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Re: The Official "Issues List"
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lugnet.ambassadors
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Tue, 31 Jul 2007 17:43:59 GMT
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Nelson / Richie,
Thanks again for posting this list, and for your diligent work as LEGO
Ambassadors. (I hope that you get paid for it)
I think I also need to say that I am appalled by 9V Trains not being on the
original list. Are you guys representing the interest of the entire community
or just hoping to avoid what is becoming known as the largest mistake TLG has
made?
That aside, I want to bring up what matters most in a business: money. LEGO is
already loosing it to competitors of such. The lack of 9V Train sets and AFOL
directed Town sets is being fulfilled on eBay and other sites as we speak.
Custom sets made by community members (including myself) have brought prices at
least as high as $355 for a single 9V Train Locomotive without any motors. AFOL
directed buildings, such as name branded restaurants with fully finished
interiors, have sold for at least as much as $270 for a 500 piece building on a
16x32 stud baseplate.
There is a definite gap in the money willing to be spent on 9V Train sets and
the production of these sets. If a real company, such as MegaBlocks, were to
start producing sets to fill this gap, TLG would probably take a serious blow.
Thanks to LEGO Train Clubs for their inspiration, LEGO fans want their own train
layouts. I grew up with Technic, but I have personally spent at least four
thousand dollars over the last year; all because I came across the website of a
LTC. It will take several more years, and several $$$, for my train layout to
be completed. I’d love for that money to go directly to TLG, but they don’t
have many sets that will go in my layout.
I want to laugh sometimes when I see yet another fire station come out. If I
just bought sets from TLG, I would have like 7 fire stations in my town. I’d
also have to buy two of them to assemble a building with four walls.
Lastly, I want to address another concern. There are only so many ways to build
a model of a train, car, or whatever. Does TLG ever worry that a new design
will be the same as a set that a community member has already built?
Sorry for any negative comments. Like many others, I think I feel very strongly
about this. I do want to say thank you again for taking on this role and for
being open to the community’s ideas and comments.
Thank you so much,
Scott
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| (...) I think I am missing something here... this "becoming known as the largest mistake TLG has made"? I think you mean not saving 9V trains - but it isn't actually made yet. And people would argue that the colour change was, or the introduction of (...) (17 years ago, 31-Jul-07, to lugnet.ambassadors, FTX)
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| (...) Well, the end of 9V trains would mean no change to my involvement in the hobby: no change to my purchasing patterns, no change to the amount of stuff I build, and so on. By contrast, for example, if a portion of the product range is not (...) (17 years ago, 31-Jul-07, to lugnet.ambassadors, FTX) !
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