Given how fast the youngest grankid destroyed her last pair of Crocs trough normal wear and tear, I seriously doubt her mum will be buying her ones that cost twice as much, let alone getting any of the accessories with how extortionate they are.

But multicoloured soles? Ewww... even more hideous than the clog pr stunt.

@Zordboy said:
"Who asked for this? Who specifically has *gestures vaguely at the shoes* on their wish-list? "

At the time of my posting this, just over 3 hours after the original post, Absolutely no-one has wish listed any of these 'items'.

They want dropping. .....straight into the bin. What ever next?

https://i.imgflip.com/3fjsy4.png

"proper Crocs"

LOL!

"The Jibbitz, too, which don't look very practical, are expensive: $39.99, £36.99 for a few bits of plastic. Despite that, I suspect they'll sell well!"

You're not wrong, Huw. Good grief. The price of those 'Jibbitz' packs makes the prices greedy fleabay sellers demand for out of stock Gifts With Purchases look reasonable. I have no interest in the clogs themselves. But I might have bought that Masterbrand pack because it includes a micro-scale Classic Space craft. But at 37 quid? No way. Stuff that for a game of soldiers.

....what? Why? Who asked for this, again?

Brick Clogs were a NO and these are also a big NO. These collaborations with shoe brands are not my cup of tea.

@Crux said:
"The world seems to be ending, and - you know, maybe that's a good thing. I just wish we could've ended on a higher note than this."

it may be easier to imagine the end of the world than the end of capitalism, but these are not the same thing
imagine the brick clogs as the last dying gasps of a failed system if it helps you not be a doomer about it

these must be the dumbest lego product I've ever seen. I guess it will sell like hotcackes too.

@ac_pt said:
"https://i.imgflip.com/3fjsy4.png"

Okay, I don't necessarily agree with the sentiment, but I'm definitely saving that to the "Reaction Images" folder on my hard drive.

Murdoch17 said:"....what? Why? Who asked for this, again?"

Obviously no one here, but considering that the Brick Clogs sold, these will too.

Those prices are insane.

@Anonym said:
" @Blumbirde said:
"The shoes are one thing but who do they think they are selling the accessories for 40€?! 10€ would feel like paying a little extra for the brands."

They are oversized remolds and not actual LEGO size. Sad, I was happy about Bumblebee Costume Girl finally getting a reissue, the only omission of the popular costumes of the early CMF lines I think."

I know the Gorilla suit got reissued in the VIP Least Wanted Minifigs 5-pack, but there's a costume in S5 that has yet to return. I don't know how you define "early CMF", but those were the only three in the first four years/11 series.

@ToysFromTheAttic said:
" @Davian said:
"I'm 49 today and have "played" with Lego since the 80s- still have some of the sets my parents bought me way back then. I write that to say Lego is not new to me. But THIS is. A once niche hobby for enthusiasts has been reduced to the lowest common denominator. I still enjoy the hobby and there are still sets for those like me. But seeing nonsense like this presents the entire experience as crass capitalism. "

You're calling LEGO a 'niche hobby for enthusiasts'...? I'm sorry, but LEGO hasn't been a niche thing for the entirety of your 49 years on this planet, sir."

In terms of adults, it didn't stop being a niche hobby until sometime after 1998, and it probably didn't start being a mainstream hobby until the pandemic.

@WizardOfOss said:
"Oh, and those "Jibbitz" are "inspired by traditional LEGO pieces, but about 50% larger"....one way to break the illusion it is actual Lego...."

I suspect the size bump has to do with how easy it would be to push a 1x1 plate through one of those Croc-holes. Both sides have to be of a certain minimum size for the attachment to function properly. It's either size them up, or only use 1x2 and larger.

A crock of ….. let’s be nice and say gold since it is approaching St. Patrick’s day.

@PurpleDave said:
" @WizardOfOss said:
"Oh, and those "Jibbitz" are "inspired by traditional LEGO pieces, but about 50% larger"....one way to break the illusion it is actual Lego...."

I suspect the size bump has to do with how easy it would be to push a 1x1 plate through one of those Croc-holes. Both sides have to be of a certain minimum size for the attachment to function properly. It's either size them up, or only use 1x2 and larger."
Sure, but then indeed just use bigger pieces would have made more sense. And most of the "Jibbits" are bigger anyway.

