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Re: TLG investigation
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lugnet.dear-lego
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Wed, 17 Feb 1999 21:10:43 GMT
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Josh Spaulding wrote:
> My 8 year-old brother and his friends seem to have similar criteria for
> selecting lego sets. They like new or rare pieces, especially minifig
> accessories. My brother's class had an extensive lego trading ring set up last
> year, and their holy grail was the "white Blacktron Jetpack" accessory, which
> has recently reappeared in the new Spaceport theme. Now the piece they wanted
> is available, without releasing old sets.
This ring sounds pretty fascinating, can you give more details on it?
Whos idea was it and what is it you mean by calling it a ring? What
happened to their market once the jetpack appeared?
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| (...) Actually, I think you're taking me a bit more literally than I intended. Many of the boys (and some of the girls, apparently) in his third grade class were heavily into Legos at the same time, and taking Legos to school led to arranging trades (...) (26 years ago, 17-Feb-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| (...) I agree with this attitude. And this is exactly why I see little reason for re- releasing archaic sets. Let me give an example: My 8 year-old brother and his friends seem to have similar criteria for selecting lego sets. They like new or rare (...) (26 years ago, 17-Feb-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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