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Re: New legend is up
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lugnet.general
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Wed, 10 Jul 2002 23:13:25 GMT
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In lugnet.general, David Eaton writes:
> In lugnet.general, Bruce Schlickbernd writes:
> > I'm sure part of the selection was because they wanted to include sets of
> > different sizes.
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> Oh, definitely. And therein is another bag of worms. People tend to love big
> sets more than little ones-- the classics that people remember as legends
> tend to be large sets. Not as a rule, but usually. So that gives a bit of a
> push for the other nominees.
The other thing about the larger sets is that we were probably less likely
to buy them when we were kids, but now we're adults with more cash to spend,
and we'd love to get that set we always wanted as a kid but couldn't afford.
I was a Classic Space kid, and I've got almost all of the small sets from
the late '70s, but I never got the Galaxy Explorer, Space Command Base, or
Beta-1 Command Base.
Bruce
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| (...) The only problem with this argument is that it makes the assumption that everyone buying a Legends set is an adult who missed buying it the first time 'round. I would suggest that perhaps a greater majority of buyers would be first-time (...) (22 years ago, 11-Jul-02, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Well if you had emailed in a bid for $90 you probably could have gotten the Beta-1 Command Base from that LEGO auction Sunday in Sacramento. Course, it's probably just as well you didn't-- I won it for $85 (which was $20 over my limit, but as (...) (22 years ago, 11-Jul-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.auction)
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| (...) Well, point of the example wasn't to say that it's the *same* as what was offered, but that just because there's a vote doesn't mean it's the voters' "fault". IE that it's possible for TLC to give certain nominees a better/worse chance of (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jul-02, to lugnet.general)
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