‘Genuinely a con’: Lego enthusiasts bemoan half-empty room at Birmingham NEC event
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/may/30/genuinely-a-con-lego-enthusiasts-bemoan-half-empty-room-at-birmingham-nec-event
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‘Genuinely a con’: Lego enthusiasts bemoan half-empty room at Birmingham NEC event
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/may/30/genuinely-a-con-lego-enthusiasts-bemoan-half-empty-room-at-birmingham-nec-event
Posted by andweriot
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Definitely getting a bit desperate in trying to play victim at an event. They do know how massive those halls are right. But if course they gotta bring the Wonka event up
We went to this in 2018 and 2019. 2018 was good, quite full hall with variety of activities, stands and merchants. The following year it dropped off noticeably to about half the size and many of the stands weren’t there. This was obviously pre pandemic so assume its only gotten worse. It’s not an official Lego event so guess the marketing isn’t big.
Me and my partner went to this last weekend it was absolutely woeful the both of us couldn’t believe how we had just basically burned £35 i think it was for the two tickets, don’t go near this if you’re a fan of lego, go to Brickfest (different to Brickfest LIVE) instead its a different event and way better, Brickfest LIVE literally tries to con people into getting tickets off the back of that event instead
Lego is a giant con. The prices they charge for some sets, when it must cos 0.0001p to make 1 piece of lego in a factory