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Re: All this fuss about service packs and accessories
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lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct
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Sat, 5 May 2001 15:03:32 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Aaron West writes:
> In lugnet.general, Lawrence Wilkes writes:
> > Funny, but with all the fuss on lugnet these last couple of days about
> > shop.lego.com in Europe selling old service packs and stuff, and demands
> > that lego do same in USA, or start making them again, I have to observe that
> > the reason they stopped selling them in the first place is because no one
> > bought them (and the same reason they still have all these sets left over
> > too).
> >
> > Is the fuss just a few people who crave these pieces, or is there genuine
> > demand?
> > If there is a demand - why wasn't it there less than 2 yeas ago when they
> > stopped selling them? Why will it suddenly grow now?
> >
> > Is the fuss just because of the highish prices some of these things can go
> > for on ebay, and people seeing dollar signs, or just want to collect for
> > rarity value, or do they have need for the sets?
> >
> > In reality these parts on ebay reflect very few people selling to very few
> > people - the prices might be high - but thats because they are collectors.
> > It doesnt reflect a mass market for this stuff.
> >
> > Sorry, but a couple of dozen folks demanding this stuff on lugnet does not a
> > market make - certainly not enough to fire up production lines
> >
> > Before anyone asks, I confess to having bought very few of these sets and
> > only the parts I needed for some mocs I have in mind or under construction.
> >
> > regards
> > lawrence
>
> They whole reaseon that I never ordered before when they were available waay
> back when they were "new" was that I did not have the available cash or a
> general trust in mail ordering from Shop @ Home. When the 1999 assortment
> hit, I became a bit better able to make S@H purchases (though the two are
> not related), and that seemed to be when many of these accessories were
> thinning out, or had been discontinued for quite some time. Many of the
> packs that have been out of production for quite some time went by the
> wayside long before I could throw my two cents at them. I am just excited
> to be able to purchase any new Castle line product from LEGO at all, like
> the currently running Knights Kingdom. The fact that accessory packs have
> been mostly unavailable has been a minor annoyance, but I sincerely WOULD
> LIKE to see the packs on the UK pages of www.lego.com become available to us
> folk here in the colonies (USA in case you wondered). Even better would be
> if LEGO would just start re-issuing all the old Castle sets ever produced
> since 1984. Heck, if I could order any color of Train from the web site in
> so many different configurations, why not do the same with a few from
> LEGOLAND Castle System??? How about a few color variations available on a
> complete 6080 King's Castle from Shop @ Home, the same treatment for 6071
> Forrestmen's Crossing and also 6067 Guarded Inn??? Decorative accessory
> packs are good, Castle sets (classic stuff) done up like the new Trains
> would be even better!!
> As of now, I have few complaints with how LEGO provides my parts. If they
> can do more for the USA market, then I think that they should.
> Best wishes,
> -Aaron-
I think it's quite plain and simple: back then, nobody needed the service
packs. All you had to do is buy a set - at that time you would get a good set
with a lot of good parts. Now, however, since the parts are ridiculous, there
is a high demand for the good old parts.
Just my two cents.
Eric.
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