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Re: Misnomer: we are all Lego collectors!
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lugnet.castle
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Mon, 11 Jun 2001 21:49:24 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, Jimmy Park writes:
> I would just like to clarify a point here: we are all Lego collectors. Lego
> refers to us that way, we behave like classic collectors, and there is
> nothing wrong with being a Lego collector! Look at all the catalogs and
> Lego Mania magazines. They are geared for "collectors." The mini-heroes
> are called "collectable mini-figures," we are constantly asked to "collect
> them all," Bionicles are all about collecting all the masks, etc.
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> Now, what most people seem to be objecting to are speculators AKA scalpers.
> These are people who really don't care about what they are selling so much
> as the profit involved. Fortunately, by releasing the Classics and Legends
> lines, Lego is gutting the scalper market before it takes off. This is
> great for us collectors in the long run since the chances of a scalper
> driven market are reduced.
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> Just wanted to make sure the terminology is correct and we don't stigmatize
> the term collector,
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> Jimmy
Too late! "Collector" in the toy hobby is already stigmatized. :-)
I think there is a difference between someone who collects something and
something that is a "collectable" (please no semantic-driven dictionary
"proofs"). I might be a collector of Lego, but Lego is not a particularly
good "collectable", even if Lego wishes to inspire collector mentality.
There's a subtle difference in practice, and a huge difference in effect.
Bruce
(Ripping to shreds the 6009 box that just landed on my "magic" desk just to
prove my point - don't worry, the Lego bits were safely removed first)
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