10 Biggest Lego Scandals
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- Lego has had their share of scandals over the years, from counterfeit to the controversial Citizen Brick lego!
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As a childcare worker: Anger is a normal human emotion that all children experience and it is generally very important that they learn to deal with it. And playing tends to be a good way for them to do just that. So I really don't see how faces of varying emotions could be harmful to kids. If this has an impact on their development at all, it would certainly not be a negative one.
The idea that everything that's not all smiles and cuteness would desturb a child and therefor needs to be kept away from them is a very outdated one. Never underestimate children. Even young ones are often capable of surprisingly intense emotional intelligence.
Also, I remember being annoyed by the smiles as a kid.
Exactly their outdated overprotective baby boomer were thinking like strict Narrowminded dogmatic Jedi that were killed during order 66
Facts.
@@maxleon61702 Exactly True
I also have to wonder, that if avoiding letting kids experience these emotions or things in their lives at all could be dangerous cause they aren't able to learn how to deal with these things in a controlled environment or before they have enough strength to cause major damage when lashing out.
besides lego trying to branch out afol and realistic features being a thing that adult collectors would like. Wouldn't more emotions in lego figures express creativity, I imagine it would allow for children to act out their favorite stories through their minifigs or perhaps create their own stories with their favorite characters. even as a kid, i appreciated different features. Though I collected stormtroopers, I gave them each their own face as I at the time felt they look more in place in battle scenes even when they are wearing a helmet
To add to the Lepin thing:
Lepin also started stealing FAN ideas and turning those into sets to sell.
I also believe they basically worked as sweatshops
God damn.
@@tonypeppermint5329 A bootleg company actually stole MGF customs Thanos design and didn't credit him / or even ask for his permission to use it.
If I’m not mistaken though I believe the company got sued and most of their staff went to jail but their sentence very well could be over so maybe this happened recently
Wow...now that's a special kind of low... O.o
Oh, there were definitely sweatshops as well as child labor, I can guarantee it. It's China after all, where workers and children's protective laws do not exist.
Honestly, I wholeheartedly disagree with the argument on minifigures having angry expressions. People have many emotions, and I think it’s better to encourage kids to show their emotions rather than hide them and only smile. Besides, kids are smarter than we think. If a kid sees, say, an angry Luke Skywalker face, I doubt they’ll think “this means I should only ever be angry.” Instead, they’ll likely remember the scene the set is replicating, and understand why Luke is angry.
the problem is they are both smarter and dumber than you think. they show bouts of incredible clarity but, also don't have enough experience to correctly associate with or connect the dots with things. as someone who works in a school IT department I have the unique perspective of dealing with a lot of different kids. sometimes they quickly understand things and other times it just doesn't click. it is what it is and you just have to learn to navigate it person by person.
@@TGPDrunknHick I’m a kid and I’m not dumb
If any of those kids have watched Return of The Jedi, they'll probably associate it with Luke wailing on Vader, which was well earned after what Luke had endured up until that point.
Well you HAVE to admit, Freddy Kruger would be a niche mini figure in that he’s WAAAY recognizable!
That’s how boys end up in prison. Women are allowed to. Men have to be careful what emotions they show to the world.
I think that Legos should have different expressions just cuz it teaches that different emotions exist and that it's normal and natural to have them
Especially for certain sets. Fire sets typically have a scared and a happy face, to help kids know its ok to be scared by fire but once the fire is out everything is ok. Or even something basic, like theme park sets having some people feeling a bit sick after a ride
That'll be absolutely great.
I just think that's such a stupid thing to worry about. Why make such a big deal about it.
@@aidanquiett668 exactly. Imagine getting a firetruck and the person in the building is just smiling. Now that gives the wrong idea.
@@Nio744 *serial killer smile*
Technically,the one with the girls deciding not to do science and instead bake muffins is pretty funny to me cause technically they are still doing science.
Facts.
That was probably the gag
I’m a Christian and I have a ton of Harry Potter legos. The whole Harry Potter makes you evil is ridiculous.
Yep
I've read all the Potter books and it didn't change the way I look at evil and good
Where did that even come from
Yeah
@@mostar1219 Came from parents being afraid the movies would influence kids to practice IRL witchcraft (like kaballah) which is a sin.