@Davian said:
"I'm 49 today and have "played" with Lego since the 80s- still have some of the sets my parents bought me way back then. I write that to say Lego is not new to me. But THIS is. A once niche hobby for enthusiasts has been reduced to the lowest common denominator. I still enjoy the hobby and there are still sets for those like me. But seeing nonsense like this presents the entire experience as crass capitalism. "

Happy birthday!!!

I'm with you. Lego is definitely not niche for kids but it was certainly niche for adults to "play" with Lego in the early 2000s. It has now become mainstream, but back in the days, it would raise a few eyebrows. It is true that Lego values are free-falling but the first and foremost raison d'etre of a business is to make money - some go at great length to do so...

"release". Not "drop".

But hopefully "drop" as in "removed from the product catalog".

I can’t tell you how many times I wanted to affix LEGO pieces to my feet. What if they’re way too big faux LEGO pieces? Yeah, still no.

I am amused how difficult it is for our sets to get new molds, recolors, and prints while LEGO jumps at any chance to make weird tat.

@ToysFromTheAttic said:
" @Davian said:
"I'm 49 today and have "played" with Lego since the 80s- still have some of the sets my parents bought me way back then. I write that to say Lego is not new to me. But THIS is. A once niche hobby for enthusiasts has been reduced to the lowest common denominator. I still enjoy the hobby and there are still sets for those like me. But seeing nonsense like this presents the entire experience as crass capitalism. "

You're calling LEGO a 'niche hobby for enthusiasts'...? I'm sorry, but LEGO hasn't been a niche thing for the entirety of your 49 years on this planet, sir. They make cars and trains for kids. Not exactly high brow stuff. There's is nothing niche about our hobby. It's one of the biggest toy brands in the world, so making money is kind of their thing. Back in the day they even had partnerships with Shell and Samsonite, for crying out loud. Not exactly niche brands.

This collab is ridiculous, though, and I will point and laugh at anyone I see wearing these abominations they dare to call 'footwear'. Then again, I also saw Fraggles-branded sneakers the other day, and I did kind of dig those..."

I couldn't agree more. There are two things that aren't going to happen for me in this lifetime, wearing sweats in public and owning a pair of Crocs. Yuk!

@yellowcastle said:
"I can’t tell you how many times I wanted to affix LEGO pieces to my feet. What if they’re way too big faux LEGO pieces? Yeah, still no.

I am amused how difficult it is for our sets to get new molds, recolors, and prints while LEGO jumps at any chance to make weird tat."

Just don't attach them to the underside of your feet. You will regret that.

@AustinPowers said:
"Since I have nothing positive to say about the product, all I want to share is this little gem I am always reminded of when the subject of shoes comes up:

Lister: Sometimes, I think it's cruel giving machines a personality. My mate Petersen once bought a pair of shoes with Artificial Intelligence. 'Smart Shoes' they were called. It was a neat idea: no matter how blind drunk you were, they could always get you home. But he got ratted one night in Oslo and woke up the next morning in Burma. You see, the shoes got bored just going from his local to the flat. They wanted to see the world, like, you know. He had a hell of a job getting rid of them. No matter who he sold them to, they'd show up again the next day. He tried to shut them out, but they just kicked the door down, you know.

Rimmer: Is this true?

Lister: Yeah. Last thing he heard, they'd sort of, erm, robbed a car and drove it into a canal. They couldn't steer, you see.

Rimmer: Really?

Lister: Yeah. Petersen was really, really blown away about it. He went to see a priest. The priest told him... he said it was alright and all that, like, and that the shoes were happy and that they'd gone to heaven. You see, it turns out shoes have 'soles'.

;-) "

I'll always upvote a Red Dwarf reference..

The crocs though, are hideous. As are any other type of croc shoe. If you love them, fair enough - but they're not for me. And certainly not at that price.

“Drop” is a very common colloquial term for releasing something, as in such-and-such dropped a new album.

ETA: The prices look roughly in line with other tie-in Crocs for the shoes themselves. Not so sure about the doohickeys.

You can see ©2024 on the light colored ones. This collaboration must have been in the works for a long time and they still ended up on deciding to make the shoes non-system compatible.

