• FuglyDuck@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Each box is easily worth 1-2 hundred. On the low side. They’re legos. and some of those sets are the limited-time only sets

    The falcon sets are all 500+, if I’m reading the thumbnail right (paywall, erg.)

    If we assume 100 per, that’s still 300k in value. “It’s just plastic”… might be a legitimate reason to not buy the sets, but c’mon. You wouldn’t knock collecting art (“it’s just canvas and paint.”)

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      5 months ago

      Are you comparing mass-produced plastic machine made pieces to art? I will absolutely agree that you can make art with them, but at the end of the day we’re talking about plastic trash injected into a mold. If you want to get me to somehow defend a company that sell s plastic waste for a massive premium, it just isn’t going to happen.

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        5 months ago

        At the end of the day, we’re just talking about some pigments and solvents smeared across some cloth.

        I agree some of it can be art, but it’s still just trash. And don’t even get me started on the lumps of mud!

        Actually, if we want to get pedantic, I would suggest the kits are more in line with prints rather than original paintings, but just because you see it as trash, doesn’t mean it is.

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          5 months ago

          Certainly my opinion doesn’t change the value of it. you can spend all the money you want on plastic garbage. Or by Taylor Swift records. Or buy a Tesla cyber truck.

          Opinions are subjective, but you are factually purchasing pennies worth of plastic for hundreds of dollars because of some kind of nostalgic brainwashing or just general silliness.