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[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 week ago (17 children)

To be fair to Lego, which I agree is crazy expensive, they have tighter tolerances in flaws than NASA does. I work in manufacturing, through a different type, and tolerances that tight mean a huge amount of your production becomes scrap.

You could discuss the whether perfectionism is worth the waste, and that's a valid point, but Lego is at least delivering a solid product

[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 week ago (1 children)

What a rediculous, and untrue, comparison to make. NASA (1) isn't a consumer manufacturing company, (2) makes an absolutely insane variety of types science experiments from space telescopes to supersonic planes, (3) absolutely makes/uses parts with orders of magnitude tighter tolerances than Lego holds.

[–] devils_advocate 7 points 1 week ago

This. Lego has amazing tolerance for a toy, but isn't leading across the whole of the injection molding industry.

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