How LEGO Maintained a MONOPOLY!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ก.พ. 2025
- I Doktor Skipper, will be talking about LEGO and How Lego has grown up with us. From Lego Star Wars, To Lego Indiana Jones, To Lego Harry Potter, To modern lego, old Lego, Lego video games like Lego Batman, I also talk about Lego stop motion and overall...just a bunch of lego talk in this...Lego Video essay...about Lego...
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what you said at the end really struck a chord with me, the idea about taking these things from our own childhood that we were all so passionate about and being able to rebuild these things with our own future kids is such a heartwarming thought that I didn't expect to be brought up in a doktorskipper video. i'm always gonna be nostalgic for lego and it played such a big part in helping me express my own creativity as a kid and I think in many ways it's why I do what I do today
good work bird man
Good work as well Mingus!
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what you said at the end really struck a chord with me, the idea about taking these things from our own childhood that we were all so passionate about and being able to rebuild these things with our own future kids is such a heartwarming thought that I didn't expect to be brought up in a doktorskipper video. i'm always gonna be nostalgic for lego and it played such a big part in helping me express my own creativity as a kid and I think in many ways it's why I do what I do today
good work bird man
@DoktorSkipper One thing I noticed and can't find information on is what the fuck happened to Lego under Nazi Germany. Was the company just left alone? I can see that happening since they just made wooden toys and weren't very large, but the lack of history on this period is disconcerting.
Had me near tears bro. “Saving me lego until I’m old so I can break it apart and build it again with the people I love”. He gets it. Same.
Cannot wait to have this moment 🥰
Same
Great video! I’m honored some of my animations got featured with the greats like Forrestfire101 and Keshen8
You might wanna mention a lil' thing called BIONICLE which was the top selling theme ALONGSIDE Star Wars in the early 2000s.
Also a large reason why Lego saw a decline in profit was their focus on one off themes that strayed to far from the brand like Galidor, Znap and Jack Stone.
Lego has made sets for an older audience for ages, UCS has been around since 2000, which were display sets.
Also, if you want your kids to have a bin of mixed Lego just go to a 2nd-hand store and grab a bag. Don't people still donate Lego to Salvation Army places?
Lego has been overpriced for years, I never got the big sets when I was a little kid, but man I wanted that 2013 Gunship so much.
Bionicle was my childhood. I would make really cool Lego action figures and monsters to play with. I still have a tub of Bionicle pieces, but I should have should have bought more when they were still around.
Thank you for referencing Bionicle!
Honestly though, collecting LEGOs is still a hobby of mine despite basically not being the age for it at 20 years old.
But still, they’re a big part of my childhood and collecting them is simply fun for me, building them too is a nice way to pass time you know what I mean.
But I will agree, them shits expensive as hell!
Man I'm 31 and still rocking on Lego went back to it a few years ago after some dark years and it's awesome 😎
They have adult legos don’t feel bad.
Just bc something is a children’s product doesn’t mean it isn’t also an adult product.
Tons of things that are children’s things also are popular among adults. Lego, Mario all of it lol, most of Nintendo games, shrek, all the animated children’s movies like finding Nemo
“Tablets are to shut kids up, toys are to fill them with imagination, passion, and dreams”. I love this line. It makes me glad that I have such great parents. I will remember it when I’m raising my kids in the far future.
*Me waiting for a dead space set for adults.*
Not trying to be rude. But don’t count on it. LEGO doesn’t want to work with adult rated stuff. The highest they’re willing to go is teen ratings.
It the same reason why we got a set for Horizon, but not God of War. And why there are sets around stuff like new avengers and Star Wars movies, but not around new R rated movies
@@wplays4271He didnt even get star wars fallen order sets cos too adult
@@manuxx3543 we actually did get one last year. It was a replica of BD-1. It unfortunately didn’t come with a Cal minifig though.
It’s still one of my favorite set’s in my collection. It’s a highly detailed and adorable model
Still weird how they didn’t make any other sets around either game. I don’t think it’s the maturity thing. Since we also got Andor sets
I remember seeing a video that was concepts for Half-Life lego sets, they looked so awesome but they’ll never happen.
*MAKE US WHOLE!*
10:21 Hey that's me! Well that's Miles but I animated the miles, that's cool.
