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Re: Ack!!! Being slowly tempted by another toy line!!!
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lugnet.fun
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Tue, 23 Jan 2001 20:10:26 GMT
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In lugnet.fun, William Brumbach writes:
> In lugnet.fun, Aaron West writes:
> > It's not even LEGO like, or a competator brand, but a Hasbro toy! The new
> > Star Wars figures are so nifty looking, that I find myself weighing the
> > possible cost of "all the ones I don't have" against another couple of LEGO
> > TIE Fighters. I am a recovering Star Wars figure completionist (I had to
> > have all, and then I had to have an army), and I would REALLY rather spend
> > toy-time on LEGO (and money), but DANG they is distractingly kewl! I have
> > not bought ANY Hasbro Star Wars since, well maybe June or July, and then
> > ONLY single figures that I did not have before (Chewie @ Chess), rather than
> > all new releases. I probably should sell them all off so I am not tempted
> > any more, but this IS an issue I've pondered since I was 4 and Dad brought
> > home the first 12! ACK!!
> > Must...Resist...Dark...Side!
> > Aaron
> > (Help me Obi Wan Kenobi. You're My only hope!)
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> Yoda, yes, you seek Yoda!
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> Dude, don't do it. Buy more LEGO. The Hasbro stuff will be on $1.99
> clearance by the summer. $8 Phantom Menace figs and obscene KB sales
> completely killed my desire to buy anything from that line. I've relegated
> my funds to the original line (how come everything from 20 years ago is now
> called "Classic?") and the newer 12" line.
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> Resist the temptation! Make like Darth and chuck the Emperor overboard!
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> junior
Gotta agree about those interest killers, what did it for me was both the
Star Wars Fan Club exclusive figures (outrageous prices, forced purchases)
and the Episode One overkill (not very interesting). KB just blows by
itself, it needs no help.
Thanks fer yer support!
Aaron
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| (...) Yoda, yes, you seek Yoda! Dude, don't do it. Buy more LEGO. The Hasbro stuff will be on $1.99 clearance by the summer. $8 Phantom Menace figs and obscene KB sales completely killed my desire to buy anything from that line. I've relegated my (...) (23 years ago, 23-Jan-01, to lugnet.fun)
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