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Re: Beating a dead horse...
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lugnet.general
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Tue, 7 Nov 2000 18:20:05 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Matt Brooks writes:
> As far as new parts and less and less general pieces coming out of the
> company now, have any of you stopped to think for just a moment about
> the HUGE variety of parts and pieces already out there? There's myriad
> places to go to find the pieces and parts you want. Why does it HAVE to
> come from Lego. Why does Lego have to rerelease any of their older sets
> that have been discontinued for whatever irrelevant reason? And WHY,
> with all the talent and and skills showcased on LugNet EVERY day, do we
> even need Lego to design new sets for us? The work done by any number of
> the people I've seen here on LugNet far outweighs sets cranked out by
> Lego in recent years, let alone the late 80's and early 90's!
You have raised some interesting points on things for which you may not be
seeing the whole context of the issues in question. But quickly...
That huge variety of elements in used condition is often expensive and not
very desirable depending on the condition it is in. We have been wanting a
continuing source for new parts in good condition and at a fair price. (An
example would be a cypress tree I saw the other day -- I wanted it, but it
was chewed and bent. How desirable is that?)
They don't have to so much re-release their old sets (not that they listen
to us much anyway), but having a re-release of key elements from those same
sets would be great. And in this category I place large boat hulls, large
transparent domes, many classic space elements, pitchforks, maiden hats in
multiple colors, etc. (And again, take for example the new train offerings
--to me those grey doors and windows make the collector value for old skanky
Metroliner sets almost zero. I could be wrong, but I can't see why...)
I don't think anyone thinks that we need TLC to design new sets for us.
When we discuss the re-release of old sets, or new sets with old elements in
their configuration we are merely thinking that this approach may make the
re-release of certain elements more palatable/profitable for TLC. At least
this has always been my take on it.
Juniorization may only be profitable because it is the only thing out there
and readily available in your average department store, like Kmart, Walmart,
Target, etc. I don't see these stores, where many people probably make most
of their Lego purchases, carrying a lot of Technic or Mindstorms, etc.
If they will make the elements available, I don't care if they sell another
pre-designed set or not.
-- Richard
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| (...) The value of predesigned sets are in the skills you learn by assembling them. I'm not saying all sets are created equal... My current box canyon: The stuff I build is really thick and chewy. Large, and interlocked tightly. Lately it's (...) (24 years ago, 8-Nov-00, to lugnet.general)
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