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Re: Upcoming USS Constellation - Name Change??
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Fri, 6 Dec 2002 22:39:16 GMT
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Stop moaning please. Exactly what are you so proud of? The only three rare
bits you own are stickers, instructions and box. None of the parts are all
that hard to come by. The hardest would be the 1x1 windows, and they have
been replaced by 1x1 'headlight bricks'. That means that someone buying the
rerelease will not have the same model you have. It also means that the
instructions must be different, as must the box pictures be. Knowing what
boxes were like around '77 (I own a Thatcher Perkins) it's highly unlikely
it will be released in the same box anyway.
That means only the sticker sheet will become less rare. Tough.
Changing the name would be silly. Even though for whatever reason it is in
the 'Hard to find' section in S@H at the moment, as far as I know it will be
part of the Legends series. Should the new Breezeway cafe be Brake-away
cafe? Pizza to go changed to Pizze delivery? Give me a break...
Duq
"Paul Sinasohn" <singlow2@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:H6ptID.LC5@lugnet.com...
> Dear Brad, Jake, and anyone else watching,
>
> I am the owner of two (2) original USS Constellation sets, fulfilling a
> childhood dream. I paid quite a bit of money for them a couple of years • ago,
> and was proud to be a member of a very small group of people who owned • this set.
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> Now, you have re-released this set, making my long-time search, and my
> feeling of accomplishment irrelevant and meaningless.
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> Could you have thought about the current owners, and released the model
> under a different name?? The Eagle, Constitution, Brilliant, and Wawona • are
> all three-masted sailing ships important in US history. I would be partial
> to naming the new model "Wawona", as I grew up on a street of that name.
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> But, please, don't devalue the effort and trouble that some of your fans
> have gone to by releasing this model under the same name! It would be as
> simple as changing the printing on the sticker and the box and • instructions.
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> Please consider passing on this plea to the marketing group responsible • for
> the project. I welcome all replies, thoughts, and comments at • singlow2@yahoo.com
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> Thank you for your time and attention.
>
> Paul Sinasohn
> owner of 2 of every set in the 39x series, and over 2000 Lego sets in • total
> Active member of BAYLUG and BAYLTC
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| Dear Brad, Jake, and anyone else watching, I am the owner of two (2) original USS Constellation sets, fulfilling a childhood dream. I paid quite a bit of money for them a couple of years ago, and was proud to be a member of a very small group of (...) (22 years ago, 6-Dec-02, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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