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There used to always be a lot of excitement on r.t.l. and LUGNET this time of
year in anticipation of the first sighting of next year's LEGO catalog. Someone
would find it, someone would post scans of it and discussion of all the new sets
and parts would ensue. Is this still done? My buying habits are such that I
don't even have a 2003 yet (other than S@H cats). Anyway, I miss the detailed
examination of the new catalog that used to be a yearly event. Why is this not
being done anymore?
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In lugnet.general, Thomas Main wrote:
> There used to always be a lot of excitement on r.t.l. and LUGNET this time of
> year in anticipation of the first sighting of next year's LEGO catalog. Someone
> would find it, someone would post scans of it and discussion of all the new sets
> and parts would ensue. Is this still done? My buying habits are such that I
> don't even have a 2003 yet (other than S@H cats). Anyway, I miss the detailed
> examination of the new catalog that used to be a yearly event. Why is this not
> being done anymore?
Some of the fun went away during the bad years (around 1999) when themes as we
knew them submerged, and now there are so many other "leaks" and special treats
on the web that the catalog is not so new when it surfaces. Yeah, I miss that
too, and I also fondly remember the times when even the little insert sheet
would be the herald of an entirely new line like Ninja "in Summer 1998!"
I'm sure there are fans being made right now who will miss the good old days of
2003 later.
But, where is that catalog?
-Erik (with a K)
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I too have yet to get a 2003 catalog.
It seems that the big multipage catalog is not as an important promotional
piece as it used to be.
If I remember correctly, some sets this year had other sets in the same line
displayed in the back of the instruction book rather than in a separate
catalog. This move makes sense from a business standpoint. Parents are less
likely to thow out the instructions.
The S@H catalog is where I get most of my information about new sets.
Still, I love the in box catalogs. Is the 2003 catalog scanned anywhere?
Lets dig up that 2004 catalog and get it scanned.
Bryan
"Thomas Main" <thomasmain@myrealbox.com> wrote in message
news:HMupsD.652@lugnet.com...
> There used to always be a lot of excitement on r.t.l. and LUGNET this time • of
> year in anticipation of the first sighting of next year's LEGO catalog. • Someone
> would find it, someone would post scans of it and discussion of all the • new sets
> and parts would ensue. Is this still done? My buying habits are such • that I
> don't even have a 2003 yet (other than S@H cats). Anyway, I miss the • detailed
> examination of the new catalog that used to be a yearly event. Why is • this not
> being done anymore?
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In lugnet.general, Thomas Main wrote:
> There used to always be a lot of excitement on r.t.l. and LUGNET this time of
> year in anticipation of the first sighting of next year's LEGO catalog.
I have asked LEGO for digital versions of the 2004 catalog(s) for display
on Brickshelf. I have not seen any catalogs in the 2004 sets I have found so
far.
KL
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