Is it me or does it feel weird for LEGO to troll their fans and potential consumers that way?

Not that I'd ever buy crocs anyway, and LEGO's brand partnerships usually feel a bit too much (at best) or lame (at worst), but this gimmick really feels cheaper than most.

That said, I don't disagree with @ToysFromTheAttic 's general take above.

And happy belated birthday, @Davian !

First time I’ve said this here: not just no, but hell no. Clogs, even non-lego ones, are a sure sign of the apocalypse.

They need dropping in an incinerator

LEGO is difficult enough to clean so good luck getting the doggy doo off those studs when the little one comes home from the park!

@sjr60 said:
" @GrizBe said:
" @Zordboy said:
"Who asked for this? Who specifically has *gestures vaguely at the shoes* on their wish-list? "

At the time of my posting this, just over 3 hours after the original post, Absolutely no-one has wish listed any of these 'items'. "
Wishlist updates overnight, so it wouldn't yet!"

Well its now been overnight, and its 24 and a half hours + since the OP, and we've only got all of 12 weirdo's who want the black crocs, 6 who want the white, and only between 4 and 8 people who want the jibbitz.

Soo I'll amend 'absolutely no-one' to 'practically no-one.'

@Hiratha said:
"I’m curious whether you’ve done this experiment with other non-kit items before? I’m not sure what the typical day one wishlist pattern is when it comes to accessories and so on."

Usually when I've looked, I'll notice that most proper lego sets will have a good few hundred wants within the same time period. Heck, even the much ridiculed smart brick star wars did. As for other accessory type items like this, I've not really looked before. Not having access to the database as the admins do, I can't really comment on actual demand, but it would be interesting to know what it is.

@PurpleDave said:
" @ToysFromTheAttic said:
"While all of that may be true, LEGO was never intended to be an adult hobby. It was always meant as a mass produced toy for kids, and for the longest time it was marketed that way."

There's a guy named Jake McKee who used to work for LEGO Direct, and basically created the entire department that engages with the fan community. He did a keynote presentation at an AFOL convention one year, and talked about bringing some LEGO employees to one of the AFOL conventions. The three people he brought were a company lawyer, Kjeld Kirk himself, and someone from the marketing department. The lawyer's reaction was to start taking notes on all the copyright infringement going on. Kjeld Kirk was awestruck, and wanted to know how they could do more of these events. And the marketing person couldn't figure out what they were looking at. So pretty much the exact responses the fan community would expect.

Yes, it was originally just a toy for kids. And ironically, while the company puts bowls of parts out for employees to pick up and tinker with during work hours, those same _adult_ employees somehow believed for decades that adults just don't play with LEGO bricks. I firmly believe one of the main purposes of the VIP program was to settle a disagreement between the company and the fan community. The company believed the fan community only accounted for 5% of sales, at most. The fan community was convinced that we represented over 50% of their market, and therefore should be the main focus of their marketing. The truth ended up being that the fan community were maybe 5% of the customer base, but 25% of sales. And this was back around 2010, so that doesn't factor in the impact of TLM/TLBM, or the pandemic quarantine period. And it also doesn't factor any subsequent drop in sales following those events. We don't know how those numbers have changed in the past 16 years, but we do know that they've learned to take notice of us. And we know that they've learned to market sets to us."

That's a great bit of trivia!

It also underlines my stance: we're only another asset for a major company, and a very profitable one at that, but the idea that LEGO is a niche product, only for us adult collectors and AFOLs, is laughable. Yes, the community took ownership of part of the hobby, although that doesn't mean the company revolves around us. It never has, and it likely never will.

If LEGO does something questionable or even objectionable, which all major corporations inevitably will at some point or another, it doesn't reflect on our passion for the creative side of our hobby. If LEGO releases a product 'we' don't see the point of, instead of showing our almost innate disdain, perhaps 'we' should realise that product is not for us, but meant for someone among the other 75% of LEGO's consumer base. That somehow proves to be difficult for a certain number of folks here.

But again: Crocs are absolutely awful, and anyone who wears them should be fined. Even if they do have studs on them.

Crocs are fine.... but only as planters for Botanicals.

