Subject:
|
Re: Lugnet clone handling? (was: Re: LEGO clone auction)
|
Newsgroups:
|
lugnet.admin.general
|
Date:
|
Wed, 24 Mar 1999 17:37:14 GMT
|
Viewed:
|
5909 times
|
| |
|
|
Oh, btw, I was going to make a point in this debate :) but forgot -
what happens if someone holds either a set or brick auction that
includes clone brands?
--
Thomas Main
main@appstate.edu
Thomas Main wrote:
>
> John Neal wrote:
> >
> > >
> >
> > You are SO right on with that observation Christopher! But I think that *all*
> > of us feel this way to some extent. Sure, we joke about it, but seriously:
> > what is it about Lego that is _so_ completely different than any other toy,
> > and I mean _really_ different?
> > I wonder if it is some form of nostalgic narcissism [1].
> >
> > [1] What the hell *that* is I haven't a clue, but it sounded good and it's
> > alliterative:-)
>
> Hmm...sounds like a condition that aging, has-been rockers have....have
> you seen some of the VH1 "Where Are They Now?" episodes?
>
> > -John
> >
> > > Reflected in some recent and historic posts is a seemingly neurotic
> > > aversion to clone bricks. What is the origin of this? I'm not
> > > interested in MegaBlocks because
> > > they feel cheap and sort-of smoosh together instead of snapping together
> > > like Lego, but it seems that for some Lego is the religion competing
> > > against others. What's the deal?
>
> I've noticed this too. I like to think the aversion comes from
> legitimate concerns about quality - but modern MegaBloks are of a very
> high quality. I have a few Tyco bricks that I think are on par with
> Lego bricks with regard to their quality so it would be even harder to
> make the quality argument in that case.
>
> It's easy to discriminate against the clones based on set design, I
> think; Lego still has the best designs by a long shot - but that doesn't
> explain the aversion to clones as building material.
>
> Sometimes I indulge in a fantasy of making my own bricks and starting my
> own clone company or having the members of LUGNET/RTL start such a
> venture. The problem is that it would be *LEGO* so no matter how good
> the brick quality or how good the designs - nobody would like it :(
>
> --
> Thomas Main
> main@appstate.edu
>
> > > --
> > > Sincerely,
> > >
> > > Christopher L. Weeks
> > > central Missouri, USA
|
|
Message has 1 Reply:
Message is in Reply To:
35 Messages in This Thread:
  
 
 
- Entire Thread on One Page:
- Nested:
All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:
All | Brief | Compact
This Message and its Replies on One Page:
- Nested:
All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:
All | Brief | Compact
|
|
|
|
