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UltimApe@ultimape• almost 9 years ago

Lego Group's patent died & crap flooded the market; I was sad.But innovation happens eventually: @brixotoys... https://t.co/osKH0nqr2z

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9/30/2016
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UltimApe@ultimape• almost 9 years ago
Replying to @ultimape

In retrospect: artificial moat Lego Group had around quality kept them safe. Their products are much better now they have to innovate again.

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9/30/2016
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UltimApe@ultimape• almost 9 years ago
Replying to @ultimape

I mean, we wouldn't have stuff like 76039 Antman set, the Hulk Buster 76031, or the entire Friends lineup (gendered sets aside, so awesome!)

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9/30/2016
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UltimApe@ultimape• almost 9 years ago
Replying to @ultimape

Seeing shift in LEGO designs since childhood, I'm falling in love with them all over again. Pure awesomesauce: https://t.co/bENa3OOTn7

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9/30/2016
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UltimApe@ultimape• almost 9 years ago
Replying to @ultimape

Shift in LEGO is a kind of microcosm of collaborative environment that @hintjens hints at in Culture & Empire. https://t.co/mKvDqaaeND

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UltimApe@ultimape• about 9 years ago

"create your own captive society and force it to use your products where, [...] prices can remain artificially high" https://t.co/D2XbmZ43bX

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UltimApe@ultimape• almost 9 years ago
Replying to @ultimape

Here's to the new reality. Kids learning to remix, and collaborative creative destruction.https://t.co/lPclLFtj3U

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UltimApe@ultimape• almost 9 years ago

I don't want to go to mars. I want to build things to get us there.That weird feeling of imagining possibilities of a pile of lego bricks: https://t.co/L7g7EgYOVE

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UltimApe@ultimape• almost 9 years ago
Replying to @ultimape

"the current technology revolution has put the means of production within everyone’s grasp." https://t.co/E5oIsPiI6x

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9/30/2016
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UltimApe@ultimape• almost 9 years ago
Replying to @ultimape

The future we are building must be inclusive, accessible to everyone.Unlock the creative potential of humankind.https://t.co/EUXxDvCKVr

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UltimApe@ultimape• about 9 years ago

"It occurs when a group of creative people agrees to allow each other to reuse ("remix") their work" https://t.co/f1tsZwSZ1B

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UltimApe@ultimape• almost 9 years ago
Replying to @ultimape

The Art and Science of creativity begin with a crafting table. If you want to build the future, start by punching trees.Create something. https://t.co/fxOZuuE4HM

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9/30/2016
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UltimApe@ultimape• almost 9 years ago
Replying to @ultimape

Believehttps://t.co/AzHQvtBLAj

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10/30/2016
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UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago
Replying to @ultimape

Don't step on people's dreams.Sometimes creativity takes the form of a cruel wind and farting squid:https://t.co/b6SxJhLY4R

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12/14/2016
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UltimApe@ultimape• over 8 years ago
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"Employees who were *experimenting* with scrap sheets of rubber."[egregious rasberry tarting noises?]https://t.co/PYaGd8Qz6Q https://t.co/jKMNSyqFHE

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12/14/2016
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UltimApe@ultimape• about 8 years ago
Replying to @ultimape

As dismayed as you might be by the rise of the fidget spinner:Modernity isn't all bad. Consider:https://t.co/znLEoRaC7L

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7/31/2017
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UltimApe@ultimape• almost 8 years ago
Replying to @ultimape

Wouldn't it be cool if... you had an inflatable walking elephant?https://t.co/jcHOthpOsd

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10/9/2017