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Re: Worth the wait? (NO!)
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Fri, 8 Jun 2001 23:04:41 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, Anthony Sava writes:
> I know I shall be the only one with this opinion, but frankly I am saddened by
> the re-release of the Guarded Inn.
Would you prefer yet another juniorized castle set?
> Yes, I will buy one or two, I'm not saying it's a bad set. I've always wanted
> one. HOWEVER I see no redeemable feature that would make the original set sell
> for $100, $200 off ebay.
No one forces those people to pay those prices. And the whole point of the
Legends line is now we don't have to.
> I am glad that the evil ebay oppressors will be shot down, the rarity of this
> set has become next to common. Hurrah! Death to those who try to pass lego
> off as a collectable!
Ok. Personally I'm more disgusted by those AFOLs that ask people to pick up
discounted/hard-to-find sets for them at cost, only to turn around and sell
them for a profit. But different pet peeves is all.
> But you see, I would have rather seen a castle be reintroduced. The King's
> Castle, the Knight's Castle, the Black Falcon's Fortress, THOSE are the things
> of LEGEND! The Guarded Inn, in my opinion, is a dinky little set with little
> value except for parts, parts that I really don't need too many of. I cannot
> fathom why someone would value the Guarded Inn at $300! (Which I once saw on
> ebay)
Hey I can't understand Fabuland at all, but different strokes. . . :)
I think this is the crux of your post. You seem to have funneled your
disappointment over the particular choice of the 6067 instead of a large
castle, into a rant over all sorts of things. Which of course of fine, as
long as you realize, that the Guarded Inn is *the best choice* LD could make
in regards to Castle. No other castle set increased 25x it's original
value. No other castle set was ranked higher on Lugnet. And if it were put
to a vote, I'd say 6067 would win hands down.
> Granted, Lego will introduce several more legends each year. But we will
> probably see a new castle set rereleased once a year, or every other year, to
> make room for other sets. I say this is unfair. Even to the pirate fans I say
> this is unfair. Pirates had it done mercifully.
I have no idea why you think re-releasing sets is unfair. Almost everybody
is happy-ecstatic about this. You even point out how lame the new sets are,
and now you're complaining about the best of the old ones coming back? Am I
missing something here? Maybe you could please explain what you mean by this?
Castle has been beaten down
> with worthless series after series after series. Lego has trashed the good
> name of castle with Dragon Masters, Fright Knights, Ninja, and to a lesser
> extent Knight's Kingdom. Pirates were discontinued before they became too
> worthless to buy. Space? Technic? Town? They have not been given too many
> totally worthless series to play with in my opinion.
FYI, KK has been fairly successful for them. No other large set was as in
demand than King Leo's Castle this past Christmas. I'd argue that Ninja was
no worse and possibly much better than KK in terms of design.
> The Guarded Inn a Lego Legend? Hardly. It is only named so because of the
> missguided paying too much on Ebay for them. The set was hardly rare, anyone
> who at the time, had a S@H catelog could buy one. I myself have four differ
"Hardly rare?" I disagree. By your logic, there's almost nothing that is
rare, since at one point in time you could get almost every set. Take that
line of reasoning out further and it's like saying the 1929 Bugatti is not
rare since 72 years ago, anybody could order one.
> catelogs with it advertised, though as a child I didn't want it. As an adult
> I'm only buying one for the sake of owning one and perhaps a second just for
> the minifigs. Now if they reintroduced the King's Castle! I'd be buying a
> couple of those. Rerelease the Yellow Castle? I'd be a lot.
The King's Castle is my personal favorite Castle set. Bought mine used for
$20 about 5 years ago. Today, I can still find it used for about the old
retail price. It can go for 1x-2x retail and the Yellow Castle goes for
2x-4x retail value. Can you say the same about 6067? Which would I want
re-released to get the most for my money? 6067 - I'm getting 15 of them.
> Rerelease
> action sets like the Battering Ram or the Seige Tower or Knight's Challenge?
> I'd buy a lot of those too.
Lemme see, AFOLs moan and groan about the lack of non-war-related castle
sets for how many years? ;) Honestly people! It's like whatever Lego
does, somebody is going to complain about it! Sometimes I really feel for
those people at LD.
Stepping off my soapbox now,
Jimmy
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| [warning, non-Castlehead posting] (...) I agree. This was the best Castle set LD could have released as a Legend. Its price point makes it attainable to all LEGO buyers and it was ranked highest on Lugnet. (...) At the risk of this sounding like a (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jun-01, to lugnet.castle)
| | | Re: Worth the wait? (NO!)
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| It's too bad no one reads posts anymore, they just reply for the sake of replying. Maybe I should return your favor Jimmy and just reply without reading what you've written. (...) by (...) wanted (...) sell (...) things (...) say (...) (23 years ago, 9-Jun-01, to lugnet.castle)
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| I know I shall be the only one with this opinion, but frankly I am saddened by the re-release of the Guarded Inn. Yes, I will buy one or two, I'm not saying it's a bad set. I've always wanted one. HOWEVER I see no redeemable feature that would make (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jun-01, to lugnet.castle)
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