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(...) For $100 you can be sure its not aimed towards the kids. Mark P (21 years ago, 10-Aug-03, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) So it's a "play set" aimed at adults? :) Still wondering, Allan B. (21 years ago, 10-Aug-03, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) Here's the box, if that helps. (URL) says 14+, but it looks like a big playset to me too. ~Kevin Blocksidge (21 years ago, 10-Aug-03, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) for this set. (...) Do 'kids' over 14 identify enough with this movie (now 23 years old) to want to spend $100 on this set? Will there be a lot of adult Star Wars fans who will want to spend the money on this set? I understand the connection (...) (21 years ago, 10-Aug-03, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) Nope, you have it right I think. Fortunately, all we may have to do is wait for these to get clearanced to score them cheap. I think at one point I was seeing the Millenium Falcon at 50%. Patience is your friend. The problem with this set, as (...) (21 years ago, 10-Aug-03, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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(...) snip (...) Actually Final Duel I and II were fron Return of the Jedi (the second time Luke fights Vader and has a green lightsaber) This Duel is from Empire Strikes Back (the first time Luke fight Vader and has a blue lightsaber.) (...) In (...) (21 years ago, 10-Aug-03, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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(...) I'd guess that's why it's a S@H exclusive. They probably don't expect it to sell well enough to retail sources (whether it would to customers is irrelevent), so they are offering it through their direct sales market. One store will then (...) (21 years ago, 10-Aug-03, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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(...) Ew, that probably leaves me out. I was hoping for the deep discount option. Oh well... -- Hop-Frog (21 years ago, 10-Aug-03, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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(...) Which still doesn't really answer the question of who's going to buy it, only by which arm of their distribution network it's being sold on. The question I still have is, "will adults buy this 'play set' for $100?" Or, will they only see it as (...) (21 years ago, 10-Aug-03, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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(...) I have to assume that you aren't fully aware of how many adult SW collectors are totally accustomed to having to use their credit cards online just to keep up with the Hasbro stuff. I seriously doubt they'll have any trouble moving enough (...) (21 years ago, 10-Aug-03, to lugnet.events.brickfest, FTX)
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(...) Enough to make it worth while creating a set like this... I guess? (...) Which is why I wondered if adult builders would want it. Perhaps it's aimed more directly at pure Star Wars fans than previous sets from this series? Contrasted with the (...) (21 years ago, 10-Aug-03, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.starwars, FTX)
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(...) Possibly. I've seen a lot of polls on FBTB that this appears to be the answer to, though. (...) My understanding is that LEGO Direct offers sets that fall within a certain range of expected sales. Enough to be worth doing, but not enough to (...) (21 years ago, 11-Aug-03, to lugnet.starwars, FTX)
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(...) According to an interview I read, (I think on starwars.com), the reason the original trilogy has not been released is because after episode 3, they are going to further and/enhance the original trilogy. The Archival Edition will be the one (...) (21 years ago, 12-Aug-03, to lugnet.starwars, FTX)
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(...) That's news to me. The only thing I've ever heard on this is that putting together a DVD that isn't just a flat, plastic, non-magnetic VHS tape takes a lot of work. GL wants to be involved in that process (as is his right), and he won't have (...) (21 years ago, 12-Aug-03, to lugnet.starwars, FTX)
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