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Well, the time has finally come... well almost. After tallying the votes and
checking them twice (yes, for some I will indeed look like Santa), we are
ready to announce the winner of the LEGO Legends Vote!
Check http://www.LEGO.com tomorrow for the official announcement!
Jake
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Jake McKee
Senior Producer
LEGO Direct
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Jake,
This is great news! And I think it will be a historic moment in LEGOLAND,
for both Lego Direct and fans of the brick. I look forward to reading the
announcement tomorrow.
I also hope that the AFOL community can concentrate on celebrating this
interaction between LD and the fans rather than complaining about why their
favorite set was not selected for re-release.
Even if your set was not chosen as a Legend, let Lego know that you want
them to continue releasing classic Lego sets.
Bryan
"Jake McKee" <jacob.mckee@america.lego.com> wrote in message
news:Gyy7H1.8uH@lugnet.com...
> Well, the time has finally come... well almost. After tallying the votes • and
> checking them twice (yes, for some I will indeed look like Santa), we are
> ready to announce the winner of the LEGO Legends Vote!
>
> Check http://www.LEGO.com tomorrow for the official announcement!
>
> Jake
>
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> Jake McKee
> Senior Producer
> LEGO Direct
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In lugnet.lego.direct, Jake McKee writes:
> Well, the time has finally come... well almost. After tallying the votes and
> checking them twice (yes, for some I will indeed look like Santa), we are
> ready to announce the winner of the LEGO Legends Vote!
>
> Check http://www.LEGO.com tomorrow for the official announcement!
And for those impatient folks(1) out there, here's the direct link:
http://www.lego.com/build/features/legendvote/default.asp
thanks,
James
1: Not that we have any of THOSE around here.... ;)
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In lugnet.lego.direct, Jake McKee writes:
> Well, the time has finally come... well almost. After tallying the votes and
> checking them twice (yes, for some I will indeed look like Santa), we are
> ready to announce the winner of the LEGO Legends Vote!
>
> Check http://www.LEGO.com tomorrow for the official announcement!
>
> Jake
>
> ---
> Jake McKee
> Senior Producer
> LEGO Direct
Jake,
Can you please the actual tally from the vote. I am curious to see how close
it was between them all.
Jude
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In lugnet.lego.direct, James Brown writes:
> In lugnet.lego.direct, Jake McKee writes:
> > Well, the time has finally come... well almost. After tallying the votes and
> > checking them twice (yes, for some I will indeed look like Santa), we are
> > ready to announce the winner of the LEGO Legends Vote!
> >
> > Check http://www.LEGO.com tomorrow for the official announcement!
>
> And for those impatient folks(1) out there, here's the direct link:
>
> http://www.lego.com/build/features/legendvote/default.asp
>
>
>
> thanks,
>
> James
>
> 1: Not that we have any of THOSE around here.... ;)
This is interesting announcement....thanks James Brown.
It makes for an interesting issue. You have Lego Direct issueing out
a fantastic set...that will appeal to a wide spectrum of fans of all
theme groups.
It means that A) the Red Beard Runner is slated for discontinueation...
because of direct competition and B) that means that they'll probably be
a glut (excess) of Red Beard Runners so eventually you'll be able to get them
at discount....
looks like a Win-Win situation for the Lego Community.
I can't wait for some of the other sets to come out from this list, with
exception to the space selection. I am not against the Space Theme, but
wish that they would have chosen a better model to go against the others.
Its interesting that the Yellow Castle got more votes than the
Black Falcon Fortress, which surprises me because of the overall color of
the set...in a bland yellow. Plus, the increased amount of cost
surpasses the value of 14 (yes!! 14 minifigs). They key to this set, I
think is that the helms and visors will be the modern ones and not the
original ones.
Just my initial thoughts.
Benjamin Medinets
either continue to sell the Red Beard Runner or mostly likely LEGO will
discontinue it.
I highly
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In lugnet.lego.direct, Benjamin Medinets writes:
> Its interesting that the Yellow Castle got more votes than the
> Black Falcon Fortress, which surprises me because of the overall color of
> the set...in a bland yellow. Plus, the increased amount of cost
> surpasses the value of 14 (yes!! 14 minifigs). They key to this set, I
> think is that the helms and visors will be the modern ones and not the
> original ones.
One minor correction: the runners up are listed in no particular order.
Jake
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Jake McKee
Senior Producer
LEGO Direct
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In lugnet.lego.direct, Jake McKee writes:
> In lugnet.lego.direct, Benjamin Medinets writes:
>
> > Its interesting that the Yellow Castle got more votes than the
> > Black Falcon Fortress, which surprises me because of the overall color of
> > the set...in a bland yellow. Plus, the increased amount of cost
> > surpasses the value of 14 (yes!! 14 minifigs). They key to this set, I
> > think is that the helms and visors will be the modern ones and not the
> > original ones.
>
> One minor correction: the runners up are listed in no particular order.