Man as somebody who has played with Lego their whole life, I can’t get mad at them for a lot of these things, if anything I’m thankful that Lego puts this much love and care into their message of appealing to anyone no matter the color, gender, or identity.
So basically transgenders gorge Floyd joe biden grown up and inappropriate and nasty
A few facts. Someday, we'll finally get Superman, Flash and Wonder Woman LEGO Toys in the future. Come on LEGO, please give Bats a break. If you want to relax your content standards for once, then make some Black Adam sets for once too.
@@maxleon61702 I think this person just likes the whole woke thing to much
@@skytaylor9767 being happy that Lego appeals to anyone regardless of race or creed isn't "woke
@@inyrui oh ok well I've had a change of heart anyway
Another fact about Activision Blizzard, at one point they attempted to shred evidence.
Yeah, f#$k Blizzard.
God damn.
A former blizzard employee also had a suite called the Cosby suite where sexual exploitations by higher ups flourished. And before you ask, Yes, Cosby as in Bill Cosby.
just... why?
And if it's all possible, then they can somewhat partner with Shuiesha, of all Companies to make a special D2C set of sorts.
Thanks for having me edit! I especially loved making the pixelated/Lego Boo for the intro~ Great video!
you did a great job, the Lego Boo caught my eye, it was adorable
Pixel Boo is amazing thank you for blessing my life
@@mlee_wood3778 aww, I appreciate that! Boo is such a wonderful artistic muse
@@remirusaiki Of course! 🙏
Oh I Like The Intro too
The last controversy kinda makes sense, but I think the stronger justification is accuracy. They had to know that they'd eventually start adapting other franchises with famous actors of color, so not having them at all would be quite unfortunate. Especially for something like Black Panther. :P
But it's unfair to get mad at them when they, also because of accuracy, end up with a big race gap after introducing races. The western world just happens to be predominantly white and that's reflected in our entertainment, which is then in turn reflected in the toys based on that entertainment.
And Star Wars considering there are a lot of clones (played in the movies by a New Zealander of Maori descent)
I think yellow minifigures can still have a part to play. While specific tones are the best for defined characters, yellow(usually combined with more generic faces) can be more ambiguous. A character who you can decide who they are. That’s why they’re great for the classic themes like city, castle, pirates, etc. In that same sense, darker skin tones can also fit into that role, simply not being a specific characters. Since there is already a big difference in the themes that use yellow vs tan skin tones, which are both “light”, there can still be a difference in themes that use dark skin tones for specific characters with realistic skin tones and generic characters.
Well to be fair, wasn't yellow originally some kind of color used for Asian stereotypes back in the 1960s? Seriously, remember Batfink?
@@ExtremeWreck Sure, but it’s a big stretch to think that’s what LEGO minifigures are supposed to represent. It’s a completely different context.
@@wolftamer5463 Well, LEGO originated from Denmark, so it's likely unintentional, but the stereotype fact still remains.
@@ExtremeWreckif you’re talking about in the US, than no, it actually goes back a whole century during the post civil war area when western expansion and immigration was going on . I don’t remember what year the American civil war ended but we’re just going to say sometime after the 1860’s, up until around the 20th century. Now for other countries, I truly do not know because I’ve never actually left my home country of the US so I wouldn’t have a way of knowing if “yellow” was only used to describe Asian immigrants in the Us or not.
@@ExtremeWreck I just don’t see it as a stereotype if they’re the default minifigures. It’d be one thing if all the others had tan skin colors and only Asian themed minifigures were yellow, but that’s not the case. Just because yellow skin has been used as derogatory towards Asians doesn’t mean that every character represented with yellow is meant to be Asian. You’re connecting two completely different problems. That’s what I mean by the context is different.
I still can't believe that Simpsons set got controversial from critics.
If it were Family Guy or South Park, I would understand but The Simpsons is harmless.
Either way I'm looking forward to see what's on this list.
I can
I can understand it being controversial - if it were 1992. Bart Simpson shirts were even banned in schools because pearl-clenchers thought he was a bad influence
I personally really hate simposons because the first episode I saw had Homer abuse his kids whenever he wore a toupee. So each time I saw anything related to the series I'd get nightmares... So it's not harmless, but less so than the others..!
