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Re: Worth the wait? (NO!)
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lugnet.castle
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Sat, 9 Jun 2001 07:09:05 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, Anthony Sava writes:
> If I were lego, I'd say screw the collectors because collectors drag down >profits.
That's a very good point, Anthony. And the only way TLC will triumph over
collector's is to re-release a lot of stuff they are not now producing.
Perhaps it's in the works. Who knows...? If they produced enough quantity
of the rarer elements that make people go to eBay, that market could well
dry up rather than making eBay richer as it currently does! I'd love to see
that. I'd much prefer to be buying pristine, mint condition white maiden
hats from TLC than be buying old, scratched, chewed ones on eBay at a
premium -- money that goes towards such purchases, certainly doesn't go to
TLC, and it could. And as inconsequential as everyone always says it all is
-- let's not forget that eBay is a site that became wealthy starting out as
a business devised to help the founder's wife score those rarer Pez
dispensers. I have noticed that the lego pages go on forever these days too.
And if I am on eBay buying old Blacktron I figures, I sure ain't at Lego.com
buying from Lego Direct/Shop@Home.
BTW, all of this stuff about reading or not reading posts is lost on me. I
read your initial post and didn't follow some of your reasoning either. I
am not saying I made myself crazy meticulously going over each and every
word searching it for meaning -- but I am saying that I am generally a
pretty good reader (I have a degree in English) and I didn't get it.
Nobody's perfect, but I am thinking that more of us Lugnuts missed your
point than got it. Perhaps it wasn't expressed as well as you might have
thought...?
I am hoping for more and better from TLC all the time, and am often
disappointed -- just like you. But for once, I think even someone as
critical as yourself can see that some major steps are being taken to at
least mollify the audience we Lugnuts represent. As the Angriest Lego
Collector in the World, I hardly think that TLC is incapable of making
*misteaks* -- I think they have been making terrible, HUGE mistakes for
years! But maybe that is beginning to change. Maybe they have seen the light
at last. I think we can keep the pressure on to good effect, but I am not
sure there is any point to being staunchly opposed to the re-release of
Guarded Inn. Others got theirs this time. Perhaps you'll get yours next
time. I am not losing sleep over not having purchased one until now, but I
am now very pleased to buy some of these sets at an excellent price. If you
don't like the set -- perhaps you could buy one or two, add in parts from
your existing collection, and build something far cooler with these Guarded
Inn parts packs! This thing is a far better value than the largest KK set
in my view. Yes or no?
After the notice about the Classics sets, and now the Legend series, I think
we finally may owe Lego Direct at least a simple "Atta Boy!" Can you really
disagree with that? You can get right back on TLC's case about whatever
tickles your fancy after agreeing to at least that one, small point...
=)
-- Hop-Frog (licking my back will give you glorious JUJU dreams)
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| Mostly haven't been in this thread, short on time earlier this week. Here's my take overall. Anthony: go ahead and feel that Guarded Inn wasn't the best first release item. Not everyone agrees, I think it *WAS* a great first release but you gave (...) (23 years ago, 9-Jun-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) this? (...) Sigh... No one reads posts anymore. Since you didn't read it, I'll explain. The re-releasing of non-castle sets is unfair, since Castle has been beaten down so much. I complain about the Guarded Inn coming back because unlike John (...) (23 years ago, 9-Jun-01, to lugnet.castle)
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