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Re: Worth the wait? (NO!)
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Fri, 8 Jun 2001 20:24:52 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, Anthony Sava writes:
> I know I shall be the only one with this opinion, but frankly I am saddened by
> the re-release of the Guarded Inn.
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> 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 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 can a lot of Lego and build something quite frankly
better.
But that's the point - Lego is making accessible a kit that is normally out
of reach due to inflated prices.
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> 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!
There is nothing oppressive about eBay. I just don't get this - the obvious
thing that is happening is that people are flushing out their stored Lego so
people who want to actually use it can buy it.
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> 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)
I'd VERY much like to see the Black Falcon's Fortress brought back. My bet
is it eventually will. Just be patient.
As to the Guarded Inn being a dinky set....so? Execution counts for a lot.
Part of the high price is the concept that clearly many people support that
there should be more to Castle than castles. The concept of a medieval
village is ignored except for a few rare exceptions such as this.
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> 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.
Hey, hey! Us Kurosawa fans *really* apreciate the Ninja series. :-)
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> 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.
You are confusing "available for purchase" with "not rare".
The Yellow Castle is still yellow. Yuck. Maybe if they changed the brick
color...
:-P
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> And that's just my unpopular two cents.
> --Anthony
> http://www.geocities.com/savatheaggie/legohome.html
I have a differing opinion, but I don't think your opinion is invalid. Not
everyone values the same things - I'm sure sticking my tongue out at what is
undoubtedly a Lego Legend in the Yellow Castle will have a lot of people
disagreeing with me (even though my only real objection is the Van Gogh yellow).
Bruce
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