Simpsons is controversial because it'll lead your children to creat a long-running series that eventually becomes an over-blown parody of itself skating by on name alone. No one wants their children to end up like that. :P
@@TeruteruBozusama yeah i cant stand "Why you little"
Gotta say Phantom, you always manage to handle delicate subject matter with such good care, very clearly explaining issues, and providing a neutral opinion that never feels pushy.
Even though you did handled it clumsily and should’ve had actual fans like me edit your script and provide our own commentaries
Unless you’re a Christian, in which case he has no qualms making his dislike clear (and I’m saying this as someone who likes Harry Potter).
And sarcastic condescending (spineless) bias.
@@kernowpictures2002 priviledged much? Foh
To me their worst business decision was the way they treated Bionicle.
Yeah that series was screwed over
Man I know it!
@@hattoripool1533 Hidden Side got it worse.
@@juliancaraveo5700 also the ghost designs are, Obscure to the standars of Lego
Bionicle lasted 10 years and got an albeit short reboot, but there’s themes that have gotten it worse. Hidden side got screwed over by its box art and concept alone, and many themes like Power Miners and Atlantis only got around 2 years to live and the sets weakened in the 3rd wave.
This video turned out amazing. The team did a fantastic job with the editing. It’s always a pleasure being part of the editing team :)
I agree with you Zac
Hey josh you have your
Opinion/favourite Christmas
Movies
Its a pleasure having your help Zac 😃 Thanks for offering your expertise!
I’m Christian and I love Harry Potter sets
What you said about gender prejudice is quite true. When I was in my adolescence, I was actually afraid of getting action figures of female characters whether they be from comic books or movies for fear that I would get bullied or ridiculed. But thankfully that has changed as I have said screw gender prejudice and bought myself Harley Quinn and Batgirl action figures.
The reason people made fun of you for buying female action figures is because they assumed you were jerking off with them
It really does suck that the stereotypical colours are still attributed to genders. Every time I walk into a toy store it's actual whiplash to see the wall of pink in the "girls" section. I had a friend that was autistic, and we used to bond over our similarities with our autism. He LOVED playing with barbies, and I'd occasionally join him despite my interests in toys being different, and he'd get made fun of a lot for it. Gender stereotypes are so horrible, and it sucks I'll probably be gone before they're not pushed as hard onto kids
I couldn't agree more,
I agree too, my first toys were Mega blocks and Thomas the Tank Engine toys. I even remember trying to share those toys with my “back in the day new born” brother and we both ended up playing with blocks and trains.
It could flip again. Apparently, Victorian times had baby blue for girls and pink for boys.
Stereotypes aren't crafted from a lie.
@@TheTundraTerror well golly g why do girls like the boys colour pink, meant to symbolically show the blood they will get out of there enemy, just you know in small/lighter
Non-binary former female here. I grew up on lego friends and couldn't care less about the stereotypes being set. Heck, I think lego friends had helped me discover my passion for baking as well as music. Plus, as a small child my favourite lego friends character was Olivia who was the sciencey one. A little quote in a comic has never disencouraged me to do anything, infact it just makes me want to do the thing more to spite it
Non binary former female haha 😂
More or less my same thinking
@Wannonisgay Yeah, it seems a bit weird that all of them abandoned the science idea. Though most of them are pretty much into the fancy dress-up make-up sparkly and flowery things which is fine too. It's just a stereotype people push too often. Maybe you could watch "Go Away Unicorn"? The main protagonist is a girl who LOVES science and mathematics... and physics and geometry and... lots of other smart things.
I'll take mentally ill for 500
That is just female with a few extra steps.
Love your videos!!
To be fair, I've never heard of the term "window licker" before, so maybe the person writing that was not aware? I certainly learned something
If they weren’t aware they wouldn’t have added “back of the bus” beforehand
neither and I'm autistic lmao
I never heard of it either, and I'm in that spectrum. I only knew another certain word that begins with R.
I heard the term "window licking" which refers to shopping, but not "Window Licker" the derogotory term. This is my first time hearing it used as a derogatory term
@@familyoftacticaldroids309 as someone who is very neurodivergent due to having both Aspergers and adhd, i honestly thought the mixels name was the slur because it sounds similar to a variation of THAT slur. Even though I can technically reclaim it I’m still not going to because I still think it’s rude coming out of an autistic person’s mouth, but if you know that slur and it’s variations I think you have an idea of what I’m saying.
