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Subject:	Dear Lego, please stop doing whatever business thing you did that lead to the 8466 4x4 off-roader
Newsgroups:	lugnet.technic, lugnet.dear-lego
Date:	Wed, 30 Apr 2003 17:54:19 GMT
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In lugnet.technic, Thomas Stangl writes: > Jonathan Wilson wrote: > > > That set has been, IMHO, (next to the 8431 Crane Truck re-issue) the best > > "really big" technic set in recent years (mindstorms doesnt count as technic) > > Others may not agree, since S@H has had to put it on 50% clearance twice to clear > out inventory. > > I too think it is a great parts set, except... > > > > The 8466 has so many good attributes: > > 1.a fair few studded beams, including the (exclusive to that set) l-shaped > > studded beam (its like 2 1x4 beams joined at right angles) > > 2.good specialist parts (like the 4x4 suspension parts for example) > > 3.a really cool color (LEGO, please make more parts in Metalic Green) > > You're the first person I've seen that likes the pea soup puke green. There's a > reason why those panels don't sell well on Bricklink. The color is hideous. It > was hideous when it started showing on real cars in the 70s, and it's still > hideous today (yet OEMs still occasionally sell a car in that nastly shade). > > I would bet that if they had used silver or dark silver in place of the puke > green, the set would have sold better. I know *I* have more puke green panels > than I know what to do with, so the spray paint is probably going to have to come > out to make them at all useful to me. The only thing that would make those parts useful to me would be a Lego recycling machine set on beam. (Is it possible to recycle worn Lego?) I think people would much sooner have the 8880 which had a much superior 4x4 mechanism and could be re-released as a classic, but you'd need a poll on the official Lego site to confirm this. The only reason I didn't buy the 8431 was the colour (yellow), the relatively few interesting parts, and the price compared to second hand, but these factors won't stop me buying the new JCB as 10 pnuematic cylinders will make it worthwhile. Steve

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		Re: Dear Lego, please stop doing whatever business thing you did that lead to the 8466 4x4 off-roader
I've just had another idea (...) The next time their is a poll to choose which set should be re-released why not have an advocate for each potential set. Each advocate could be drawn from the Afol community and state their case for why their chosen (...) (22 years ago, 30-Apr-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.dear-lego)

		Re: Dear Lego, please stop doing whatever business thing you did that lead to the 8466 4x4 off-roader
(...) <snip> (...) I'd rather have the 8466 over the 8880, even with the green panels--the 8880 is pretty neat, but overly complicated and doesn't have near the suspension 'out of the box' that the 8466 does. I find that if you want a car, the 8448 (...) (22 years ago, 30-Apr-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.dear-lego)

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		Re: Dear Lego, please do whatever business thingo you did that lead tothe 8466 4x4 off-roader
(...) Others may not agree, since S@H has had to put it on 50% clearance twice to clear out inventory. I too think it is a great parts set, except... (...) You're the first person I've seen that likes the pea soup puke green. There's a reason why (...) (22 years ago, 30-Apr-03, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.dear-lego)

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