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Re: IRON MECHA - The Qwelder Mech - FOR SALE
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Tue, 28 Mar 2006 08:55:25 GMT
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In lugnet.build.mecha, Eric Sophie wrote:
   I put the Qwelder-Mech up for sale on Auctionbrick.com:

A message to the Evil Oppressors:

Your disparagment and oppression only serves to strengthen my resolve.

I have 5000+ views on the Qwelder-Mech Gallery that says it is a good idea to let folks know about the sale.

No one speaks for the “mecha community”. None of you.

Selling the Qwelder-Mech was a hard decision for me. I want it to have a good home. I cannot continue to own a war machine. That is my personal choice.

I believe the people who spend their time oppressing me have no compassion. No breadth of scope. No understanding of my dream.

The proceeds of this model will put food on my table and continue to maintain a roof over my head. This is not me just trying to turn a buck, this is a person trying to free himself of many years of collecting.

Those who attempt to oppress my way of life have no room in their heart to see fellow Lego Fan succeed at a mutual craft.

Jealousy controls you, hatred motivates you. The same people, the same hatred. I created a graphic to honor the image presented to the contestees. The graphic has been online for weeks now. No one raised a concern when I posted it originally. Only now that there is a platform to complain do the malcontents rasie their heads.

I have decided to protest your oppression. I will post an image of my choosing, one day, each day for 30 days. If you wish to add your voice, click on the image. The view counts will say all that is needed. You need not put yourself in the line of fire. I respect your anonymity.

Sending me your personal emails encouraging me is fine. However you allow me to suffer in public. This is understandable considering the negative effects that may come your way.

I must do everything in my power to reach those who may be interested in owning one of my creations. I have a total of $1000+ in sales this month alone. I am proud of that and I am glad to provide the best quality models I can manage.

I do not wish to fight. I only wish to create. I will continue to create until I have no more Lego. The title of this post is acurate, this is an IRON MECHA, and it is FOR SALE.

I say to all that read this, I did not wantingly violate TOS. I say to all that read this, I sell my creations so that others may enjoy them. The price reflects the work and materials involved, as well as the knowledge put in to them.

Allow another human being to seek his own liberty. Making a post that informs my peers of a sale is no crime. Only a select few, people who I have fought with in the past have taken issue with my posts. Those who wish to damage my success.

Looking back, I would do it again. Because I know the hunger in my stomach, I know the cold outside. I know I want to make a better life for myself, that includes unloading the vast sums of parts I have collected since I was a child.

This is best for me. I have a burden keeping so many parts. I want to make as many cool things as possible with what I own and sell them off so I can live my life away from this constant work to maintain my collection.

I have asked my contacts at Lego for their blessings. I have received them. So I offer what I have to you, my fellow Lego Fans.

Never would I allow people who hardly know me to control my dreams.

I love to build. I will always love Lego. Fact is I have plenty, and if you so desire, it can be yours.

Now I present my first image to peaceably protest of the cruelty that continues to thrive through the oppressive nature of my foes.

Build on.

This is called “Struggle to build”.

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to Support - allow a fellow Lego Builder to seek his own liberty

Eric Sophie 2006



Message has 8 Replies:
  Re: IRON MECHA - The Qwelder Mech - FOR SALE
 
(...) And yet... (...) ...you admit you would do it again, even after it's been explained to you (more than once) why posting auction notices in .build.mecha is against the TOS. (...) And yet you agree to be "controlled" by the Lugnet TOS every time (...) (18 years ago, 28-Mar-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, FTX)  
  Re: IRON MECHA - The Qwelder Mech - FOR SALE
 
(...) If you really think that reminders to follow lugnet's TOS and international copyright law constitues 'Evil Opression', then you're more delusional than even I thought possible. (...) Here's a little feature of Lego that you may not be aware of (...) (18 years ago, 28-Mar-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, FTX)  
  Re: IRON MECHA - The Qwelder Mech - FOR SALE
 
(...) Let me guess - You're represented by the shiny knob. The diver surrounded by the twisty turntables is the Lugnet community entagled in the knob's particular brand of lunacy, and the skeletons are the lurkers waiting to complain about all the (...) (18 years ago, 28-Mar-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, FTX) ! 
  Re: IRON MECHA - The Qwelder Mech - FOR SALE
 
(...) Since I was one of the many to reply to the violation of the ToU, I cold take offence to this remark, but I'm Canadian, so eh... (...) I don't speak for mecha community, I, as well as others, speak for the LUGNET community. It's the 'community (...) (18 years ago, 28-Mar-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)  
  Re: IRON MECHA - The Qwelder Mech - FOR SALE
 
(...) A few things to note here. 5000 views does NOT mean 5000 people from build.mecha looked at it. Nor does it mean 5000 people want to hear about a sale announcement in build.mecha when most of them probably don't even read the group. Lastly, (...) (18 years ago, 28-Mar-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, FTX) ! 
  Re: IRON MECHA - The Qwelder Mech - FOR SALE
 
(URL) Soren (18 years ago, 29-Mar-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, FTX) ! 
  Re: IRON MECHA - The Qwelder Mech - FOR SALE
 
(...) SNIP Eric, What is going on, man? People have brought up a lot of legitimate points and you haven’t really given a clear explanation or rebuttal to the points addressed... As an artist myself, I am learning a lot about publicity and reputation (...) (18 years ago, 30-Mar-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, FTX) ! 
  Re: IRON MECHA - The Qwelder Mech - FOR SALE
 
(...) Eric, you do realise "recent" folders on BS get several hundred views per day without even trying, don't you? ROSCO (18 years ago, 30-Mar-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, FTX)  

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  IRON MECHA - The Qwelder Mech - FOR SALE
 
I put the Qwelder-Mech up for sale on Auctionbrick.com: (2 URLs) the the auction page here> Thank you. Eric Sophie (URL) www.biomechanicalbricks.com (18 years ago, 27-Mar-06, to lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade, FTX)

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