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Subject:	Re: LEGOs dirty trick: making money by not producing all masks as announced.
Newsgroups:	lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.technic.bionicle
Date:	Sat, 10 Feb 2001 18:48:49 GMT
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This is true I still can't find 2 missing Slizer disks, the dam things. I will not swear :-) Why can't lego sell the Bio Masks on their owe in bags that we can see though? Simple eh? -- Michael - - - Please reply on medwards@ukonline.co.uk Lugnet Member# 151 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Lego Magazines from the Past and Present www.lugmag.com or www.lugmag.co.uk Home of the UK Lego Technic Club Magazine www.technic-uk.co.uk - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - "Ray Kremer" <rkremer@bradley.edu> wrote in message news:G8K0w7.A76@lugnet.com... > This reminds me of how hard it is to get the 7-dot Throwbot [Slizer] • discs. > If this were Pokémon cards, rare items would be understandible, but these > "collectible" items are merely there to support sets which are available • in > plenty. I really wish Lego wouldn't jerk us around like this. > > Ray Kremer > http://throwbots.virtualave.net/ > > In lugnet.technic.bionicle, Christian Gemünden writes: > > > In Europe the randomly assorted mask bags (#8530) came out in february. I > > picked up many of these bags already. To be excactly I do have more than • 70 > > of these bags, which means I spent about US$150 for these masks so far • for a > > collection of about 150 masks. > > > > It is more than obvious that these bags are *not at all* randomly • assorted! > > > > I think it's really a disgrace to LEGO to start such a lousy marketing > > strategy. Even the kids will soon find out that they were leg-pulled and > > LEGO never produced all the masks they show on the bags. Of course - once > > the kids find out that they were cheated, then it'll be too late for them • as > > they've already spent all their money on the Bionicle stuff. However, a • very > > bad taste of disappointment about the LEGO brand will stay in their • minds! I > > don't think they'll buy LEGO any time soon again. What a stupid dirty • trick > > LEGO is playing on them!

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		Re: LEGOs dirty trick: making money by not producing all masks as announced.
(...) Heck! Just open those bags up and select the colors you want. That's what I do when I buy underwear -- have you seen the colors and weird designs that certain manufacturers expect one to wear under one's jeans/dungarees? Uh uh. Give me black, (...) (24 years ago, 10-Feb-01, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.technic.bionicle)

		Re: LEGOs dirty trick: making money by not producing all masks as announced.
Michael Edwards wrote in message ... (...) Can you say Pokemon. I refuse to allow any pokemon stuff into our house due to the blatant marketing of a .05 card. I just educate my son on not "collecting" stuff that is just a marketing ploy to get you (...) (24 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.technic.bionicle)

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