@ToysFromTheAttic said:
"But again: Crocs are absolutely awful, and anyone who wears them should be fined. Even if they do have studs on them."
But they are so comfy!
(my fake ones at least)

But then again, you couldn't pay me enough for me to wear them in public. Some products are only meant to be used behind closed doors.

@WizardOfOss said:
" @ToysFromTheAttic said:
"But again: Crocs are absolutely awful, and anyone who wears them should be fined. Even if they do have studs on them."
But they are so comfy!
(my fake ones at least)

But then again, you couldn't pay me enough for me to wear them in public. Some products are only meant to be used behind closed doors."

I'm still writing you that fine, sir!

@Harmonious_Building said:
"My IQ is just too low for this avant garde stuff. "

Are you sure it's not the opposite?

@WizardOfOss said:
" @ToysFromTheAttic said:
"But again: Crocs are absolutely awful, and anyone who wears them should be fined. Even if they do have studs on them."
But they are so comfy!
(my fake ones at least)

But then again, you couldn't pay me enough for me to wear them in public. Some products are only meant to be used behind closed doors."

This from someone who lives in the only country in the world that still wears wooden ones isn't really a ringing endorsement.

@sotwuser said:
" @WizardOfOss said:
" @ToysFromTheAttic said:
"But again: Crocs are absolutely awful, and anyone who wears them should be fined. Even if they do have studs on them."
But they are so comfy!
(my fake ones at least)

But then again, you couldn't pay me enough for me to wear them in public. Some products are only meant to be used behind closed doors."

This from someone who lives in the only country in the world that still wears wooden ones isn't really a ringing endorsement."

I haven't worn those in at least 40 years.....

@WizardOfOss said:
" @sotwuser said:
" @WizardOfOss said:
" @ToysFromTheAttic said:
"But again: Crocs are absolutely awful, and anyone who wears them should be fined. Even if they do have studs on them."
But they are so comfy!
(my fake ones at least)

But then again, you couldn't pay me enough for me to wear them in public. Some products are only meant to be used behind closed doors."

This from someone who lives in the only country in the world that still wears wooden ones isn't really a ringing endorsement."

I haven't worn those in at least 40 years....."

I don't know any Dutch person who wears those. Most wooden shoes are made in China, for Amsterdam souvenir shops to sell to tourists...

@sotwuser said:
" @WizardOfOss said:
" @ToysFromTheAttic said:
"But again: Crocs are absolutely awful, and anyone who wears them should be fined. Even if they do have studs on them."
But they are so comfy!
(my fake ones at least)

But then again, you couldn't pay me enough for me to wear them in public. Some products are only meant to be used behind closed doors."

This from someone who lives in the only country in the world that still wears wooden ones isn't really a ringing endorsement."

Technically they wear those in the US. Part of the US. Part of Michigan. A thoroughly unenjoyable city called Holland. For the klompembarrassment ceremony during the Tulip Worshipers Festival. It’s a sight best left unheard.

@ToysFromTheAttic said:
" @WizardOfOss said:
" @sotwuser said:
" @WizardOfOss said:
" @ToysFromTheAttic said:
"But again: Crocs are absolutely awful, and anyone who wears them should be fined. Even if they do have studs on them."
But they are so comfy!
(my fake ones at least)

But then again, you couldn't pay me enough for me to wear them in public. Some products are only meant to be used behind closed doors."

This from someone who lives in the only country in the world that still wears wooden ones isn't really a ringing endorsement."

I haven't worn those in at least 40 years....."

I don't know any Dutch person who wears those. Most wooden shoes are made in China, for Amsterdam souvenir shops to sell to tourists... "

It's fine. I don't really expect Americans to know what's going on in their own country, let alone the rest of the world.

We still have clogs with wooden soles but they’re mostly worn for, well, clog dancing. Which I assume the USA also has since most of our other folk dance forms made it over (even if they seem to pick up a lot more square shapes along the way for some reason). Clog dancing is quite impressive if you see someone who knows what they’re doing.

Except when they’re fashion shoes, of course, which is only done because wood is very pretty.

@Crux said:
" @ToysFromTheAttic said:
" @WizardOfOss said:
" @sotwuser said:
" @WizardOfOss said:
" @ToysFromTheAttic said:
"But again: Crocs are absolutely awful, and anyone who wears them should be fined. Even if they do have studs on them."
But they are so comfy!
(my fake ones at least)

But then again, you couldn't pay me enough for me to wear them in public. Some products are only meant to be used behind closed doors."

