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> In lugnet.market.theory, James Brown writes:
> > In lugnet.market.theory, Allan Bedford writes:
> > > them selling something like 1/3 to 1/2 as many pretty easily (and at
> > > less than 10 cents a brick assuming the price and piece count is
> > > correct, we will be buying many of them to part out - in fact, it's kind
> > > of amusing that a set developed from parting out official sets is one of
> > > the best candidates for parting out itself -
> >
> > Is it just me, or is there something out of whack with this sort of
> > thinking? If this really is a strong reason that people would want to buy
> > this set, then the company needs to look at bulk parts in a brighter light
> > than ever before.
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> It's a very compelling reason. I haven't bought a set for the main model in
> years; everything is a parts source. I'm positive I'm not the only AFOL out
> there like this, either.
I'm exactly the opposite. I will ONLY buy a set that I like and I only buy
it for the set. Whatever parts it happens to contain then so be it. This
currently explains why I don't buy a lot of sets. Most of the current
offerings are so shallow on design that anything I build at home looks better.
When I built my adult collection of bricks from scratch 3 years ago I was
lucky. It happened to be the 30th anniversary year of LEGO in Canada. All
the Zellers and Wal-Mart stores were full of anniversary buckets and tubs.
I loaded up on tons of basic bricks. Then I bought a number of Technic and
eventually Star Wars sets, along with an assortment of others, to round out
my collection with a smattering of 'specialty bricks'.
As it turns out, I should have bought 3 times as many buckets and tubs. To
find one today in a Zellers is like finding Bill Gates loading MP3's onto an
iPod.
And as for sets... well as mentioned above I only buy things that look great
as a set. This doesn't leave much to buy nowadays. Anything of good design
is only available through Shop At Home and thanks to exchange, duty and
shipping, I don't use Shop At Home. If any one reading this doesn't yet
understand my frustration with this company, feel free to write me and I'll
elaborate further.
Regards,
Allan B.
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| (...) Okay, so you only buy sets for their good design. The parts selection doesn't matter... (...) Clearly, you didn't buy the buckets and tubs for their good design, but for the parts selection.... (...) So you found some good designs... (...) It (...) (23 years ago, 17-Dec-01, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| (...) It's a very compelling reason. I haven't bought a set for the main model in years; everything is a parts source. I'm positive I'm not the only AFOL out there like this, either. I've pre-ordered my first (mumble) copies already, strictly for (...) (23 years ago, 17-Dec-01, to lugnet.market.theory, lugnet.general)
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