Community - Lego
Why Hacker News recommends it
HN commenters link it as the origin of a LEGO quote and as a delightful monologue about how the toy has changed.
What it is
A short clip from the NBC sitcom Community in which a character delivers a monologue about how LEGO changed over the years. It is the source of a widely quoted passage about the toy.
Recommended by 1 HN commenters across 1 different months, 2013 to 2022.
What Hacker News said
Recommends sircastor · 2022-12 · on “Why Hot Wheels are one of the most inflation-proof toys in American history”
This ad was the subject of a debate a few years back about what's happened to LEGO in general - it's large scale shift to licensed properties, and specifically the introduction of specific girl-targeted LEGO sets. This seems like the best article I could find on it: [LINK] Also, there is this really great monologue on LEGO from Community, delivered by Michael K. Williams that is delightful: [this video]
Cites mrspeaker · 2013-02 · on “What happened with LEGO”
Wow - a lot or work went into that article. Very impressive! On a vaguely related note, here's the video that the quote at the top is taken from: [this video]