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 Dear LEGO / 4259
  WHY?!?!?!
 
Dear Lego, Why did you ever discontue some really great loved-by-children (like me :) pieces and sets? Like the 1994-1996 Town > Race/Rescue sets like 6337, 6335, 6598, 6625, etc. And the 1997-1998 Space > UFO/Insectoids? And the pieces, (...) (22 years ago, 4-May-03, to lugnet.dear-lego)  
 
  Re: WHY?!?!?!
 
(...) 6335, (...) Lego sets have an average life of 2 years, then they make way for new sets/new lines. If the line does well, more sets follow. The sheer amount of UFO and Insectoids sets I saw getting reduced down to virtually nothing in a vain (...) (22 years ago, 6-May-03, to lugnet.dear-lego)
 
  Re: WHY?!?!?!
 
(...) Thats because they we're pants! (that's underwear to any non-brits :-) Steve (22 years ago, 6-May-03, to lugnet.dear-lego)
 
  Re: WHY?!?!?!
 
"Steven lane" <steveroblane@aol.com> wrote in message news:HEGtG4.11G9@lugnet.com... (...) :) (...) of (...) in a (...) I do admit I felt slightly ripped off for paying £15 (22 years ago, 6-May-03, to lugnet.dear-lego)
 
  Re: WHY?!?!?!
 
(...) Oh. I never really thought about that. I've seen many auctions for 6979 MISB that ended $12-36 USD. Too bad they were all from Europe and I didn't wanna have to pay the expensive shipping costs. Anyway, I still don't know about juniorization (...) (22 years ago, 10-May-03, to lugnet.dear-lego)
 
  Re: WHY?!?!?!
 
(...) I seem to recall raising this point about a year ago, but with worse results then you'll ever get. (note, there was a lot of vitriol into my message, so no surprise.) Here's the logic behind your question. In order to raise a profit, like any (...) (22 years ago, 10-May-03, to lugnet.dear-lego)

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