The LEGO games always stuck with me when I played the _LEGO Batman: The Video Game._ Isn't it satisfying to hear the sounds effects of LEGO bricks when the characters build something?
I'll always love the games. The nostalgia is too much.
Very excellent episode on the subject of Lego, but you did neglect to address the fact that Bionicle lead the charge in keeping Lego alive for being unique and enticing compared to what Lego has been putting out before 2001 (when Bionicle first dropped).
EXACTLY!!! When he enteted the 2000 era of lego i was chanting: bionicle! Bionicle! But he didnt mention it!
This video actually gave me some much-needed personal closure, strange as it sounds.
I’m getting ready to move out of my childhood home, and a big question that I keep avoiding is what to do with the Legos displayed on my shelf. I’ve been a stickler for following the instructions since middle school (probably my OCD) and felt ashamed that I still had bins of bricks and minifigures leftover from my early childhood, parts of sets that can’t possibly be completed now. The line at the end of the video, about taking apart each of your sets to build with your children, made me realize that I never had more fun with Lego than when I had all those sets were mixed together. Maybe it’s okay if my carefully-arranged displays come off the shelf and become toys again.
Probably a little stupid to be so anxious and protective about a toy in the first place, but just something I thought about. Thanks for another banger video!
you are the only youtuber who i watch who consistantly puts me on the verge of tears with how insightfully you end each video
As a barcelona fan, my heart got crushed when you said Madrid's stadium when it was camp Nou. You are forgiven tho bc I have always loved ur vids keep it up
I loved the message of this video and am absolutely ecstatic that you mentioned Ninjago but there is a frighteningly lack of Bionicle in this video! That's the theme that, along with Star Wars, saved Lego!
Bionixle is the goat, i have 42 sets in my collection
what an ending... a huge reason why I've kept my childhood tub of lego for my kids to enjoy.... or they will probably sell it i dunno, loved the video skippy
For those saying it's too expensive, I would like to recommend going to local toy shops, yard sales, second hand stores, or flea markets if you're interested in just getting parts for kids (or yourself). Depending on your area, there is usually somebody selling bags or tubs of Lego for a decent price.
Start small and save those retail sets for special occasions if you can afford them. Hell I've even built old sets from scrap parts and looked up instructions online bc I didn't want to dish out +100 for a retired set. Granted a few colors might be off or you have to improvise bc a very specific piece is hard to find, but I consider it a variant and makes it more personalized 🤷 It's possible to get Lego outside of retail shelves, you just gotta know where to look. Hope this helped.
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There are also some great compatible alternatives to LEGO. Some are Trash, but brands like COBI have a really good quality.
Lego was what I played with most when I was younger, even after getting minecraft, Lego was the primary thing that entertained me. I had a big tub of them and everything, now the tub is in the house of another family member with their children and the sets I have built are now sitting on my shelves as nice decorations. Whenever I get a stable paycheck again, I am most definitely going to get back into building legos. Awesome job with the video. I'm sorry for this being such a long comment of me just rambling. Have a good day!
"Even Real Madrid stadium" proceeds to show the eternal rival's stadium of Barcelona 😂😭
You expect an American to have knowledge of soccer?
Lego is the harley Davidson of toys. Originally for the hard working man with not so much money (kids) but now for the elderly and rich dentists, their fan base is dying out and they don't know what to do, because when they had the chance to get new customers they just sat and kept pandering to the same people who are eventually going to disappear.
Same with model railroad companies.
at a buffet, i personally sneak corndogs into the buffet so others can enjoy them. I hide 6 corndogs in my jacket pockets. it then, is a joy for me to see other patrons of the establishment eat my corndogs thinking they were part of the buffet.
Music, editing, storytelling... 10/10 video keep it up!
As a father, I destroyed and kept all my pieces of old sets a few years ago; I plan on my little one (when she is old enough) to reach into the bin I’ve built over time for her to create and be imaginative like I did as a little kid. It’s a shame what happened in the grand scheme of things to Lego’s pricing in order to survive the economy.
