$5 to $10 a piece/block? Still, cheaper than real legos.

Yeah, but stepping on one of these without wearing shoes will cause your foot to explode.

I never got the whole "step on a lego" meme. Do legos really hurt that much? I don't remember any especially painful experience with them. Of course, I've always had a habit of walking around without shoes, even as a kid, so the bottoms of my feet are pretty calloused.

Due to very sharp corners and hard plastic, it definitely doesn't feel good! However, anyone that thinks it's the worst thing you could step on didn't grow up in an area with goat heads!

Why were there goat heads on the floor at your house?

It's mainly an issue in houses with carpet. They stick to the bottoms of your shoes and then get stuck in the carpet. In my case it was more an issue of never wearing shoes. It doesn't matter how much your feet callus, the goat head will still win!

You're not talking about actual goat heads, are you? Is a goat head part of a plant, or something?

Yes, sorry! The sacrifices to Baphomet happened at my neighbor's house.

I am referring to the seeds of a weed common to my area. They typically have three very hard thorns and would make great impromptu tire spikes.

Cinder blocks: $1-$5 depending on bulk
Bricks: 50 cents apiece, maybe?

There are a bunch of projects in places like instructables for building furniture with cinder blocks and some are very nice. Maybe some will also require mortar and all that to remain solid. In any case, I am waiting to see how Lego sends hordes of lawyers against these guys in the immediate future.

You've got a real point there.

These, at least, appear to be cost-competitive with masonry -- but they're totally nonstructural. I worked (briefly) with a company that wanted close to $20 a block, which meant that they were looking at close to $30/square foot for walls. Sure, they were structural, but at that price, why not build it out of cinder blocks for $15/square foot (installed)?

Stepping on a Lego brick is a pleasant tickle compared to the agony of stepping on a four-sided die.

Apparently, you've never left your caltrops collection on the floor and forgotten about them.

Couldn't find a price anywhere on the website. For some reason I suspect these things are going to be 15 bucks apiece.

Top of page in the menu.

Stepping on one of these would kill a small town, all Akira like.

A joke about stepping on one of these

Did you hear the one about the guy that stepped on the Lego? He... uh... it hurt.