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Re: Where Have All the Studs Gone?
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lugnet.dear-lego
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Tue, 5 Dec 2006 20:15:35 GMT
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In lugnet.dear-lego, Chris Phillips wrote:
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In lugnet.dear-lego, Ross Crawford wrote:
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Again, you assert that studless are less versatile without providing
anything to back that up. My bet is soon there will be a whole generation of
LEGO users that wonder how Technic builders ever built with those pesky
studded bricks. And we are in a unique position to be able to show them 8?)
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My assertion about the relative merits of studded/studless beams would not
have an easy proof, but it might make interesting fodder for the .technic
newsgroup. (Congratulations on your new curatorship, BTW!) I welcome the
opportunity to continue this discussion in .technic, where we might all
benefit from learning some new building techniques.
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Indeed, and I believe it already has been touched on there. And I believe any
discussion of your assertion will end without consensus, as I believe there is
little if any advantage either way. I still prefer using mostly studded bricks,
but my collection and use of studless seems to be slowly increasing...
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I don’t really think they care either way - they’ve already made their money
on parts listed there. But that’s a whole different question.
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This is a whole different question, and perhaps would be better taken up in
.marketplace.theory. But as food for thought, I think they do (or at least
should) care whether LEGO hobbyists are driven to take advantage of the
market efficiencies provided by BrickLink.
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To clarify my comment, I don’t think they are tremendously interested where
LEGO hobbyists buy their parts. Their main focus has always been kids, and I
don’t think there’s any danger of Bricklink making any kind of major inroad
there. The proportion of sales that AFOLs represent has been discussed many
times before.
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Actually, “where have all the studs gone” is a pretty close paraphrase of the
question I posed to the people at LEGO Retail.
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Yes, but not a useful question to pose (in isolation) to LEGO store management
(or lugnet.dear-lego) when trying to point out the failings of their staff.
ROSCO
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| (...) My assertion about the relative merits of studded/studless beams would not have an easy proof, but it might make interesting fodder for the .technic newsgroup. (Congratulations on your new curatorship, BTW!) I welcome the opportunity to (...) (18 years ago, 5-Dec-06, to lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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