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[-] [email protected] 28 points 3 months ago

I was a poor kid. The aunties and uncles would chip in to get us Lego cars and hands-in-pockets minifigs as kids. It had stickers for stuff like truck grilles before there was silk-screening.

They're still on the sticker pages, so many decades later, carefully stored so a small boy can look at them.

It's weird, of course, to someone who never experienced 'eke' level of working poverty, but it's the situation. My nephew will pass these parts onto his kids who I hope will use them all in a week with wild abandon.

[-] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago

You still get sticker sheets in Lego sets! Only some pieces are screen printed, and usually only in more expensive sets (or on super common pieces).

[-] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Yes, and stickers are universally hated when they are in some more expensive sets because they are a pain to apply neatly and they don't last as long or look as good as printed parts.

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