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(...) <snip> (...) I agree with this entirely, and my own son, who shares with me tens of thousands of regular (ie stackable, if not rectilinear) bricks, _loves_ Bionicles, and has asked for nothing else (lego-wise) for Christmas. He has a separate (...) (22 years ago, 5-Dec-01, to lugnet.general)
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(...) The success of Bionicle is not the success of LEGO. It is the success of a line that is closer to action figures than building bricks. It's a sad day, not one to celebrate. (...) Do I read you correctly? You're saying he's asked for nothing (...) (22 years ago, 6-Dec-01, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Pardon me, but TLC offers something *better* than buckets-- bulk packs! I know folk like to rail on about the slowness of this service being expanded, but step back a moment. Three years ago we all would have killed for the possibility of such (...) (22 years ago, 6-Dec-01, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I was speaking for the kid in me who still likes going into a store and buying a new bucket of LEGO bricks. He's very sad these days. The bulk packs (and all the other LEGO Direct stuff) may be great for some, but for me it's done nothing. (...) (22 years ago, 6-Dec-01, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Absolutely. I was into Lego as a kid in the 1960s. One of my last sets before the commencement of my Dark Age was: (URL) I thought this was a pretty neat set at the time. I must have built that set again and again and again, because I liked it (...) (22 years ago, 6-Dec-01, to lugnet.general)
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(...) hmm. I don't think anyone is actually celebrating this, although ther does seem to be a faction that supports savvy market decisions as long as there is a percieved benefit to them personally. ie: bulk packs, advanced model sets alongside (...) (22 years ago, 6-Dec-01, to lugnet.general)
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