Well Strider I'm so proud of you for finally adding in Mixels content in your lego videos I hope the Mixel community will thank you for adding in Turg's (the one Lixer member with a very controversial tagline "window licker" before it was removed) description I hope you can appreciate my comment for being a die-hard Mixel fan
At least LEGO is able to acknowledge its mistakes and try to make things right, unlike other companies who make things even worse.
Not just companies, but governments too. Looking at YOU, China!
Some facts.
LEGO is one of the only corporations I hold any amount of respect for beyond quality of product for this exact reason. They always strive for the best and even minor errors get corrected quickly.
Or blame the consumers. Or try to sweep the controversy under the rugs. Then act like it never happened.
@@PlayerZeroStart Yeah, even though Lego is a massive company they make decent decisions.
I grew up in a Christian household and my parents were kind of schizo-Christians too. One day something could be "evil," and they'd ban it and another day it was ok. One of those issues they constantly vacilated on was magic. They would tell me in one breath that magic wasn't real but then not let me watch Bedknobs and Broomsticks. They locked up any Disney Films referencing magic(leaving me with 101 Dalamations, Bambi, and the Rescuers pretty much). It didn't exist but it was still harmful. Looking back I think it had to do with people mistaking using magic for summoning demons I guess. I used to make up silly songs with nonsense words and they would either tell me I might say a cuss word in another language accidentally or invoke a demon. "Magic isn't real but magic is bad," sometimes it's amazing I still have my sanity 😅😅😅
I'm sorry you went through that Phoenix. I can relate a little as I had a similar issue growing up. At one point my mum didn't want me watching Sabrina the Teenage witch because it was "witchcraft" 😅
@@shadow4040 I left home at 18 myself
That's understandable, Shadow. 19 was when I left. I like some of my family, but I felt much more free and at peace with a bit of distance from them.
For the gender thing, I too remember liking the "boy's toys" more than the "girl's toys" as a little girl. Even going to McDonald's to get a Happy Meal, I would either ask my mom to ask the workers or, if we went inside, I would ask the workers myself if I could get the "boy toy". I didn't always want Barbie or Strawberry Shortcake. Often, I was more interested in the Hot Wheels, Spy Gear, or Batman figure.
When I was younger I would always ask for the more feminine things and my mum would get mad becaus she thought I was a boy but turns out I'm not but it's not a surprise to me. I wonder what she'll say when I tell her?
I never cared for the girl toys either
I think what Lego was going for with the Friends comic suggesting they'd stand out in a science lab is because they're teenagers and not adult workers. Teenagers coming to give the scientists baked goods would probably not raise as many red flags as some teenagers clearly trying to sneak around, even if they were dressed as lab worker.
I personally like the yellow legos because I just image them as any race or ethnicity. It could also remind people that even though there are many different races we are all human.
Just gotta remember that aliens from space also walk among us
I have to agree I was a bit offended when they used that term and as someone who attends and work in Mencap I’m surprised they took action against it so thanks for the cool shoutout Josh!!
As a kid, I liked the variety in facial expressions when I played with my LEGOs. I loved that certain minifigures would have two expressions on the same head, which allowed for them to be switched pretty easily.
Mixels was and still is the most underrated Lego series in my opinion, and I was surprised when you mentioned Turg in this video, as they were one of my favorites back then
It would be nice to get colored minifigs in more sets nowadays. one of my nephews brought this to my attention and I wondered why myself.
Personally when we couldn't get him any sets due to the cost rising, we just use the Build-A-Minifigure feature on Lego's website. He seems happy and that's what matters.
Message to LEGO to avoid these scandals, be careful next time
I remember the Mixels show on Cartoon Network and I used to have some of the sets. Never knew Turg was described like that.
As a Christian I find it annoying how some Other Christian’s think that Harry Potter is satanic
Same
What happens when you watch too much televangelist on tv.
Me too
The reason why Christians hate Harry Potter is because IT IS satanic. Witchcraft and sorcery are both forms of spiritism, and is promoted by the evil influences of Satan the Devil and his demons, in which much like sexual immorality, drunkenness, stealing, prejudice towards people of color, God Jehovah and his son, Jesus Christ (also known in heaven as Michael the Archangel) both very sincerely frown upon.
I'm not really much of a Christian, nor am I a Harry Potter fan, but it's pretty stupid, like it's not like a kid will go around going "I sUPPoRt sAtAN!" after playing with Lego Harry Potter. That is an example of Christans going to far...
