>>9858758>Inflation isnt real.Oh no, it's retarded
>I'd like the set at $30 while reducing the piece padding. You're still not getting what I'm saying. Even if you got rid of what you think is "padding" the set with "unnecessary" parts, you'd still be left with a set that's probably 800 or so parts. Space sets that actually did cost $30 at retail were all in the 200-300 part range, which is mostly due to large specialized pieces (ie: the big 10x10 wedge plates on the Saucer Centurion, the round shell pieces on the Warp Wing Fighter, the plastic solar canopy on the Solar Explorer, etc.). There's also a pretty clear size discrepancy between them as the years go on, going from large sets like the Galaxy Explorer and the Renegade (them being the flagship ship sets for their respective themes those years) to the $30 becoming the more midrange ship set in the 90s (ie: the Warp Wing Fighter being the 3rd largest UFO set behind the Alien Avenger and Interstellar Starfighter, the EXT Alien Infiltrator being outpriced by 6 other Mars Mission sets).
Could a $30 version be made today? Maybe, but it would probably be a quarter of the size, only come with 2, maybe 3 figures, have nowhere near as much brickbuilt surface details (Stuff like the arrows would probably be stickers) and would more likely be a reimagining of 487 Space Cruiser rather than 497 Galaxy Explorer. Still a decent set, but far from something people would consider a 90th anniversary set.
>I think a kid might love this shit. And they would. Parents buy their kids $500 Xboxs and Playstations, a $100 Lego set isn't gonna break the bank in comparison.
>I might even imagine some Lego Movie fans looking at it and being like "oh Shit a bunch of Benny mates"Anyone who is still a fan of the Lego Movie this long after it came out is most likely already a big fan of Lego, and if they had no problem buying Benny's Spaceship at $100 then I don't see why they'd have a problem buying this at $100 too.