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Re: FOTM/LOTM (Loss of the Month) Some thoughts...
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Wed, 4 Jul 2001 07:01:27 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Tom Reed writes:
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> I agree with your sentiments, but Lego is also about collecting and selling!
That is true, but I don't always like it.
> As long as there are sets unavailable (as parts or together), then
> collecting and selling will be a major part of Lego.
I agree.
> I often wish that all the sets (or parts) were still available and the
> collecting aspect was nil, but it just isn't so!
I find some fun in having a hard time finding sets (or parts) that I want.
I am actually grateful to those who make parts and sets available via
Brickbay, etc. but I get really angry when sets that should be available
still aren't simply because they have been snatched for resale. This does
nothing but drive up prices, while TLC isn't making any more than if the
sets had been sold without a middleman.
> That's too bad for the builders and the creators and the kids who would
> enjoy those older models.
Hopefully the great older sets will continue to be re-released. If so, I
only hope they aren't all snatched up.
> I commend you on doing the right thing for the kid at the flea market! I
> would have done the same and hope that most of us would. Lego is about kids
> more than anying else. It's the kids that will help keep the company going
> and it's the kids that should have the opportunity to enjoy what many of us
> seek to relive!
I hope I didn't sound like I was saying people in our community would have
done the wrong thing. I like to think that the majority of them would have
done what was right. In fact, I can picture some people with hearts (and
wallets) bigger than mine actually buying the set for the kid if his mom
wouldn't. I am constantly impressed by the (for lack of a better word)
goodness of people in our community. Anyone doubting it can just look at
the support given to others in hard times (financial, personal, etc.; most
recently death). However, I don't doubt one bit that there are still those
among us who wouldn't do the right thing. Money has a funny way of doing
that to people.
> The people who buy and sell the large group of sets are not necessarily the
> bad guys. They are just filling a void that Lego has yet to resolve.
Agreed, depending on the situation. Snatching up accessory packs from S@H
for resale isn't filling a void, it is creating one.
> Building is about parts and parts cost money! If a person can find a method
> to help increase their stock of parts and relieve the financial part of it
> too, then who's to blame them. Lego could stop that in a heart beat by
> supplying the public with the parts they wanted at a price that's affordable
> (and profitable for the company). I think they are trying to work that
> direction (albeit slowly).
I think so too.
> In all things, we have to take the good with the bad. I, personally, have
> been very pleased with the integrity of the Lego community and their
> treatment towards each other. How many other interest groups would you be
> able to say that about? I've had so many nice experiences with perfect
> strangers through my lego interest. It's amazing and a testiment to the
> goodness of people in general. Kudos to us all!
I couldn't have said that better. Kudos to us all :-)
> Now if Lego would just give us the parts we want at a economical price, it
> would be a perfect world! hehheh
Better yet, in a perfect world LEGO would develop small machines that mold
pieces on the fly. We would just buy raw ABS pellets, drop them in the top
of the coffee-pot size machine, select a part type and quantity from the
touchscreen LCD on the front, and *presto* the newly molded pieces would
come tumbling out. :-)
> yeh.. yeh.. I'm a dreamer!
I think we all are, but that comes with the territory when you play with
kids toys.
> Happy building..
> Tom (who's had his chance to rant and will now shut up)
Play well,
Bryan Beckwith
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| "Bryan Beckwith" <bbbeckwi@mail.SPAMB...Kuccs.edu> wrote in message news:GFxsuF.A1y@lugnet.com... - snip - (...) that mold (...) the top (...) the (...) would (...) That would truly be a perfect world. LEGO could sell the machine for say $100 and (...) (23 years ago, 4-Jul-01, to lugnet.general)
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| In lugnet.western, Bryan Beckwith writes: snip LEGO is about building and creativity, not collecting and (...) snip (...) Hey Bryan, I agree with your sentiments, but Lego is also about collecting and selling! As long as there are sets unavailable (...) (23 years ago, 2-Jul-01, to lugnet.general)
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