As someone who is 8 days older then you I completely agree with everything you said LEGO will forever have a special place in my heart
your music choices are fantastic LOL
also a cool video too of course ‼️
First Lego set I ever bought was the 5$ polybag for the mini-Venator back in like 2011, I would've been 6 at the time. Throughout my worst and my best days, I've had Lego through all of it. Even though I can't afford the sets I want anymore, it still makes me happy that this is something that nobody will never have an experience with. Legos are going to be outliving me long after I'm gone, and that's kind of nice that somewhere in the far future, some kid might put together the same set I once did. Anyways, good video big man, that's my two cents.
When I’m no longer buying diapers for two, I’ll be buying 4 Lego sets every Christmas soon. (Mom likes them too)
You bastard, with the baseball flying through the screen 🤣🤣🤣 love the video, keep it up!
9:35 "Real Madrid Stadium" and shows Barcelona's Stadium, they gonna kill you, bro 😭
I’m new to the channel, just subbed! I really appreciate the message you transmitted ❤
This video got so deep at the end was not expecting to be tearing up at a doktor skipper video. Great vid
I’m embarrassed to say that between 2020 to now I’ve spent over $15K in Halo Mega Blocks and LEGO’s.
Lego is probably one of the few toys that can be something that will be forever infinite and will always be still one of the few toys that I buy today
Music choice throughout this was immaculate, amazing job
wow this is the first video ive seen from you and you did a spelndid job. The editing on this video is amazing! id like to add that star wars was not the only thing to save lego from bankruptcy. while during 1999 it saved lego from bankruptcy lego was in another tough spot during 2004-2005 and Bionicle is actually the reason the lego is still a thing today.
I love this TH-camr. All the music this guy uses are my favorites. I know that it requires extra time to edit in the music but it's great.
LEGO was one of my favorite toys as a kid, even now I still find myself playing with them from tie to time
I loved Lego back in the day, but my parents never got me any Lego sets due to the pricing that they had, However I did get a lot of Bionicle tubes given how they were not as expensive as sets and had a blast with those for a long time. Mix matching all kinds of them together and just having fun. There were also the MegaBlocks sets of pyrates back in the day and I got the cool ghost ship and lots of the skull islands, man those were the days. But to this day the only Lego set I've ever played with was the old spaceship from the 90s that my grandpa had at his house, it was all mixed with different pieces and just made so much stuff with that set.
Lego, just like Animation, is for Everyone no matter the age.
Same with model railroads. They are always mistaken to be just for kids, when actually adults can have just as much fun with then, albeit in different ways.
@@torstenscholz6243
That's also true.
I can’t wait to be building from the bins with my kids in the future and see one of the pieces or minifigure parts that takes me back to when I was their age. It’s gonna be crazy
I'd also like to point out the best selling video game of all time, Minecraft, is basically virtual Legos.
Yeah i didn't even think about that huh that's pretty cool
I had a massive container of legos when I was younger too. My favorite sets were Boba Fett’s ship. And the “Shanghai Chase” set from Indiana Jones.
It’s amazing to see where a Lego is at today. But I agree. They need to find a compromise to make themselves accessible again.
Sadly my passion for building LEGO sets has waned with age (doesn't help that LEGO sets are getting more and more expensive each year), but this video made me want to build those LEGO Hidden Side sets I have stuffed away in my closet. To this day I still play the LEGO video games, though. In a world full of greedy corporations that don't care about you, just your money, The LEGO Company is one of the few good ones remaining.
3:55 you forgot to add that he stole the idea for stackable bricks from a different company (kiddi craft) in the UK. The UK guys went bankrupt tho cause they couldn't afford the plastic molding machines anymore and Ole could just start his monopoly. Btw some german guys are now working on returning the kiddi craft company. I think they just released their first wave of sets.
I like your editing style, and music references
Ok, the vid was great, but the beggining was a certified banger
It is kinda poetic that the LEGO Company's business model is very adaptive since that's what the toys in themselves are.
