Crane toy for kids – This LEGO City Yellow Mobile Construction Crane is a detailed construction vehicle toy for 9+ year old boys and girls, great for role-play fun and expanding kids' toys collections
Equal ATL from amazon for this lego set.
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Thanks, bought 5. Will landscape the garden now.
Honestly, LEGO is asking for competition to come into the market with these prices. Kids toys turned adult targeting will have its run. The fact that these are so overpriced that dupes are selling half the price and still have profits left over. https://vi.aliexpress.com/item/1005008331717277.html?spm=a2g…
dupes are selling half the price and still have profits left over
Absolutely, especially when you don't have to outlay anything for R&D, design, marketing, etc.
and safety, insurance…etc
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A lot of the R&D has been done decades ago. Design and marketing are correct. However, they hired an even smarter marketer targeting adults with black boxes…and nostalgia. Once they age out, next-gen will not grow up with it to pay such prices (maybe Fortnite things haha).
For this set, you know the worm gear is newish (in a wave of new sets), the gear catcher and crane parts are all new, right?
Yes, I realise you amortise the R&D cost over many sets.
I don't condone the prices and mainly buy second hand Lego and have built hundreds of sets for very little. I might be able to get this second hand in a bulk lot in the next … 10 years :( or much less.
But I have heaps to build in the meantime. :)
Not a big fan of Lego knock offs, but there are plenty of other (none lego copy) sets out there that are great as toys and for display, for a fraction of the price and many of them with good or arguably better quality.
In Europe Lego is out trying to sue all other brands out of the market instead of upping their own greedy game.
The lego brick is no longer protected so they try to sure anyone who has any mini figures in their sets -even if some of them look completely different to lego.
Have a look at Cobi, Bluebrixx or some of the Chinese brands (not the copy ones) .
Interesting, I only checked out Cobi. Compatible with Lego with many special (custom) pieces. They seem to specialise in military builds which Lego doesn't participate in (hence there is a gap). Probably more individual display pieces vs building a system - e.g. a city/town, Star Wars battle.
Gosh the individual pieces are exy vs buying stuff on Bricklink.
@ihbh: "Gosh the individual pieces are exy vs buying stuff on Bricklink." But buying Cobi (for example) you are not buying pieces but sets.
So you have to compare lego sets vs Cobi sets from a price/value point.
But I guess there is no reasonable discussion to be had with Lego fanboys -which is why Lego will keep on doing what they are doing and only get worse/even greedier…..
@BlueDiesel: I understand sets.
Some people also buy Lego for creative play (kids) and MOCs (adults). You can buy new sets and part it (costs a bomb) out or buy/get free second hand sets/parts (much cheaper than Cobi/Bluebrixx, etc.), but there are times when you need the odd missing piece here and there (generally rare pieces or rarer colours) and you don't have in your sorted collection, if you want a complete model.
@ihbh: sure, and I agree but that is a completely different topic than "the pricing of lego sets vs competitors/other brick manufactures".
How is the quality of these dupes? If you mix them with real lego can you identify them?
You should probably start with the question "How is the quality with Lego these days". Lots of color issues within the same set and being bombarded with stickers where prints used to be.
Most other brands are compatible and many have good if not even better quality these days (e.g. Cobi).
Not a big fan of Lego knock offs, but there are plenty of other (none lego copy) sets out there that are great as toys and for display, for a fraction of the price.
Some aren't dupes but compatible - e.g. different colour pallet, more custom pieces.
For an experienced Lego builder, it's obvious, if you're new, everything might seem like a brick.
If you want to save, buy second hand Lego in bulk or individual sets.
Your kid will grow up to be an arborist. Every quote we get now requires a huge, expensive crane.
don't forget traffic management!
Kids???? Im 37 and buy Lego regularly
I have this set at home. The crane is really big.
Good value for this lower price.
Thank you. Purchased for 8 year old who is getting bored with 'easy' Lego.
$107.10 @ BigW with XJAN2025 code for Everyday Extra 10% off: https://www.bigw.com.au/product/lego-city-yellow-mobile-cons…
Awesome toy … but that rrp is cringe…