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Re: Say it ain't so...
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lugnet.general, lugnet.space, lugnet.castle, lugnet.town
Date: 
Sun, 11 Aug 2002 04:26:01 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Markham Carroll writes:
> 
> "Matt Hein" <Pyrokid17@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:H0L43p.B6F@lugnet.com...
> >  I saw some red flags with the Insectiods and LOM, but
> > this is just squat compared to (I don't want to say it...) GALIDOR.
> > (shudders at the thought of this...)
> 
> Sadly, LEGO greatness has been reduced to a company on SELL OUTS! SELL OUTS!
> SELL OUTS! SELL OUTS! SELL OUTS! SELL OUTS!  Please excuse me, I need to cry
> in a corner.  Let's hatemail LEGO now.  It seems to be the only way.  Not by
> e-mail, of course, but by actual snail mail.  We need to act now, before
> it's too late.

Guess that's right. TLC has been doing a lot of licensing and bandwagonning
lately, and I just can't see why. Yeah, It's cool to see a few new SW and HP
sets, but don't you think it's more than enough when they initiate a seven
year contract with LucasFilms and kille off the space line.

Sure, it may be great for the company to direct space into one continguincy,
and reap more profits, but I think it may be destroying a potential target
group for space fans. Let's see lego launch into a Military theme or perhaps
a medieval european castle expasion. Now that would be great.

<<_Matt Hein_>>

http://www.lugnet.com/people/members/~1112/



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  Re: Say it ain't so...
 
That's it, I can't take no more of this crap lego is releasing and calling sets. If these sets are so great why are they discontinued so soon and why are they re-releasing old sets, the ones which were good. Lego has never had to follow fads. And as (...) (24 years ago, 11-Aug-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.space, lugnet.castle, lugnet.town)
  Re: Say it ain't so...
 
(...) company credo states that they will never base their product of violent war-like, gun toting toys. Wait a minute!! All those Castle, Pirate, Western and Star Wars sets are military and have weapons of personal or mass destruction. Oh well, (...) (24 years ago, 11-Aug-02, to lugnet.general)

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  Re: Say it ain't so...
 
"Matt Hein" <Pyrokid17@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:H0L43p.B6F@lugnet.com... (...) Sadly, LEGO greatness has been reduced to a company on SELL OUTS! SELL OUTS! SELL OUTS! SELL OUTS! SELL OUTS! SELL OUTS! Please excuse me, I need to cry in a (...) (24 years ago, 11-Aug-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.space, lugnet.castle, lugnet.town)

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