My Bad...I thought they were. Sorry. Perhaps a numbered vote count would
give the Fans a better perspective on how each model faired in the voting.
Ben
Lugnet #817
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In lugnet.lego.direct, Benjamin Medinets writes:
> In lugnet.lego.direct, Jake McKee writes:
> > One minor correction: the runners up are listed in no particular order.
>
> My Bad...I thought they were. Sorry. Perhaps a numbered vote count would
> give the Fans a better perspective on how each model faired in the voting.
Agree-- and in the event that TLC doesn't want to release the raw
numbers(1), perhaps we could see at least the order they came in?
DaveE
(1) This kinda sounds like info that TLC might not want to release, as there
may have been other factors involved in the decision on TLC's part that
they'd rather not expose. So, say, if BSB got fewer raw votes than Main
Street, but had much better numbers on *other* preference questions (recall
that for voting there were several questions), they won't have to take flak
on which was the best decision given the numbers they had.
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David Eaton wrote:
>
> In lugnet.lego.direct, Benjamin Medinets writes:
> > In lugnet.lego.direct, Jake McKee writes:
> > > One minor correction: the runners up are listed in no particular order.
> >
> > My Bad...I thought they were. Sorry. Perhaps a numbered vote count would
> > give the Fans a better perspective on how each model faired in the voting.
>
> Agree-- and in the event that TLC doesn't want to release the raw
> numbers(1), perhaps we could see at least the order they came in?
>
> DaveE
>
> (1) This kinda sounds like info that TLC might not want to release, as there
> may have been other factors involved in the decision on TLC's part that
> they'd rather not expose. So, say, if BSB got fewer raw votes than Main
> Street, but had much better numbers on *other* preference questions (recall
> that for voting there were several questions), they won't have to take flak
> on which was the best decision given the numbers they had.
Note that if the winner was chosen by balancing the various questions
that they might not know the complete order since they may have only
used the other factors for the two top contenders or something).
It may be best though not to release the order at all. It will just give
something for people to whine about. I could make some guesses as to how
and why the voting fell:
- With two castle sets, the castle vote was certainly diluted (though
"other factors" could have led them to chose one of the castle sets if
there was a clear preference for a castle set). My guess is that had
6074 been the only castle choice it would have won (though my first
choice was 6075).
- The Battrax probably doesn't have as wide an appeal as another Space
set has. In my opinion, this offering hurt the chance to see a Space
set.
- While we have seen a re-release of a Pirate Ship, of all the
offerings, a Pirate Ship is the only thing which can't easily be made
from parts of many other sets (in that it depends on the cloth sails for
sure, and the hull pieces don't hurt either).
- Two town sets were released earlier this year.
I hope that we will actually see all of these sets (or at least all that
received a good showing, I wouldn't cry if the Battrax never made it,
there are other Space sets I'd much rather see).
Frank
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In lugnet.lego.direct, Frank Filz writes:
> Note that if the winner was chosen by balancing the various questions
> that they might not know the complete order since they may have only
> used the other factors for the two top contenders or something).
Well, they could still figure out who #2,#3,etc would be, just by using
whatever logic they used for the actual winner, and applying it to the
remaining 4...
> It may be best though not to release the order at all. It will just give
> something for people to whine about.
Agree-- It's one of those things where I'd be curious to know, but in the
long run may just be left better unknown as I'm sure some people might
complain. And *ESPECIALLY* if the raw data were released, since chances are
other algorithms could be divined that were still "fair" yielding different
results. Then there's people like me who wouldn't really *whine* per se, but
would waste valuable hours over-analyzing the data for no good reason.
> I could make some guesses as to how and why the voting fell:
>
> - With two castle sets, the castle vote was certainly diluted (though
> "other factors" could have led them to chose one of the castle sets if
> there was a clear preference for a castle set). My guess is that had
> 6074 been the only castle choice it would have won (though my first
> choice was 6075).
I tend to agree-- 6074 had the best price/piece ratio of those offered, had
grey bricks (good for just about all genres), and probably could've pulled
some weight among its contenders. Might not have *won* if 375/6075 weren't
offered, but almost definitely would've done better.
> - The Battrax probably doesn't have as wide an appeal as another Space
> set has. In my opinion, this offering hurt the chance to see a Space
> set.
Although I have to say Battrax was my 2nd favorite BT1 set, and probably
somewhere about my 7th-10th favorite space set of all time, I know other
people aren't nearly as fond of it (in relation to other space sets). Also
comparing general size of the set to the competition just guaranteed (IMHO)
that this one wouldn't win.
375/6075 - This one I also think just didn't have much of a chance. People
aren't craving bulk yellow bricks, and honestly, as a castle color, I'll
take grey over yellow any day. Plus a large part of the appeal of the set is
the old-style helmets & visors (I suppose the old-school 1x1 w/ headlight
bricks as well) which weren't going to be available in the set. I could be
wrong, I just don't think this one had a good shot at winning.
DaveE
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