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Re: What the heck is going on ?!
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lugnet.general
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Thu, 14 Feb 2002 04:05:57 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Richie Dulin writes:
> In lugnet.general, Mike Petrucelli writes:
> > On the other hand by not selling just bricks, they eliminate the entire • market
> > they are known for. (from the perspective of the casual consumer)
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> Historically, I think they would have been known for selling sets which
> consisted mostly of bricks, with a few slopes, wheels, windows and doors
> thrown in (eg Universal Building Sets). IIRC the 1200 piece tubs and large
> brick only boxes are fairly recent introductions (the only 'brick only' sets
> available in the 70s-80s where fairly small, single colour supplementary
> sets, weren't they?)
As long as I can remember there was always a box or bucket that was just
bricks. Not the large quantity like the blue tub but still a bunch of bricks.
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> The traditional brick based set (with wheels, windows etc), is pretty much
> the equivalent of a creator set; compare say Universal Building Set 112 with
> Creator Set 4175. Admitedly, there is more 'non brick' in the creator set,
> but not that much... and certainly neither could be called 'brick only'.
I personally like the creator sets (except for the Jack Stone figs) but I have
not bought very many (because I do not want the useless figs.)
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> [snip]
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> > Well the store policy is such that if I can not provide the customer with • what
> > they want nor order it then direct them to someone that can. So yes I do • tell
> > people about S@H. (I should point out the store I work in does not carry
> > Mega-Bloks buckets) Most people roll their eyes and say they will just get
> > something else.
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> And, out of interest, what do they get?
I would say 95 percent of the people who want bricks but do not want the
Creator sets either buy something not Lego (K'nex sells very well, it is hard
to keep those in stock) or leave entirely.
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> Cheers
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> Richie Dulin
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| (...) Is creator set 4119 no longer available? (...) Actually, I find the doors more anoying than the figs. At least the figs don't take up much space. (...) Cheers Richie Dulin (22 years ago, 14-Feb-02, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Historically, I think they would have been known for selling sets which consisted mostly of bricks, with a few slopes, wheels, windows and doors thrown in (eg Universal Building Sets). IIRC the 1200 piece tubs and large brick only boxes are (...) (22 years ago, 13-Feb-02, to lugnet.general)
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