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Probably a highly debatable topic, but have people here experienced non-Lego bricks that are compatible with Lego (no Megablocks or others)? How was it? (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by Blaze@sopuli.xyz to c/lego@lemm.ee

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The original patent expired in 2011, after all: https://boingboing.net/2011/10/21/expired-patent-of-the-day-lego.html

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[–] OpticalMoose@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'd like to know too. I'd love to use Lego style bricks for robotics, etc, but the price... 😬

[–] Blaze@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yes, the prices now are quite insane. And the fact that Lego had a monopoly on the bricks for such a long time doesn't ring too good nowadays.

[–] OpticalMoose@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

But I like that they just let the patent expire instead of going all Disney and trying to extend it for another century. I imagine Lego survives based on the manufacturing quality of their bricks, and their licensing (Star Wars, Marvel, etc).

I just want some plain old bricks I can put together and hook up motors and sensors to.

[–] Blaze@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

going all Disney and trying to extend it for another century.

They still do somehow: https://www.politico.eu/article/lego-win-design-case-german-company-delta-sport-handelskontor-eu-court/

[–] OpticalMoose@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 week ago

Wow, I didn't know about that. Shame. Oh well, I like a lot of the sets I saw in your other comment, especially the dune buggy.