Capitalism realized a while ago that a huge swath of young millennials and elder Gen Z are just broke enough to not comfortably start a family or buy a house but just flush with enough cash to fill the emotional holes left by shitty boomer parents with overpriced children’s toys.

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  • Carl [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    12 days ago

    anakin-padme-1 The New Lego Death Star is $1000

    anakin-padme-2 So it’s a massive, highly detailed set for only the most dedicated collectors, right?

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      • Carl [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
        17·
        12 days ago

        It’s a lot of pieces sure, but I was imagining a big nice looking model of the Death Star at that price, not a playset where they’ve crammed a representation of every single room from the movie into a little dollhouse.

        • Parzivus [any]@hexbear.netEnglish
          2·
          11 days ago

          I was gonna say kids love dollhouses but it’s a $1000 set lol. It’s a shame that Lego barely makes the cheap sets anymore, most of the sets I got as a kid were like $10-20 but now most of the new sets are like $100+