Why is Lego so expensive?

1, development costs, design a set of Lego is to have research and development funds, piracy just need to buy Lego back to copy it.

2, quality, each LEGO bump has its own trademark, a set of LEGO rarely appear missing pieces, bite unstable situation, this point can not reach the pirate. The last is the more expensive royalties, like the Star Wars series, are required to pay royalties, pirated versions do not need.

3, LEGO a lot of big are limited, so that LEGO has a high collection value. Before LEGO launched a new version of the Star Wars Millennium Falcon, before the out-of-print, the price is already don't know where high, this time the launch of the new version of the price of more than 8000, still can't buy. And the first edition with signature has been sold to 12,000, which is Bandai's Star Wars model can not be compared.

In the case of the Millennium Falcon, the final molding is much larger than Bandai's, and there should be more parts, and the amazing thing about Lego is that it's all the same blocks, but builds different things.

4, royalties, Lego will pay royalties if they use a character set but pirated versions don't, so Lego is expensive for that reason.

Expanded:

Each Lego block, only one hundredth of a centimeter error! And so processing links, there are three re-inspection.

Whether it is material, color, or preservation are n number of regulations, and 100% implementation of these regulations.

In LEGO, if there are any corners cut, the whole department can be held accountable, which means the whole department is laid off. This is why, LEGO has maintained quality for many years.

Domestic compatible LEGO, all have the same fatal injury, that is, the blocks are not accurate enough. Some key parts, the bite is not enough, or the bite is too tight, always make you not too smooth.

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