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Re: Question: Are reviews of non-LEGO (such as Mega Blocks) sets of interest?
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lugnet.admin.general
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Wed, 3 Mar 1999 07:46:41 GMT
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Todd Lehman wrote:
> [Crossposted to lugnet.reviews & lugnet.admin.general, with followups
> set to lugnet.admin.general]
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> In lugnet.reviews, lighthouse@bonzai.net (Janet Zorn) writes:
> > I doubt that .reviews will get deluged with clone reviews. Lego makes
> > probably as many sets as all the clones combined, and few here will
> > buy clones to be able to review them. For those few of us who from
> > time to time indulge in buying on the megacheap .reviews would be a
> > better place to read a few reviews once in a great while (there's not
> > alot of traffic here anyway) rather than to have to wade thru all the
> > stuff in .off-topic.fun.
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> Janet,
> Do you think a new newsgroup
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> lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands
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> would be useful? Here is a related thread for more background:
You know, Todd, I was originally about to comment in opposition to your view until
I saw the suggestion you just made here. A clone-brands group would certainly
address the niche of people who like the clones.
> What we don't want to happen is the .reviews group being used to review
> individual sets from clone brands like Mega-Bloks, Best-Lock, etc. (Blyecch,
> poison!)
I don't think this would happen anyways, for a number of reasons, as I will
mention below.
> ...
> I always just figured that clone brands wouldn't come up here -- except in
> pejorative contexts -- because almost all LEGO® fans tend to be purists. But
> if there is a desire for people to share information about clone brands in the
> groups here, then I think it would be best to create a separate area to gobble
> up these unwanted discussions -- just like the other areas (.debate, .fun,
> .test) of the .off-topic hierarchy.
Which brings us to the first reason that I would expect that the existing reviews
group would never deteriorate as you described, since most of the people who are
lego fans tend to avoid clones. Another reason is that quite frankly, the clones'
sets are not diversified enough to warrant a substantial number of different
reviews.
> The purpose of the .off-topic hierarchy is to allow people to talk openly
> about non-LEGO® things without having to leave the community altogether to
> carry on the discussions. Fair enough?
I dunno if off-topic is necessarily the best spot for it, but then I'm not what
you would call a LEGO purist. If a clone had anything like LEGO Technic for less,
I have to admit I'd probably go that route instead. My love of LEGO comes from my
loving to experiment and build things, not the other way around.
> p.s. Hee hee, while spell-checking this article (I hit cancel in the middle
> so I could add this), my spell-checker suggested "Measles" as a replacement
> for "Mega-Bloks." :I
Nope... I don't wanna touch that one. :)
> > Mark
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