>>11468111
in the beginning, you could use your bricks to build whatever you wanted.

100 years ago when Lego first did a Star Wars X-Wing, it was a revolution. the one that you built was garbage next to the "official" Lego model.

then, Lego made a "new" X-wing. and again. and again.

why would Lego do that? What was wrong with the first "official" model? that was THE OFFICIAL Lego X-Wing!

every time Lego re-builds something, you start to get the idea that maybe... the one YOU built... wasn't so invalid after all.

and if THAT wasn't invalid, why should it matter if the piece was NOT Lego, too?!

some of those 3rd-party minifigs are made with the same spirit of art design, as if they are trying to match the Lego figures. if they were on the same shelf, would you even notice they were not "official" Lego?

eventually some non-Lego thing will be so good, that it won't matter that it's not "LEGO". that's up to you to decide when that is. built by you vs official model, brick made by Lego vs brick made by 3rd party.