Probably a benefit of knockoff companies is that if the official company has discontinued a product and a customer missed it's run, another company could make more of them so you can still get your hands on one.
And mercifully without second market!
4:15 I honestly didn't know that Mixels was a Lego property. Having never seen the show, I always assumed it was something created solely by Cartoon Network.
Honestly, I don’t mind including more natural skin tones. I mean, it’d definitely be more helpful in creating stories the people using them are trying to build.
Also, I never understood why the complaints that Lego Figures now have a variety of facial expressions. I mean, look at Ninjago, we need those Variety of Facial Expressions with that or it’d look stupid with just a bunch of Smiling Figures fighting each other.
A few facts.
I'll tell you one thing: idk if it was required that someone in Vitruvius's role to be black in "The Lego Movie", but it's still pretty cool to see
Lego pretty much got me an A+ my senior year of high school: I made a set featuring a horse-drawn prison wagon and a guillotine (well, kind of: the "blade" was a piece of a plastic milk jug that I painted silver), all stylized after the French Revolution. It was a * cut * above the rest. 😆😆😆
LOL! I'd love to see a picture of that!
As a lego purist, I actually think knock offs are a good thing. Competition keeps lego's pricing (somewhat) competitive, and seeing how lego now days costs twice as much as when I was a kid (inflation included) I don't want to imagine how much sets would cost if lego owned the whole market.
Not to mention knockoffs can make things Lego doesn’t make
Yeah, they just have to make sure people aren't copying the rare stuff because then that'd lead to the rare stuff losing some value. The real rare stuff will still be highly sought after by collectors but the cheap knockoffs are good for the average consumer looking for blocks that their kids can enjoy.
As long as Citizen Brick stays in their lane when it comes to certain playsets and doesn't become another Lepin, maybe Lego might be civil about it
As someone who is a LEGO friends fan, and also a reader of the magazine that comic is from. It doesn’t really even fit with their characters. They don’t act like that in the tv show or other media. Plus in the actual sets they do lots of science related stuff. The character Olivia’s whole thing is she makes robots and does experiments and stuff like that. I think that’s more of an issue with just the people behind that one comic, and not the friends theme or company as a whole
Lego Friends is just Polly Pocket without the magic pendant.
I am glad Lego has fixed most of their problems and not downright leaving it alone. 🙂
Yeah well they didn't bring back Bionicles
The fact that plastic bricks cause controversy to begin with is just baffling
Ironically, baking IS a science. There's a lot of chemistry involved in mixing ingredients and baking the concoction. Another layer of irony is that cooking is considered a domestic job for women, yet the culinary industry is employed with mostly men.
Some facts.
As someone on the spectrum who loved Mixels in the day, I see that scandal as a bit of a terrible coincidence
Lego Mixels is honestly the only Lego series I ever got into. I guess it was due in part to the cartoon series, but it's still sad to see them retired now.
Wait they retired em aw man I loved em
I remember hearing about the Lego Friends Science thing
I've always thought that the line was there because it would be weird for a bunch of "children" to be in a science lab; Not because of them being girls.
At least it's not Strawberry Shortcake 2021
I’ve got to admit, seeing each of these scandals is definitely interesting, and I have to agree with Josh on this!
I actually had several toys and games from LEGO, and I still enjoy it, even today!
For a 21 year old currently working, I still find joy in LEGO, because there’s many new sets, plus a lot of old ones too, and I couldn’t be more proud of how much diversity there is now.
Thank you PhantomStrider, even in the toughest of times, you still make us smile. 😌
Hell, I'm almost 44 and I still love Lego. I built three sets this year.
It’s funny how people get worked up over the dumbest things that a kids plastic toy company does
I’m for sure when they used that term for the mixel, they meant it to seem like a weird habit, not saying that he was mentally handicapped, since they probably didn’t know the term at the time.
Great video per usual, the montage used when going over the bus controversy was especially hilarious!
about the baking/science thing, baking is, ironically, sort of a science in that you gotta be precise when measuring and, well, "you gotta do the cooking by the book"
It's one reason I cook more than bake. Baking's too much about precision rather than experimentation.
You should do SEGA scandals (given it's co-creator was arrested) as well as Nintendo scandals
Are you referring to the Yuji Naka insider trading shenanigans?
