NEWS: Lego Theft Does Not Play Well

CULTURE: Lego Theft Does Not Play Well

Remember when you were a child and you could never get enough Lego? Always something new to build which needed pieces from a past creation you didn't want to destroy. Whatever lesson it was meant to teach us, this guy never learnt. A 20 foot truck was needed to cart away Lego evidence from his house.

But Lego sets are big, and you need to be pretty clever to walk in and steal that much Lego, even if it is over time, don't you? Yep. And he didn't even appreciate the simple joy of Lego, no, he sold it on.

It would have been so much cooler if he hadn't had sold it on, and he'd been found hiding in a Lego fortress in his guest room by the police.

(Hat-tip: Negative)

Gosh-darn double posts.

-TM

[Edited on Nov 27, 2005 12:40AM]

Actually, the cruel irony would be if they executed him in a Lego electric chair. Not that he'd actually be executed, I'm just sayin'.

-TM


[Edited on Nov 27, 2005 12:40AM]

Was Lego always as expensive as it is nowadays?

I don't think so.

Would it be accurate to describe the man as a LEGO MANIAC!!!!! ?

OH!
Why didn't I think of that?
10 points to you. . .

and that's why you rule.

L-O-S-E-R!

reading this at three o' clock in the morning makes me want to drive to super-walmart, buy a whole shit ton of legos and start snapping some crazy shit together.

As long as I've been alive they've been damned pricey. I remember buying sets that cost over 50 bucks when I was a kid... I had fifty dollars worth of fun, yes, but when you consider the material involved, it's a bit of a mark up.

Yeah, that's expensive I'll grant you. But let's not forget the fact that IT'S THE LEGO DEATH STAR!!!

That's just £250 worth of cool if you ask me.

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But an understimulated farmboy is just gonna march onto the playground and destroy it all.

Oh, don't worry about that. I'll have a shield generator set up in the field next to the playground with a legion of crack troops there. Then I'll lure all of his mates into the playground where all my mates will be lying in wait.

Trust me. It can't go wrong.

While Lego has always been expensive, I would say it is one of few toys worth every penny of its price.

You have to remember how incredibly hard it is to design bricks that would work as advertised for years (I have some elements 30 and 40 years old and those still fit perfectly (from my mother's sets, we inherited those with my brother and used for years and now we are grownups, but the bricks still fit perfectly ). I saw a documentary about Lego, many years ago, and it was basically said that the only other customers buying such a high grade plastics were military and NASA - that kind of gives the impression of the quality of materials they use.

So I would say both materials and the incredible effort put into designing these sets make them worth the money. Another thing is that many countries tax Lego toys as luxury import, while IMHO they should be given exemption for sheer educational value of their toys.

Which are awesome!

hardco!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

My bomb shelter is made out of Lego, 3 feet thick.

i wonder if i have a spare £250...

You never cease being much too cool.

you pay upwards of 500 dollars to make it yourself.

Iwas jjust at a leggo Store that Shit got expensive the Death Star Set was 100 bucks...

Wow that sounds like he shoulda been doing something other than stealing Legos, like plotting some elaborate heist to steal something more valuable than Legos.
I love legos and still play with them at my little nephews when i get the chance.
Yeah it'd been awesome if he had a Lego fortress!