This from someone who lives in the only country in the world that still wears wooden ones isn't really a ringing endorsement."

I haven't worn those in at least 40 years....."

I don't know any Dutch person who wears those. Most wooden shoes are made in China, for Amsterdam souvenir shops to sell to tourists... "

It's fine. I don't really expect Americans to know what's going on in their own country, let alone the rest of the world."

It’s fine. We don’t really expect non-Americans from tiny countries to know just how much there is to keep track of in the fourth largest nation.

@PurpleDave said:
" @Crux said:
" @ToysFromTheAttic said:
" @WizardOfOss said:
" @sotwuser said:
" @WizardOfOss said:
" @ToysFromTheAttic said:
"But again: Crocs are absolutely awful, and anyone who wears them should be fined. Even if they do have studs on them."
But they are so comfy!
(my fake ones at least)

But then again, you couldn't pay me enough for me to wear them in public. Some products are only meant to be used behind closed doors."

This from someone who lives in the only country in the world that still wears wooden ones isn't really a ringing endorsement."

I haven't worn those in at least 40 years....."

I don't know any Dutch person who wears those. Most wooden shoes are made in China, for Amsterdam souvenir shops to sell to tourists... "

It's fine. I don't really expect Americans to know what's going on in their own country, let alone the rest of the world."

It’s fine. We don’t really expect non-Americans from tiny countries to know just how much there is to keep track of in the fourth largest nation."

Yeah you do. And then it upsets you when it turns out we don't really care all that much about you. Wah. Wah.

I recently bought a pair of Crocs from Sam's Club, even though I normally only wear knockoffs around the house. My regular shoes are Birkenstock Profi Birki.

Recently, I was having a lot of unexplained pain in my left knee and thigh. As it turns out, it only happened when I wore Crocs. Coincidentally, same thing happened to me as a kid.

Haven't worn them at all, and guess what--no pain.

@cody6268 said:
"I recently bought a pair of Crocs from Sam's Club, even though I normally only wear knockoffs around the house. My regular shoes are Birkenstock Profi Birki.

Recently, I was having a lot of unexplained pain in my left knee and thigh. As it turns out, it only happened when I wore Crocs. Coincidentally, same thing happened to me as a kid.

Haven't worn them at all, and guess what--no pain.

"

Crocs were, as I understand it, originally designed for boating, as they would neither absorb nor retain water. They were not designed to be orthopedic. I doubt they have any arch support.

@Crux said:
" @PurpleDave said:
" @Crux said:
" @ToysFromTheAttic said:
" @WizardOfOss said:
" @sotwuser said:
" @WizardOfOss said:
" @ToysFromTheAttic said:
"But again: Crocs are absolutely awful, and anyone who wears them should be fined. Even if they do have studs on them."
But they are so comfy!
(my fake ones at least)

But then again, you couldn't pay me enough for me to wear them in public. Some products are only meant to be used behind closed doors."

This from someone who lives in the only country in the world that still wears wooden ones isn't really a ringing endorsement."

I haven't worn those in at least 40 years....."

I don't know any Dutch person who wears those. Most wooden shoes are made in China, for Amsterdam souvenir shops to sell to tourists... "

It's fine. I don't really expect Americans to know what's going on in their own country, let alone the rest of the world."

It’s fine. We don’t really expect non-Americans from tiny countries to know just how much there is to keep track of in the fourth largest nation."

Yeah you do. And then it upsets you when it turns out we don't really care all that much about you. Wah. Wah."

Settle down, chaps. Let's focus our hatred on these awful things that are supposed to be shoes.

The wife and I both wear faux-crocs: in the house, in the garden and out in public, particularly when camping at festivals (great for walking to and from the shower block - and we're not alone in doing so). The good lady also wears a variety of clogs (not crocs, but clogs) day-to-day, out and about, to committee meetings she is chairing and just to the corner shop.

The only reason we'd not wear these particular ones is the price, but if they were reduced 'cos none of you lot dare to wear them, all the better! They'd go down a storm with the fun, happy folks we like to hang around with; especially at my University reunion!

Although, reading the comments above, the phrase that springs to mind is "methinks they doth protest too much".