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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> In lugnet.castle, Brian Kasprzyk writes:
>
> > I beg to differ who they are targeting with this release. If they were
> > targeting children, then it would be distributed to the retail stores. The
> > fact that they are only selling on S@H is evidence enough of who there
> > target really is.
>
> I don't think so. See below.
>
> > Besides, if you were a parent, would you buy a single set
> > that has no other sets to add onto it? Let's think about this... hummm, I
> > can buy my children these cool sets with dinasours, that has over 12 other
> > sets I can purchase to add onto it, or this one $25 set with nothing to go
> > with it.
>
> True.
>
> > This is exactly why it is only being offered at S@H.
>
> I don't think so. See below.
>
> > Also, I
> > would bet that 70% of Lego's purchase market is through the retail division,
> > not S@H. I am not saying where they make the most $$, but volume of
> > purchases come through the retail division.
>
> While most of the above may be *true*, it is not the *reason* that this set
> is being released to S@H and not to retail. The REASON is that S@H is within
> Brad's brief, and retail isn't.
>
> Brad's organization cannot force retail to carry things. In fact,
> previously, Brad and S@H had to pick and choose from what retail designed,
> and that includes service packs (which, remember, are or were available at
> retail in Germany). But they had no power to commission new stuff.
>
> It is a HUGE organizational breakthrough that LD can design new sets
> (mosaic, the minifig, the dragon, the statue, MyOwnTrain, the Camel, and
> more to come I think) and bring old ones back. Be happy that LD has this
> charter and has been accomplishing this much. If Hop-Frog can be happy about
> this (!!!) so can everyone else. (yes, yes, I wish it happened faster.)
>
> The above statements are *not* speculation. LD IS organised the way it is,
> and Hop-Frog IS happy, at least a little. :-) Those are facts.
Where did you get these *facts* from? If what you say is true, the running
of LEGO is far worse than I thought.
Scott A
>
> Now, about collectors. I am glad there are collectors out there. They shake
> stuff loose that otherwise would get thrown away or languish in garage
> sales. I am mostly a builder, and a designer and retailer in my own right,
> but a bit of a collector, so I admit some bias, I do want a viable collector
> market so I can buy things.
>
> This hobby is a big tent. Be inclusive.
>
> I am not crying for all the collectors and those that cater to them who are
> now upset that LD has made 6075 that much less valuable (although I dispute
> the magnitude of the loss), but I hope collectors and those that cater to
> them remain part of the hobby and part of the marketplace. What is needed
> here is more tolerance and acceptance of the different facets of the hobby.
> IMHO.
>
> ++Lar
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