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Re: Worth the wait? (NO!)
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Sat, 9 Jun 2001 00:15:56 GMT
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It's too bad no one reads posts anymore, they just reply for the sake of
replying. Maybe I should return your favor Jimmy and just reply without
reading what you've written.
In lugnet.castle, Jimmy Park writes:
> 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.
>
> Would you prefer yet another juniorized castle set?
>
> > 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.
>
> No one forces those people to pay those prices. And the whole point of the
> Legends line is now we don't have to.
>
> > 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!
>
> Ok. Personally I'm more disgusted by those AFOLs that ask people to pick up
> discounted/hard-to-find sets for them at cost, only to turn around and sell
> them for a profit. But different pet peeves is all.
>
> > 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)
>
> Hey I can't understand Fabuland at all, but different strokes. . . :)
>
> I think this is the crux of your post. You seem to have funneled your
> disappointment over the particular choice of the 6067 instead of a large
> castle, into a rant over all sorts of things. Which of course of fine, as
> long as you realize, that the Guarded Inn is *the best choice* LD could make
> in regards to Castle. No other castle set increased 25x it's original
> value. No other castle set was ranked higher on Lugnet. And if it were put
> to a vote, I'd say 6067 would win hands down.
>
> > 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.
>
> I have no idea why you think re-releasing sets is unfair. Almost everybody
> is happy-ecstatic about this. You even point out how lame the new sets are,
> and now you're complaining about the best of the old ones coming back? Am I
> missing something here? Maybe you could please explain what you mean by this?
>
> 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.
>
> FYI, KK has been fairly successful for them. No other large set was as in
> demand than King Leo's Castle this past Christmas. I'd argue that Ninja was
> no worse and possibly much better than KK in terms of design.
>
> > 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 differ
>
> "Hardly rare?" I disagree. By your logic, there's almost nothing that is
> rare, since at one point in time you could get almost every set. Take that
> line of reasoning out further and it's like saying the 1929 Bugatti is not
> rare since 72 years ago, anybody could order one.
>
> > 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.
>
> The King's Castle is my personal favorite Castle set. Bought mine used for
> $20 about 5 years ago. Today, I can still find it used for about the old
> retail price. It can go for 1x-2x retail and the Yellow Castle goes for
> 2x-4x retail value. Can you say the same about 6067? Which would I want
> re-released to get the most for my money? 6067 - I'm getting 15 of them.
>
> > Rerelease
> > action sets like the Battering Ram or the Seige Tower or Knight's Challenge?
> > I'd buy a lot of those too.
>
> Lemme see, AFOLs moan and groan about the lack of non-war-related castle
> sets for how many years? ;) Honestly people! It's like whatever Lego
> does, somebody is going to complain about it! Sometimes I really feel for
> those people at LD.
>
> Stepping off my soapbox now,
>
> Jimmy
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| (...) Obviously you have already mastered this style. (top posted too, how.... inconsiderate) <MASSIVE SNIPPAGE TO FOLLOW> the previous players, (...) This 'Dinky little set' is something I wish I'd known about in the times before my dark ages. I (...) (23 years ago, 9-Jun-01, to lugnet.castle)
| | | Re: Worth the wait? (NO!)
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| (...) I'm glad that Jimmy said exactly what I was thinking. It seems to me that no matter what LEGO does, everyone complains anyway. Also, it would seem to me that Jimmy did read your post considering that almost your entire post was contained in (...) (23 years ago, 9-Jun-01, to lugnet.castle)
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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)
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