when the Galleries got closed, the announcement told us to go to LEGO Life.
Honestly, we have to just face it. LEGO Life has over 6 million users by now, so there's just no way LEGO will turn back on it anytime soon. We can't bring back the old Message Boards no matter how hard we've tried. At least we still have a way to chat about interlocking plastic bricks.
I'm not even that mad. I'm mostly just surprised that any corporation would be capable of doing something so fundamentally foolish. They basically took everything out of the website that made it remotely functional or attractive and threw it out the window expecting people to be happy to rummage in the trash that was left.
This new idea of "Cool stuff!" on lego.com is really not working. [] I have noticed most of the time they say "Cool stuff!" it's either video games, (You have to buy) or sets (You have to buy, of course!).
I actually thought for a moment that LEGO.com may have been shut down. I should be glad that it wasn't, but I rarely ever visit the site anymore now that both the Message Boards and Galleries have ended, so really, I don't even care about it at all. Even worse is that the mods simply told us that shutting them down was to "make way for the exciting features of the future", but then we got LEGO Life. Worst of all is that the mods constantly told us that "LEGO Life is not replacing the LEGO Message Boards" like a broken record, but when the Galleries got closed, the announcement told us to go to LEGO Life.
Honestly, we have to just face it. LEGO Life has over 6 million users by now, so there's just no way LEGO will turn back on it anytime soon. We can't bring back the old Message Boards no matter how hard we've tried. At least we still have a way to chat about interlocking plastic bricks.
It does seem like it. The 'grown-ups' site I assume would be for mainly buying LEGO Directly from Lego.com, assuming people still do that? (I think third party sites are more popular but I'm not sure)
I actually thought for a moment that LEGO.com may have been shut down. I should be glad that it wasn't, but I rarely ever visit the site anymore now that both the Message Boards and Galleries have ended, so really, I don't even care about it at all. Even worse is that the mods simply told us that shutting them down was to "make way for the exciting features of the future", but then we got LEGO Life. Worst of all is that the mods constantly told us that "LEGO Life is not replacing the LEGO Message Boards" like a broken record, but when the Galleries got closed, the announcement told us to go to LEGO Life.
Honestly, we have to just face it. LEGO Life has over 6 million users by now, so there's just no way LEGO will turn back on it anytime soon. We can't bring back the old Message Boards no matter how hard we've tried. At least we still have a way to chat about interlocking plastic bricks.
It does seem like it. The 'grown-ups' site I assume would be for mainly buying LEGO Directly from Lego.com, assuming people still do that? (I think third party sites are more popular but I'm not sure)
As far as I can tell, buying directly from shop.LEGO.com is pretty popular. People definitely buy from it just because it has such a large selection.
It does seem like it. The 'grown-ups' site I assume would be for mainly buying LEGO Directly from Lego.com, assuming people still do that? (I think third party sites are more popular but I'm not sure)
As far as I can tell, buying directly from shop.LEGO.com is pretty popular. People definitely buy from it just because it has such a large selection.
Yeah, that does make sense. But I thought buying lego directly from lego was the most expensive way to get a set?
I actually thought for a moment that LEGO.com may have been shut down. I should be glad that it wasn't, but I rarely ever visit the site anymore now that both the Message Boards and Galleries have ended, so really, I don't even care about it at all. Even worse is that the mods simply told us that shutting them down was to "make way for the exciting features of the future", but then we got LEGO Life. Worst of all is that the mods constantly told us that "LEGO Life is not replacing the LEGO Message Boards" like a broken record, but when the Galleries got closed, the announcement told us to go to LEGO Life.
Honestly, we have to just face it. LEGO Life has over 6 million users by now, so there's just no way LEGO will turn back on it anytime soon. We can't bring back the old Message Boards no matter how hard we've tried. At least we still have a way to chat about interlocking plastic bricks.
I'm not even that mad. I'm mostly just surprised that any corporation would be capable of doing something so fundamentally foolish. They basically took everything out of the website that made it remotely functional or attractive and threw it out the window expecting people to be happy to rummage in the trash that was left.
The good old days, when you would check if you got any comments on your gallery posts. When you would see the "new" ninjago spinner sets on the site, thinking about getting either Cole dx or Zane dx. When you wouldn't...have to...think about...*sigh* LEGO LIFE.
If you think about it... the marketing strategy is very sinister.
A parent goes to LEGO.com to try and find a set for their kid. They end up getting confused by the lack of information and ask their kid what they want. The kid goes to the kid portion of LEGO.com, gets bombarded with a series of images where everything looks the same... except for the really big stuff. The sets that really stand out.
I truly think LEGO is trying to get parents to splurge on larger sets by confusing their kids.
If you think about it... the marketing strategy is very sinister.
A parent goes to LEGO.com to try and find a set for their kid. They end up getting confused by the lack of information and ask their kid what they want. The kid goes to the kid portion of LEGO.com, gets bombarded with a series of images where everything looks the same... except for the really big stuff. The sets that really stand out.
I truly think LEGO is trying to get parents to splurge on larger sets by confusing their kids.
I don't know if anyone's talked about this yet, so I figured I'd set up a topic about it.
LEGO.com has reached a new low in its devolution. Nearly every feature and activity has been taken away from the site. What little there was left of the galleries is completely gone. Themes no longer have dedicated sites or product pages, making finding what you want extremely difficult. There is no longer any way to search for or filter anything on the website, besides filtering content by themes, making it quite literally a disorganized mess of free-advertising, what little passes for a "game" these days, and a confusing jumble of images and videos that are impossible to sort through. Oh, and to make matters worse, the only thing you can judge games or videos by is the thumbnail. There are no longer any titles for anything.
So, to recap: LEGO has completely sacrificed its website's organizational features, its website's intelligibility, and really any sort of fun you can have on it... and for what?
So that it could bombard children with a constant stream of random, meaningless images of different products, sets, and videos. And MAYBE if they're lucky they can actually find that game they DID want to play.
...I just don't know what to say. This is a complete travesty. The non- "Grown-up" portion of the site is completely unfunctional now. HOW DUMB DOES LEGO THINK KIDS ARE?! Nobody's gonna be happy with this!
As far as I'm concerned, it died the day they removed the old MBs. And yes, I still exist.
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I don't know if anyone's talked about this yet, so I figured I'd set up a topic about it.
LEGO.com has reached a new low in its devolution. Nearly every feature and activity has been taken away from the site. What little there was left of the galleries is completely gone. Themes no longer have dedicated sites or product pages, making finding what you want extremely difficult. There is no longer any way to search for or filter anything on the website, besides filtering content by themes, making it quite literally a disorganized mess of free-advertising, what little passes for a "game" these days, and a confusing jumble of images and videos that are impossible to sort through. Oh, and to make matters worse, the only thing you can judge games or videos by is the thumbnail. There are no longer any titles for anything.
So, to recap: LEGO has completely sacrificed its website's organizational features, its website's intelligibility, and really any sort of fun you can have on it... and for what?
So that it could bombard children with a constant stream of random, meaningless images of different products, sets, and videos. And MAYBE if they're lucky they can actually find that game they DID want to play.
...I just don't know what to say. This is a complete travesty. The non- "Grown-up" portion of the site is completely unfunctional now. HOW DUMB DOES LEGO THINK KIDS ARE?! Nobody's gonna be happy with this!
As far as I'm concerned, it died the day they removed the old MBs. And yes, I still exist.
] I have noticed most of the time they say "Cool stuff!" it's either video games, (You have to buy) or sets (You have to buy, of course!).
