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(...) Thanks! (...) I've read your posts about collecting the masks, and I can tell that they don't have the same tone to them. I enjoy seeing the pictures of all the masks laid out and sorted... it brings back memories. :D (...) That is kind of (...) (24 years ago, 15-Mar-01, to lugnet.technic.bionicle, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) I agree with all this, but I need more light and dark grey, so maybe they could intro something new. But please don't call it Greytron!?! The newer colors should be represented as well, like Life On Mars, but with so many specialized parts it (...) (24 years ago, 15-Mar-01, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Bionicle (...) secondary (...) Just in case there was any doubt, I fully intend to add a Bionicle Mask trading page to my website, which already has the same thing for Throwbot/Slizer discs and Roborider Wheels. I'll probably get the Bionicle (...) (24 years ago, 15-Mar-01, to lugnet.technic.bionicle, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Heck yes!!! But more like Blacktron I than Blacktron II. I had been building with Lego since 1979 when I was 5, but it was when Blacktron came out that I was really hooked, and Lego turned from a hobby into an obsession. I never really had a (...) (24 years ago, 15-Mar-01, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Dave- I love that last comment you made about Blacktron III, that would be awesome if LEGO would come out with a sequel to the previous Blacktron themes. There were by far the best looking and meanest Space themes Lego has come out with. Wish (...) (24 years ago, 15-Mar-01, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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Hi Eric, excellent reply! I couldn't have said that better! The guys that complain about the "collectible system" itself won't buy the masks anyway (and nobody asks them to do so). I don't complain about that thing, I knew about that before having (...) (24 years ago, 14-Mar-01, to lugnet.technic.bionicle, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Collectability. It's the same reason that Baseball cards, Magic cards, Pokemon cards, Pogs, etc are packed so you can't tell which ones you're getting. Say, for example, that the Red Oni mask (I don't know any real Bionicle names, sorry) is (...) (24 years ago, 14-Mar-01, to lugnet.technic.bionicle, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) What is the real purpose behind SO many different Town minifigs? (...) Why not make up your own game? (e.g. Brickwars) (...) Now *that's* a real question. (...) Maybe it's a fair representation of population in the Bionicle theme.[1] As far as (...) (24 years ago, 14-Mar-01, to lugnet.technic.bionicle, lugnet.dear-lego)
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Have a chat with Quentin Wilson. He got things moving for the UK car-prices rip-off. Organise LEGO shopping trips to the continent (or Ireland, slightly cheaper than Holland, which is similar to Germany. Don't know about other countries). ;-) Duq (...) (24 years ago, 14-Mar-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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Old good, new bad. The rest is blah-blahs. I agree with all of it, of course. Aside: They'll never bring back the old expensive box styles. One reason 90-piece System sets are still ten bucks (the same price as in the 70s and 80s....Lego deserves (...) (24 years ago, 14-Mar-01, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) I totally agree with this message, I thoroughly enjoyed the Legoland themes of the 70's and 80's. I recently was reborn into Legos and was appalled at the lack of creative and theme-based sets of yesteryear. What happened to Space and Town (...) (24 years ago, 14-Mar-01, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) (24 years ago, 14-Mar-01, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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Hi Lou Thanks for writing this fantastic letter, you hit it on the nose, even for us here in Germany, we are sayiny exactly the same thing, but nobody has been able to write it all together in one message. I also know the problem of Girls and Lego, (...) (24 years ago, 14-Mar-01, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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What is the real purpose behind the sale of SO many different Bionicle masks? Is there a game coming up where each mask has some ability? Why are the masks sold in such a way that you can't tell what mask you're getting? Is this a simple marketing (...) (24 years ago, 14-Mar-01, to lugnet.technic.bionicle, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) I have, just like you described, entered a second dark age. I never post to Lugnet any more, it was a long time since I bought a new set, or even played with lego. And it's all because of what you stated above: Lego has changed to the point of (...) (24 years ago, 14-Mar-01, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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Lou, I think you should post this brilliant, honest, heartfelt piece of written work to a webpage all by itself. That way, we can all say to TLG: "If you really want to know how the AFOL community feels and what they want? Go read Lou Zucaro's (...) (24 years ago, 14-Mar-01, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) I totally agree with everything you said Lou. My name is Nick and I am 17 years old. I remember in the late 80's and early nineties when I would buy a set and look through the catalogs. The way that LEGO used almost every type of theme and (...) (24 years ago, 14-Mar-01, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Not to mention the 20+ people a day who come into the Potomac Mill Lego Outlet store and ask if there is a kit for the Capitol building that they could buy. Yeah, I know, you've heard it before... Just thought I'd mention it again. Rich -- (...) (24 years ago, 14-Mar-01, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) How bout a winter type set for michigan(an SUV in a snow drift?) (24 years ago, 14-Mar-01, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Cool idea! If they made a Columbus, Ohio set, it could consist of various orange and yellow cylinders and cones and maybe have a construction minifig or two with a fractured road plate like in the movie maker set. I'd buy one. Greg "So you'd (...) (24 years ago, 14-Mar-01, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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