Bird man though he could fit in Santa without us knowing
my first set was a monster hunter poly bag from 2012 and holy shit I’ve been getting into Lego lately and I picked up the daily bugle for 200 and no matter what point you are at in your life, even when you lose interest like I did because you want to play games you just can’t escape LEGO!! I need to pick up all the bins of Lego I got from my grandmas house cause damn it’s so appealing and I hope my sisters can one day play with my legos lol
Im a teenager at the moment and i used to have that giant tub of legos, one of the most underrated part of a person's childhood
I stopped buying LEGOs from their official stores for a lot of reasons. Aside from being expensive, I've also been rather sick and tired of so many licensed themes. Yeah Star Wars helmets and the McCallister family house is cool and all but as a kid I've always adored their original themes. Bionicle, Power Miners, Atlantis, Agents, Alpha Team, and a majority of Space themes like Mars Mission, Space Police and Alien Conquest. Unfortunately I missed out on some themes as a 2000s-2010s kid like a majority of Castle and Pirates sets. Nowadays licensed themes take up the majority of LEGOs selection. LEGO has recently remade some of their older sets like the Galaxy Explorer and one of the Blacktron crusiers, but in a way it's the most fresh thing LEGO has done in a decade after showering their selection with licensed themes including Star Wars. Ironic how a remake of a set decades ago feels more original than any set right now. I should premise that I don't hate licensed themes (although we could do without some like Trolls and Minions) but I miss when LEGO did original themes not tied to a franchise.
Love the use of ‘Dirty Work’ in youre videos
Edit: *the use of any music that you put in them, shits funny
I think besides Lego the only other toy company adapting to the older kids growing up and doing well in general is Hasbro, Especially with thier Transfomers and are hit and miss with thier sales with Mavel and Star Wars depending on the box office for the film's
“Rocket, hand me my keys-“
“Oh no, swine brain! You really think you’ll ever be a better drunk driva’ than me? How ‘bout you sit shotgun, and watch me work?”
11:09 I still stand by my statement, but after thinking about some of the Lego Star Wars sets I got as a kid and comparing the size to the Lego Fender guitar I got for 150 the prices are pretty egregious even with inflation
@DoktorSkipper Wack this guy’s PP
I’ve loved Lego, I own several totes. I own Bionicle, I still build whenever I have the time and opportunity for it. But I miss the times when I’d be able to buy a new set, getting to open it up and build it on the living room table. I still play the Lego games. I’m just happy I still go back to it when I get bored of games.
I knew indina Jones was real,This man's channel proves he's a history buff😂
As life long lego fan, this video is very much appreciated
First time I ever heard Refused song being combined with Lego - this should be a thing.
Unrelated but the music in the background makes me desperate for this man's playlist
i refuse to watch your videos without headphones on because i love catching all the little music bits like the kanye instrumentals or the succession score. it's details like this that separate good youtubers from great ones. keep it up man!!
I don't agree that Lego has become more inaccessible. It just seems that way because of the higher volume of expensive collector's items. Adjusting for inflation, the typical playsets are not any more expensive than they used to be, and they have always been expensive compared to other toy brands regardless.
I like writing and telling stories, and I think it stems from playing with lego. I was never that good at building my own lego models or even that good at following instructions, but I always enjoyed creating stories with my sets and then acting out those stories like they are stop motion, but they're not they were just me moving around figures and bashing them together or giving them dialogue.
Now, as an older human, I still play with Lego because it does for me what storytelling or videogames could never do as well.
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Great video Skip, loving more animated style❤
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Lego is just the greatest. Every year I feel nostalgia for the hundreds of hours I spent building, playing and watching Lego. If I ever have kids, you bet their playing with Lego
11:57 If youre trying to get your bricks from normal sets yeah its impossible. But you can get those Creator sets for cheap, they always go on sale. I got set 11022 , 1700 pieces,from cotsco near the holiday season for like $40. And i also got set 10696 from best buy for like $18 each, and i stored everything in those containers so now whenever my nieces or nephew come over and they want to mess around with bricks i can just grab these two bins and let them go crazy
little disappointed there was no mention of Bionicle basically saving Lego from bankruptcy alongside Star Wars
Funnily enough, the only reason I have that “giant bucket of legos” that most people can’t buy anymore is because I basically took hand me downs from cousins and friends who needed to clean out old belongings. If I wanted to get it any other way I just wouldn’t have been able to
Lego needs more competition. There isn't much else on the American market to keep their pricing in check, since they tend to be of poorer quality, and there's a long history of failed building toys like Mega Blocks, BTR, and K-nex that have soured people's opinions on Lego alternatives. Europe has a couple fairly strong options, though, and you can order them here in the States.
