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Re: Worth the wait? (NO!)
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lugnet.castle
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Fri, 8 Jun 2001 18:43:30 GMT
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I know I shall be the only one with this opinion, but frankly I am saddened by
the re-release of the Guarded Inn.
Yes, I will buy one or two, I'm not saying it's a bad set. I've always wanted
one. HOWEVER I see no redeemable feature that would make the original set sell
for $100, $200 off ebay. You hypocritic castle heads complaining about the
worthlessness of castle walls, now all excited about red tudor versions...
I am glad that the evil ebay oppressors will be shot down, the rarity of this
set has become next to common. Hurrah! Death to those who try to pass lego
off as a collectable!
But you see, I would have rather seen a castle be reintroduced. The King's
Castle, the Knight's Castle, the Black Falcon's Fortress, THOSE are the things
of LEGEND! The Guarded Inn, in my opinion, is a dinky little set with little
value except for parts, parts that I really don't need too many of. I cannot
fathom why someone would value the Guarded Inn at $300! (Which I once saw on
ebay)
Granted, Lego will introduce several more legends each year. But we will
probably see a new castle set rereleased once a year, or every other year, to
make room for other sets. I say this is unfair. Even to the pirate fans I say
this is unfair. Pirates had it done mercifully. Castle has been beaten down
with worthless series after series after series. Lego has trashed the good
name of castle with Dragon Masters, Fright Knights, Ninja, and to a lesser
extent Knight's Kingdom. Pirates were discontinued before they became too
worthless to buy. Space? Technic? Town? They have not been given too many
totally worthless series to play with in my opinion.
The Guarded Inn a Lego Legend? Hardly. It is only named so because of the
missguided paying too much on Ebay for them. The set was hardly rare, anyone
who at the time, had a S@H catelog could buy one. I myself have four different
catelogs with it advertised, though as a child I didn't want it. As an adult
I'm only buying one for the sake of owning one and perhaps a second just for
the minifigs. Now if they reintroduced the King's Castle! I'd be buying a
couple of those. Rerelease the Yellow Castle? I'd be a lot. Rerelease
action sets like the Battering Ram or the Seige Tower or Knight's Challenge?
I'd buy a lot of those too.
And that's just my unpopular two cents.
--Anthony
http://www.geocities.com/savatheaggie/legohome.html
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Message has 9 Replies:
 | | Re: Worth the wait? (NO!)
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| (...) Value is what the market will bear. As for your preferred LEGEND sets, all I can say (as one who is not privy to the NDA info) is wait and see. For all we know, they might be releasing exactly the sets you'd most like to buy. As a brand new (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jun-01, to lugnet.castle)
| | | Re: Worth the wait? (NO!)
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| (...) Almost certainly being one of the "hypocritical castle heads" referenced, I should point out that I never called castle walls worthless, just said I don't need more, and would rather see other things first. (...) IMHO? It's not a $300 set. But (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jun-01, to lugnet.castle)
| | | Re: Worth the wait? (NO!)
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| (...) I guess the question is, are you SADDENED by it or just dissappointed? Sounds more like you just wish they started elsewhere... (...) Personally, I like it for a few different reasons-- It's just got lots of cool pieces that I like: -The red (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jun-01, to lugnet.castle)
| | | Re: Worth the wait? (NO!)
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| (...) (snipped) (...) (snipped) (...) Looks like I didn't pick the complaint winner (see my first post) (URL) Set status is given to this set primarily because it is one of only two castle sets that is centered around village life, and not warfare (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jun-01, to lugnet.castle)
| | | Re: Worth the wait? (NO!)
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| (...) I agree in that they are just Lego pieces and beyond the rare red tudor walls (white walls, spray paint 'em red, apply black tape, viola! saved myself over $100) I just can't justify the extreme expense. Simply put, for that kind of money, I (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jun-01, to lugnet.castle)
| | | Re: Worth the wait? (NO!)
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| (...) Remember that this is the first Legends set they may be testing the waters sure Lugnet AFOL's will go out in droves and purchase this kit. (I prordered a few today) but if others buy it when it sells, well then they might deciede to release a (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jun-01, to lugnet.castle)
| | | Re: Worth the wait? (NO!)
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| (...) While I agree with much of what you say, here's what I see: Set size is important. I went to the first inflation calculator that Google could find for me, and it said that the 2000$ cost of 6080 would be about $90. It also said that the 2000$ (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jun-01, to lugnet.castle)
| | | Re: Worth the wait? (NO!)
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| (...) Would you prefer yet another juniorized castle set? (...) No one forces those people to pay those prices. And the whole point of the Legends line is now we don't have to. (...) Ok. Personally I'm more disgusted by those AFOLs that ask people (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jun-01, to lugnet.castle)
| | | Re: Worth the wait? (NO!)
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| (...) <much snippage> (...) set, at a good price, and I hope LEGO sells a zillion of them. Because if they do, that will give them reason to bring out MORE Castle sets - and hopefully some of the very ones you listed. (Castle is what brought me out (...) (23 years ago, 9-Jun-01, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Worth the wait?
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| Hey folks, I told you about what could happen in July didn't I? :) Oh man, there were so many times I just wanted to blurt it out, but didn't. At first I thought people were going to form a lynching party when everybody realized that I couldn't tell (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jun-01, to lugnet.castle)
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