@@abbyelectric Yep
I'd actually love it if Lego actually did do full horror sets like The Exorcist. There's many more sets that are from other properties and are more 18+, so I'd absolutely welcome it.
However, they'll be more legally distinctive so they can't worry about the content or licensing concerns and so, just bring Monster Fighters back with an all-new coat of paint and call it a Day.
I really want a Supernatural LEGO set.
I mean… are we really surprised that hyper religious people have trouble differentiating fiction and reality when it comes to books?
I mean, christians are seemingly the group least mad at that series nowadays
Me and my family are all Christine and we have no issues with harry potter. We can also tell the differences between fiction and reality. Most of us arnt zealots or bigots ether as the media and folks like strider here likes to try and paint us as
Massive respect to citizen brick I see that they treat Lego as more of an art medium rather than a company with strict guidelines.
Loving the LEGO content, Strider.
As for the Harry Potter guy, it would probably make his head spin to know my church choir put on a whole Harry Potter themed concert. And it was a hit!
For the angry face one I just think it's not legos job to educate the kids, it's their job to entertain them. Besides there are much worse toys than a slightly mad minifig. Honestly the always smiling ones annoyed me because there was so little variety.
As for the diversity one, I get being upset about lando not getting a figure, and I don't mind the different skin colors for figures as it does ad some variety, but at the same time, it feels like lego has lost a chunk of its identity as a result. I have always associated the yellow skin with lego and it's not that common anymore. I think it only really shows up in their lego city series. It does also kind of defeat the idea that anyone could project themselves onto the figures.
Also that Mixel one, yikes! No idea how that got given the go ahead.
I didn't even know what a "window licker" was until I watched this video tbh
Once again you've made a quality video that is both informative and entertaining. Keep it up Josh. 👍
I got some sad news
The actor who played Tommy Oliver named Jason David Frank
Has died yesterday
wait wat
hopefully his brother is alive so we can still have the green ranger exist
also rip
@@vijaytamishra453 he was a great man
and without him
Power Rangers won't be the same
it would be like Happy Tree Friends without Petunia or Tiny Toon Adventures without Fifi la Fume or The Simpsons without Homer or Family Guy without Stewie
@@tommyclulow8617 agreed
I don’t think the angrier faces/more weapons is “harmful” for kids, at least with how LEGO handles it. It allows for more creativity in my eyes. Some kids might show signs of aggression, but correlation does not always mean causation.
For a minute, I thought the Harry Potter controversy would be something else.
Great video as always PhantomStrider! Very informative
Lego Friends is actually getting rebooted next year and will feature a few male characters prominently
Lego will never "remove the stereotypes in sets". Friends isn't marketed as "girl" legos anymore, sure, but the stereotypes are all still there as much as they ever were simply because that line is intended to be desirable to girls.
It always makes me roll my eyes whenever i see a "person refuses to sell x or sell to x because of religion" scandal. All i can think is, why even have a business or pick x career if its such an issue to sell goods and services to portions of the public that don't align with your brand of dogma.
He only refuses to sell the harry potter sets he didn't say he's not gonna sell Lego anymore as a whole and while (as a Christine my self) I can agree saying harry potter is satanic is just silly and pretty dumb it's not the end of the world just cause he didn't like selling sets from a specific series
That sequence of Boo being built was really cool. I loved it. I never knew much about these LEGO Schandals but they sound insane
I don't think I have ever actually heard the term back of the bus window licker, but I've seen it depicted way too often. To me as a child it seemed as if it was mandatory for comics and cartoons that as soon as a school bus would appear somewhere, and even if it was just for one second or one panel, there needed to be a kid on the back seats, licking the window.
Must respect Lego always stands by its child friendly branding. And thats good thing because Lego is about giving Joy and not lead to real life problems.
For the last section, it seems adding diverse skin tones only made division worse. Yellow could be anything, but specific skin tones are just that one type. So, instead of you being able to imagine however many of your minifigures are black, now a specific number are black and everyone else isnt. And, instead of wanting to return to the old yellow style to allow kids to go back to imagining themselves in every model, instead now fans pushing for inclusivity want to remove even more of what made LEGO unique
Yea
Dang.
