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Re: Cafe' Corner (10182)--is anyone building this?
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lugnet.general
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Fri, 1 Jun 2007 12:09:38 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Christopher Masi wrote:
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“That one. You can buy that one directly from LEGO.” I
think that would help keep the general public interested.
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Hmmm. I see your point, but I also think that when you finish your sentence,
“You can buy that one directly from LEGO for $140”, it might make the public
blanch. Sure, piece for piece, it is a great value, but that type of analysis
is a bit too esoteric for the GP.
Personally, I find the tack of creating a jaw-dropping layout (that the GP would
never even hope be able to reproduce) as a source of inspiration to go out and
buy a $10 LEGO set is the way to go. And, in fact, that is the same kind of
experience I had when I saw Miniland LLC for the first time.
And this brings me to my main gripe with the Bionicle line. Sure, it has been a
cash cow for TLG, but all of those $10 sets that go into the pile can’t build
much else (the new Exoforce stuff is much better, though). Ten town sets in the
pile can make you a nice, bigger hotel. That <ahem> sort of thing. Bionicle
turns LEGO into just another toy, and doesn’t fit into the System which for my
money is what makes LEGO such a fantastic medium, and not merely a simple toy.
JOHN
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| (...) I think you underestimate the emotional extortion buying power of the average upper-middle class suburbanite child. ;-) (...) Inspiration really is one of the best functions of displays. I remember the special Lego displays that used to come (...) (18 years ago, 1-Jun-07, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| (...) Shame on you, John! Haven't you read all of the Bionicle fan-posts here over the years? Bionicle's tightly limited range of single-purpose elements actually improve creativity, rather than restricting it. Why, with your collection of Bionicle (...) (18 years ago, 1-Jun-07, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| Karl Paulsen wrote: [...] (...) Good point Karl. I was thinking the same thing. When people see are train display we are always proud that nearly everything is home built. However, it would be very nice to be able to point to an awesome looking (...) (18 years ago, 1-Jun-07, to lugnet.general)
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