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In lugnet.legoland, Frank Filz writes:
> Todd Lehman wrote:
> > To follow up on the point of uniqueness... I think a further advantage of
> > the uniqueness (beyond wow factor for visitors, etc.) is that it becomes
> > virtually impossible to duplicate the experience. You could never probably
> > go out and duplicate Disneyworld attractions, but if you had enough pieces
> > in enough of the cool colors, you _could_ kinda duplicate the LEGOLAND
> > experience, albeit on a much smaller scale.
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> But that whole attitude seems to be contrary to the signs which are all
> over the place saying "these models are built with the same bricks
> available to you [the customer].",
But that's a bloody blatant lie -- or at best a half-truth. (I don't mean
that you're lying, I mean LEGOLAND is.) I mean, LEGOLAND can get:
* colors that aren't available to the public
* older pieces (in some cases) that are no longer available to the public
and sometimes aren't even in production anymore
* virtually unlimited quantities (subject only to their budget and
production constraints -- but it's significant).
* away with bending the truth heavily to ignorant consumers
Moreover, they don't have to buy whole sets and pick out just the pieces
they want. In that sense, even the elements that are available to the
public really aren't available.
> I have very little hope of ever being able to
> get the same variety of bricks the model builders have access to (though
> I think things will improve).
Me too.
> What would be sort of neat is for the model shops to sell some of the
> unusual bricks after they have finished the planned models which use
> those colors, though I'm sure that some models are planned based on what
> they have in stock, not on what they can order. On the other hand, maybe
> that would be a bad plan (it could create a lot of bad will as someone
> with an angle to get by the model shop on a regular basis could make a
> killing getting the vast majority of the leavings and then putting them
> up on eBay [and note that there is a difference between my accepting
> this type of activity as OK and my accepting that it will piss off a
> large number of folks, and even will upset me]).
LEGO oughtta auction those pieces themselves on eBay! (only half kidding :)
--Todd
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| (...) Similarly, why wouldn't TLC offer these pieces for sale via S@H? They could set the price as high as they wanted, and they wouldn't be competing with themselves if the pieces have never been released before or currently. Dave! (24 years ago, 11-May-01, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Actually, the point is that there are no parts made specifically for models built in LEGOLAND (any location). All parts have been avaliable to the consumer at one point in time. There aren't any color/part combos that were never sold, and no (...) (24 years ago, 11-May-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.legoland)
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| (...) But that whole attitude seems to be contrary to the signs which are all over the place saying "these models are built with the same bricks available to you [the customer].", which to me implies that the only difference is that TLC can afford (...) (24 years ago, 30-Apr-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.legoland)
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