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LEGO products have become more complex

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  • Christoph Bartneck
  • Elena Moltchanova

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The LEGO Group has become the largest toy company in the world and they can look back to a proud history of more than 50 years of producing bricks and other toys. Starting with a simple set of basic bricks their range of toys appeared to have increased in complexity over the years. We processed the inventories of most sets from 1955–2015 and our analysis showed that LEGO sets have become bigger, more colorful and more specialized. The vocabulary of bricks has increased significantly resulting in sets sharing fewer bricks. The increased complexity of LEGO sets and bricks enables skilled builders to design ever more amazing models but it may also overwhelm less skilled or younger builders.

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  • Christoph Bartneck & Elena Moltchanova, 2018. "LEGO products have become more complex," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 13(1), pages 1-11, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0190651
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0190651
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