If you're unaware, Lego's newest innovation is the "Smart Brick," a standard Lego stuffed with electronics that allow it to make various sounds in various situations. They're wildly expensive, at a time when Lego prices are already rising, and reportedly are just about the dumbest things ever.
The pièce de résistance, though? As revealed in this article at The Verge, you can't even change the batteries in the dang things! So you can look forward to them becoming even more useless at some point in the future.
For more info on what's going on inside, enjoy this video of JerryRigEverything dismantling it:
So it's possible for Lego bricks to get bricked?