I disagree but I get where you come from yellow is a light color so it makes it a little hard for me to relate to it. Adding different skin tones actually helps in the long run
@@spritesensation Right, it's like the Simpsons, not everyone is yellow in that show either, you have people of other skin tones represented there too
@@thestraydog that's is completely wrong, natives and Asian, especially the latter were represented by yellow and would be represented by yellow mini figures before and after the singular example disagreeing with it, and while no explicitly black people have existed before lando, because well in the West there culture wasn't stereotyped and sold as toys as much as ninja or natives, but we did get at least five definitively black people represented as yellow minifigs afterwards
I feel bad that the Mixels got in this mess. I am a huge fan of the Mixels, and Turg's main feature is a giant tounge and I dont know how they got that concept for poor Turg
I'm still an Overwatch fan, and God what I wouldn't give to have that Overwatch 2 set. What a shame LEGO cut ties with Blizzard, but honestly, I can't blame them.
Because well, ActiBlizz is in trouble.
Genuine question, but why are darker skin tones in both Lego and the Simpsons not like a dark yellow?
The canonical reason is that the nuclear plant's radioactive blast didn't hit those specific individuals.
I'm honestly sick of the Harry Potter makes you evil thing
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I always felt that the Yellow skin for the lego people were more fictional skin like Dark Elves having blue skin in EverQuest. Seeing real life people being made into lego have yellow skin and then also brown skin kind of broke that imagination.
It works for some sets, but the yellow certainly stands out like a sore thumb when in a set of realistic skin tones.
Okay now I am thinking of a conversation between Bill Nye and the baking Lego girl
“Do you want to learn about the formation of the stars or volcanoes”
“Your crazy, that sounds really boring. How about we bake a cake.”
“You know Science has a role in baking.”
“What?” (Also, no offense to anyone, this is simply a joke)
I just took that further...
Insteald of the Bill Nye intro going BILL BILL BILL BILL...
I hear this:
BAKE BAKE BAKE BAKE!!
@@familyoftacticaldroids309That would be great
That makes it even better thank you
As some have mentioned, I am glad that the original Lego minifigures still exist in the non IP sets, like Lego City, Creator, Pirates, and the standard collectable minifigure series.
I think if they tried bringing in race to those lines, it'd soon become a whole kerfuffle of phasing out the yellow minifigures, and making sure there's an equal balance between races.
Besides, there's plenty of diversity in the sets that adapt films and videogames to go round.
An interesting set I just thought about was the new Lego Ideas Table Football set, as despite it not being based on an IP, comes with a racially diverse mix of minifigures. It's nice to see, but I found to be unnecessary for the set, plus it only really felt like they included so many was to make up for the table build which was downscaled for playability and is pretty lousy.
(it's a £214.99 set. I think Lego are overreaching in what can be made a Lego set, a normal table football set would cost you way less)
I used to love shopkins as a little boy, I grew out of it after a month of course but I thought it was only a girl toy and I was afraid people would make fun of me.
I love Harry Potter Lego and I think it was absolutely utterly ridiculous that Gary wouldn’t stock Harry Potter Lego sets because of satanism. It goes to show how powerful religions can be and how much they can take over someone’s actions.
as a christian myself, i dont understand what people have against harry potter, it doesn't make any sense.
Same
Þe angrier faces scandal gives off major "video games cause violence" vibes.
You: who wants to learn about space, naa, bake
Me: yes, I will bake
I really like how Nin keeps making appearances in Strider’s videos.
Me, seeing the #10 set: "Oh, it's because of the latest scandal with the author! No surprise there, tons of stores are doing that-"
Me, a Christian, looking at my LEGO Harry Potter sets: "...Huh."
Honestly, if kids start worshiping the devil because they played with a LEGO girl who had a witch hat at some point, I think there was something else in that process.
Yeah. Adult paranoia and the refusal to understand children being a big part of it.
Granted, I understand that some adults grew up not really knowing what it's like being a kid because they grew up in poverty and were forced to work for their entire life or they were raised in an abusive household or [insert not so ideal circumstance of childhood being used as basis of how parenting works], but its no excuse for refusing to learn if their ideas of parenting are challenged or proven to be ineffective/wrong.
