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Re: Worth the wait? (NO!)
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Sat, 9 Jun 2001 05:06:16 GMT
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On Sat, 9 Jun 2001 00:15:56 GMT, "Anthony Sava"
<savatheaggie@yahoo.com> wrote:
> 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.
Obviously you have already mastered this style.
(top posted too, how.... inconsiderate)
<MASSIVE SNIPPAGE TO FOLLOW>
the previous players,
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> > In lugnet.castle, Jimmy Park writes:
> > > In lugnet.castle, Anthony Sava writes:
> > > 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)
This 'Dinky little set' is something I wish I'd known about in the
times before my dark ages. I only found out about it about emerging
from my dark ages. I have wanted one ever since, now I have already
pre-ordered four.
> > 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 hope they release MANY Castle sets as Legends, I am sure I will buy
a number of them (in more ways than one)
When most themes get killed it's NEVER merciful to it's fans, I am NOT
a pirat-head but I appreciate the theme.
> >
> > 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.
Beaten down? the FK series was not very good in and of it self (IMHO)
but was still alright for parts (especially on clearance! :^)
> > > 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
It probably *THE* best set they could have picked for a variety of
reasons given elsewhere in this thread, I'll not repeat them here,
read the thread.
> > > Rerelease
> > > action sets like the Battering Ram or the Seige Tower or Knight's Challenge?
> > > I'd buy a lot of those too.
You want to build your army ranks? buy the 4811 Defense Archer it a
great deal (as are/were any of the Castle polybagged sets).
> > >
> > 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
Exactly, Jimmy, exactly!
I made my first S@H order because of these sets, and biggest reason is
BECAUSE of exactly which set it is, the price point, the whole works.
Hurrah for LEGO Direct.
Anthony, if you want to rain on someone's parade take it elsewhere,
please. This is a momentous occasion for LEGO fans, AFOL's especially
I think but that's mostly because that's what I am at this point. I
LOVE the Guarded Inn selection as the lead set for the Legends line,
if you don't like it or it's position as the lead set, don't buy it.
(it just means more for the rest of us :^)
(I tried to leave enough text in for context)
As always,
Mike
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All other themes are just spare parts for Castle! :^)
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| (...) little (...) cannot (...) on (...) to (...) this? (...) good (...) many (...) Yes, it might be good for parts, terrible for sales. You may not be aware, but for a company, having a product line go into thrift shops in such a large quantity is (...) (23 years ago, 9-Jun-01, to lugnet.castle)
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| I for one appreciate Anthony’s comments. Even though I too am among the countless who are enamored at its arrival. We write in a medium that presents itself as an open forum. Therefore, it is to be expected that some opinion will differ from the (...) (23 years ago, 9-Jun-01, to lugnet.castle)
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