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Yeah, I knew this question was going to be asked
sooner or later, so I guess I'll have to ask it now.
You see, I took a trip to my local wal-mart the other day to
pick up some school supplies (and hopefully some extra sets
to stock up on), when I noticed that the lego aisle was much
smaller than I remembered.
So, taking a look at the product line (I haven't really been
doing much lego stuff lately, personal business) I noticed that
castle, space and all town sets were ostensibly absent from the
shelves. Heck, even star wars and HP sets were hard to find
amidst the masses of bionicle and other unmentionable sets. (aaagh!)
After my gruesome discovery in aisle 11, I picked up my supplies,
and went to my local TRU, where I always had faith in finding
something (I've never walked out of a TRU empty handed!)
Again, the same thing, No space sets!!! I'm not talking about
SW here, I'm talking about actually space models, you know,
things like exploriens, at least something that looked aeronautically
correct and can packe with a killer design. (I'm not really
a SW afficionado) So, discouraged afterthat loss, I decided to
pick up a few castle sets, after all, a few more chrome parts
wouldn't hurt. Again, to my apparent dismay, me search turned
up nothing amongst those towering shelves of lego, sheesh!
Well, I'll have to say that was the first time I ever stepped out
of that store empty handed. And It's probably going to be my last.
Can anyone tell me what is going on here?
I don't mean to be impatient or anything, but doesn't anyone
think it's time lego brought diversity back to their product lines?
I'm not talking about launching into meaningless action figures,
or robots named after polytheist island gods, over specialized
town houses that snap together in one minute, or more bandwagon
approaches to company names and licenses. I long to see the day again
that lego once again brings back a more diverse product line (I don't
give a crap about lego direct! Why can't they bring back items to
the shelf?) Does anyone notice that the lego product line began
to turn for the worse arounf 97-98, and just went downhill from
there? I saw some red flags with the Insectiods and LOM, but
this is just squat compared to (I don't want to say it...) GALIDOR.
(shudders at the thought of this...)
What is galidor? I'll tell you. It's probably the major part of
the problem, and might be a precursor to what we see next year...
It's the evil behind the trend, and anyone that watches it should
be banished to a swamp. (okay, maybe I went a bit to far, but I think
y'all know where I'm getting?)
IMHO, with the diminishing product lines, I think a bunch of
people are never going to get the lego experience, and a lot
are probably going to slip into dark ages, including myself, if lego
doesn't do something soon.
Oh well, they probably don't care anyway...they'll just market some
more crappy action figures to cover the loss of one (unhappy) customer.
And please, lego, next time, just release a wave of legends sets, and
sell them through the retail market.
:(
<<_Matt Hein_>>
Someone should start a petition to lego to bring back the once
vibrant diversity to its product line. Your voice counts!
http://www.lugnet.com/people/members/~1112/
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| (...) Hi Matt, I wholeheartedly sympathize with you. There are no classic style town, space, castle, or pirate sets to be found in the retail stores. It is both sad and annoying. (...) I completely agree with you on this. Why must Lego constantly (...) (22 years ago, 9-Aug-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.space, lugnet.castle, lugnet.town)
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| (...) Which is fairly normal for the summer as stores clear out stock in anticipation for big pre-holiday orders. Summer is generally the slowest time for toys as there are no major gift-giving holidays. (...) Uh, pardon me for asking, but what rock (...) (22 years ago, 9-Aug-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.space, lugnet.castle, lugnet.town)
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| Howdy! LEGO is simply not interested in cornering the building toy market, or at least can't figure out how since 1997s slide into tepid product. Fisher Price, Mega Blocks, Best Lock and a myriad of other companies are stealing what should be TLCs (...) (22 years ago, 9-Aug-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.space, lugnet.castle, lugnet.town)
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| (...) Here we go again with the Bionicle-bashing. You may not like Bionicle, but apparently Lego is making a ton of cash off of the series. In fact, it was their most popular product line. If Lego is making a fortune off it of, why should they (...) (22 years ago, 9-Aug-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.technic.bionicle)
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| (...) I guess you haven't seen the petition I started a while ago: (URL) would love to get it to Lego, it's just I only have about 25 people on the list! I need everybody's help so this can convince TLC to bring back the sets we love. If you want to (...) (22 years ago, 9-Aug-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.space, lugnet.castle, lugnet.town)
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| "Matt Hein" <Pyrokid17@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:H0L43p.B6F@lugnet.com... (...) Sadly, LEGO greatness has been reduced to a company on SELL OUTS! SELL OUTS! SELL OUTS! SELL OUTS! SELL OUTS! SELL OUTS! Please excuse me, I need to cry in a (...) (22 years ago, 11-Aug-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.space, lugnet.castle, lugnet.town)
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| (...) I agree with that mostly. I never minded soccer when it came out in 2000 (...) I'll second that (hopefully its not a precursor, though) (...) Let me know where to sign up I never though I'd say this, being a lego fan so long, but all they've (...) (22 years ago, 12-Sep-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.space, lugnet.castle, lugnet.town)
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