Talk:Lego tire

Misleading?

It is funny to list Bridgestone, Michelin, and Goodyear as competitors, but even as the source for this information notes, this is a misleading stat. They are not the same kind of tire. Either remove or clarify the table with these numbers under Production? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 107.167.208.234 (talk) 19:25, 17 September 2018 (UTC)

Ingredients?

What are the tires made of? --smitty — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.64.101.49 (talk) 20:00, 10 February 2013 (UTC)

EL eligible?

www worldbricks com/lego/lego-instructions/by-number/400-499/400-small-wheels.html This is pretty key (see PDF in particular). (It's also on the global spam blacklist which seems odd.) ^Bongo_matic 14:25, 16 May 2012 (UTC)

I suspect it is on the black list because people were adding them to things like List of Lego Star Wars sets, which probably doesn't need all the manuals. It would be nice to get a free version of the tire from set 400, as it looks very different to today's tires. I wonder if Lego has one they would be willing to donate.--kelapstick^(bainuu) 21:56, 16 May 2012 (UTC)

Knock-offs?

"All tires (and wheels) for Lego products are manufactured by Lego..." Aren't there any knock-off brands that fit with Legos? LadyofShalott 02:49, 17 May 2012 (UTC)

Probably Tyco has stuff that would fit, but are they for Lego? Maybe it should read "Lego manufactures its own tires and wheels" or something similar. --kelapstick^(bainuu) 02:56, 17 May 2012 (UTC)

Assuming RS can be found, it might be worth a mention... somthing along along the lines of, "Other manufactureres, such as Tyco, produce tires that also fit with Lego systems, as is the case with other Lego blocks."[ref] OK that phrasing really needs work, but it's a thought. LadyofShalott 03:05, 17 May 2012 (UTC)

It's unimportant. If someone other than Lego made a compatible tire it wouldn't make it a "Lego product." The statement is saying that Lego makes all their own tires rather than outsourcing it to a third party manufacturer. Drewder (talk) 02:20, 17 June 2016 (UTC)

Lede image

Why not bump that image up to the top, so visitors can see it instantly. It sort of connects with the title and looks a little odd way down there. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 03:25, 17 May 2012 (UTC)

 Done before I added the external links section there was no TOC, so the image pushed into the second section.--kelapstick^(bainuu) 03:35, 17 May 2012 (UTC)

{{Clear}} can probably help with that in other instances. -- Trevj (talk) 17:39, 20 May 2012 (UTC)

Mattel?

By the logic about quantities produced, isn't it likely that Mattel makes more tires? Potatoswatter (talk) 20:28, 20 May 2012 (UTC)

But Mattel doesn't make rubber tires does it? They are mainly plastic "tires" or wheels. - - M0rphzone 22:27, 20 May 2012 (UTC)

They sure do. Some Hot Wheels models do have rubber tires (it's mentioned multiple times in the Hot Wheels articles), some Matchbox models also did (cf. [1], [2], ...), and there are other Mattel car brands like Disney Pixar Cars that also have rubber tires. I'm not aware of any numbers at all, but considering that Lego claims its annual(!) production to be > 300 million tires and the Guiness book publicy announces them being the biggest manufacturer without someone protesting, I tend to believe there's actually no bigger one. --YMS (talk) 16:50, 12 September 2014 (UTC)

318 or 381

I think the real number of manufactured tires was 318 million, not 381 million. According to Lego itself "It may come as a surprise that a staggering 318 million LEGO tyres are produced each year, that’s over 870,000 each day!", oddly enough the article also mentions 381 million ("The LEGO Group produces 381 million wheels a year") but it's probably a typo - 870,000*365 is almost 318 million. Roo72 (talk) 08:41, 6 August 2013 (UTC)

The linked article (https://www.lego.com/en-us/aboutus/news-room/2012/june/guiness-world-record-to-the-lego-group) has apparently been corrected to consistently mention 318. I will update the wikipedia article based on this. Habbie (talk) 19:07, 3 September 2017 (UTC)