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Subject:	Re: LEGOs dirty trick: making money by not producing all masks as announced.
Newsgroups:	lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.technic.bionicle
Date:	Tue, 13 Feb 2001 21:30:38 GMT
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In lugnet.dear-lego, Eric Joslin writes: > In lugnet.dear-lego, Rose Regner writes: > > > I just educate my son on not "collecting" stuff that is just a marketing > > ploy to get you to buy a bunch of sets for some non-existent set. This is > > nothing new in the world of marketing toys. > > I used to collect Magic cards (and play the game). > > I can assure you that you *can* collect a full set of these cards. It just > requires patience, and a lot of money and/or hard trading. I believe it's true for Magic. I would not be too surprised if it wasn't true for Pokemon, though. But I suspect it's against the law in at least the US, as it would be false advertising to claim something is available if it is not ever available anywhere (even in small quantities). I'd rather TLC didn't go down this particular path, legal or not. ++Lar

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		Re: LEGOs dirty trick: making money by not producing all masks as announced.
(...) Bah, believe me, every booster has a rare, and one in three is a holo. With a lot of time, money, and diligence I was able to complete three sets of Pokemon cards. For this reason I know how it is to open 5 boosters in a row to get (...) (23 years ago, 16-Feb-01, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.technic.bionicle)

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		Re: LEGOs dirty trick: making money by not producing all masks as announced.
(...) I used to collect Magic cards (and play the game). I can assure you that you can collect a full set of these cards. It just requires patience, and a lot of money and/or hard trading. There's nothing uneducated about it. If you enjoy it, you (...) (23 years ago, 13-Feb-01, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.technic.bionicle)

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