The high cost of Lego is one of the reasons I've switched to Cobi for my display sets. They don't have the same massive brand appeal or licensing deals, but I've got a gorgeous Top Gun: Maverick F/A-18 on my shelf along with several other wonderfully detailed military vehicle models. Their Titanic set is not only cheaper than Lego's but also more accurate to the real ship. If you're tired of Lego's pricing, then it might be worthwhile to step outside your comfort zone and try something new.
I'm not saying people should ditch Lego, but I do think that if customers were more willing to get their building fix from other places in addition to Lego it would make an impact. The fierce brand loyalty fans have is a big part of why the prices continue to climb and kids are getting left behind.
Here in Europe, Polish company Cobi hats established itself as a very good alternative. The quality is almost identical, and they offer a lot of great sets, and the prices are, compared to Lego, absolutely fair. Chinese brands are also getting more and more popular here, but the quality is not the same (albeit getting better and better), and the legal status is always questionable, since the Chinese still don't take copyright laws too seriously.
@@torstenscholz6243 I love Cobi
6:40 this shot is from the 2008 clone wars but you're talking about between the prequels so i think you meant the 2003 clone wars
Another banger! You deserve 5mill subs easy my guy
You never fail to disappoint with your videos, as an adult I don't care about LEGO anymore, I only have them loose in boxes in my attic. You still managed to make this video interesting and thought provoking, also brought back memories from simpler time when life wasn't shit
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Great video, great music choice
For me sharing my passion for lego with other kids made my childhood great. Years of roleplay and making OCs and making them "go on adventures". Looking back, if I was to actually dig in the lore of all the shit we made up... god damn were we full of creativity because of it. If I keep my LEGO, I dont think they could find classmates and friends ready for that like I did.
Holy S*** these videos are amazing. Jack was right.
I've loved lego my whole life. And I'll probably continue to love it. Though growing up I wasn't really ever to get the bigger cooler sets that I wanted, I want to do that for my own kids if they have the interest when I can. Lego was a huge part of my childhood and I'd be sad if the just went away. With my first child on the way, I hope the interest in lego will come, cause it helps give me an excuse to buy more lol
Lego, should be in every child’s home, and thank you for mentioning bionicle
I'm surprised no one is complaining about the "LEGO Real Madrid Stadium" when its Camp Nou which is Barcelona's stadium. Those two teams are arguably the biggest rivals in all of sports
Come on, he's American - Americans takling about soccer is Like Europeans takling about football or baseball.
This video came out just as I finished building the Lego Friends Central Perk Set… that I got my sister for her birthday. She built it, let it gain a tonne of dust then gave it to me. So I de-constructed and rebuilt :)
fantastic video as always but not a single bionicle mention? dayum.
Thaks for putting in let down (so underrated)
yo love the use of the flaming lips omg
Well done for not starting a war over calling the Camp Nou, Barcelona's iconic home ground, the REAL MADRID stadium
Me trying to justify the 5k I've spent on Lego as an adult in the last few years
12:50 *M83?*
I love M83, hurry up we're dreaming is my fav. Album.
*YAY! I LOVE THE LEGO COMMUNITY!!!! :D*
11:32 my soul just left my body
“Unless you’re poor”
One word…..
Megaconstrux.
This video really made me reflect back. Holy shit.
no mention of a monopoly in the video, barely any mentions of competing toys and 0 mention of other brick based ones. also, not a single one of the stop motions used listed in the description.
Lego will always have that special place in my heart and Imagination
I have the big Jurassic Park gates and quite a few big Star Wars sets
havent watched the video yet, but my best guess would be extremely high, consistent quality standards and not being afraid to move with the times?
How do you talk about lego's revival without talking about the creation of bionicle
Great Atomic Power in the soundtrack? Epic.
Me sitting here watching this next to my lego starwars devastator class 750 dollar ship so yeah lego is pretty neat
The video we never asked for, but truly needed.
I need a set list of the songs used because GOD DAMN
It is quite sad that the stuff that's meant for children is so inaccessible to them because of how expensive it is. I really hope Lego has renewed focus on that demographic since it benefits everyone. Some adults prefer normal original Lego you can play woth rather than another licensed theme set that's mean to sit there and look cool.
Honestly, I love legos so much. I grew up with them i'm a fast builder and everything
I will never understand this insane obsession over Legos.