I thought of another reason behind keeping the Lego skin yellow for so long
Cost. It's just cheaper to make all the heads one color, with different faces printed on afterwards. Making them multiple colors means multiple set up and change overs of the machines that manufacturer them. If the machine only cranks out yellow heads, you only need to fill it with yellow plastic. You start running a different color, you need to first make sure you have all the previous color out, or it will contaminate the next batch. That's time spent not making product, and potentially wasting the remnants of plastic from the last batch. Whereas if you kept running the same color, that remnant would just flow into the next, identical batch.
And at some point, you do get the, "but we've always done it this way" mentality.
Regarding counterfeit Lego, there's a booth at a flea market I visited last weekend that sold imitation minifigures and some counterfeit sets. There was not a Lepin logo in sight, nor any brand logo besides "Space Wars" or Star Wars knockoffs like the "Millineum Falcon" and "Dinosaur World" for Jurassic World knockoffs. The templar and hospitaller knight minifigures I bought from them are amazingly high quality with detailed printing. It makes me wonder what the knockoff sets are like. I'm tempted to get the Ideas blacksmith knock off next time.
4:10 Mixels was from THAT long ago? I remember loving that line a lot, both the show and the toys. Funnily enough, I’m also both an Aspie and have ADHD. I still have a box full of spare parts from the dozens of sets I got when it was around!
Ironically, Turg is one of the only ones out of that box that is left unseparated…
I like the animal crossing segments, adds some flavour to the video!
this is a great video and thank you for talking about Lego's ten biggest scandals PhantomStrider
Honestly, even as a person who wishes to break modern gender conventions, I think completely removing the masculine and feminine aesthetics that toys have is a kind of bad idea.
Being excluded and picked on for liking a girl’s toy as a guy is genuinely awful, but removing what makes Lego Friends what it is ruins the fun for the guys and girls that choose it. My male friend actually collects Friends because it’s a unique style of set with colorful bricks and appealing barbie-like aesthetic. It’s a lot of fun to defy expectation and choose feminine toys as a guy and vice-versa.
My main take is that we should always have masculine, feminine, and gender neutral toys in our society. But what we should change is our perception that only the genders they’re targeted at can enjoy them. Don’t remove the rough and tumble nature of stuff like Technic and City or the soft and friendly vibe of Friends, just make sure we see it as “feminine and masculine” and not “this toy can only be played with by girls, and this one can only be played with by guys.” I have the same stance on the world of fashion. Fun for everyone, while still keeping the fun for those that choose a certain style and preference. Allow inherently masculine and feminine expression, but let anyone enjoy it if they want.
As someone on the autistic spectrum and also someone who has not heard of that term until now, I definitely agree with everything Strider said about the way that LEGO described Turg.
“Back of the bus window licker” definitely at least sounds like a term used for someone who could be seen as “weird” or “not right in the head”.
Even though I didn’t know of the term or its meaning, I’m happy that Lego did something about it and apologized.
People like me and Strider are not weird or not right in the head, but instead just different and I’m glad that LEGO decided to take a step in the right direction with this one.
I wish more companys were like Lego and just owned up and take responsibility of they,r mistakes instead of paying thousands trying to cover em up.
This guy rejects Harry Potter sets some of the coolest looking sets and the greatest minifigures
Personally I don’t interpret the friends comic as sexist, it more strikes me as kids knowing they look like kids who, for the most part, don’t spend much time in laboratories
I love this man, never stop making videos
Didn’t know Lego could be this sketch.
Rest in peace Jason David Frank.
I think the friends characters saying they stick out like sore thumbs is either implying their outfits or theyre not into science. I think its blown out of proportion honestly.
things like "window licker" reslly just highlights how stupid and oversensitive some people can be
I would refuse to stock Harry Potter sets for an entirely different reason. JKR is the public face of transphobia/trans hatred. Her quadrupling down on awful rhetoric has caused real and tangible harm to trans people, especially trans women.
It really sucks since I loved the books as a kid, have all the movies, and even some theater posters from the films.
I can't currently support the Harry Potter IP until she either changes her turn, or sells it to someone else.
It hasn't caused any harm to trans people. Get real and do better than to use awful tactics like this.
Personally, I have no issue with supporting the IP nor JK rowling herself. No everyone is going to agree with men trying their darnest to force everyone to accept their delusional bullshit.
2:15 At least Pastaferians have noble goals, such as rejecting conformity (the whole reason the group was founded) opposing the spread of carbon emissions, halting global warming, and supporting equality among genders, races, and ethnic groups.