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Re: LEGO Company Welcomes Adult LEGO Enthusiasts
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lugnet.lego.direct
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Thu, 7 Dec 2000 09:25:34 GMT
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In lugnet.lego.direct, John Matthews writes:
> If LEGO offers all the 'desireable' parts, then they no longer are
> desireable. LEGO would never do this as it would kill off a good deal of
> their business, namely, AFOLs.
Actually, I think LEGO would benefit greatly (as in, money in their pockets)
if they offered the desireable parts because they are simply desireable!
However, I'd have mixed feelings about it. On the one hand, it's great that
I can get huge amounts of pitchforks (for example), but then the one
pitchfork that I currently own wouldn't be special (to me) anymore.
Taken a step further, sets that are "no longer available" will once again be
available, somehow or another! (My "prized" Black Seas Barracuda wouldn't
be "prized" anymore!)
So secretly, I hope for the middle ground: LEGO should make MOST (but not
all) pieces available for us to access.
Bryan
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| Warning, uninformed speculation ahead. That annoys some people (and their annoyance, in turn, bemuses others). (...) I think this is the very MOST that we can hope for and it is in fact a stretch. Although no one can say for sure, the probability (...) (23 years ago, 7-Dec-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| (...) You "prize" the wrong thing, in my view. You prize the collectability of the thing, or the elitism of owning the thing, and not the thing itself. That seems pretty whacky to me, considering we are talking about plastic toys! -- Richard (23 years ago, 7-Dec-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
| | | Re: LEGO Company Welcomes Adult LEGO Enthusiasts
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| (...) So? If you "prize" these things for the reason I do, that you LOVE them, how could it be a bad thing to have them become available again? I value pitchforks pretty darn highly. I love the part and I wish I could have 10,000 of them. But it (...) (23 years ago, 7-Dec-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: LEGO Company Welcomes Adult LEGO Enthusiasts
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| If LEGO offers all the 'desireable' parts, then they no longer are desireable. LEGO would never do this as it would kill off a good deal of their business, namely, AFOLs. Build On! John Matthews Tim Courtney <tim@zacktron.com> wrote in message (...) (23 years ago, 7-Dec-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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