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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 21:26:44 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Karl Paulsen wrote:
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In lugnet.general, John Neal wrote:
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In lugnet.general, Christopher Masi wrote:
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.
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I think you underestimate the emotional extortion buying power of the average
upper-middle class suburbanite child. ;-)
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You may be right, but it is my experience displaying at model railroad shows
here in the Midwest that the crowds tend to be predominantly middle class.
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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.
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Inspiration really is one of the best functions of displays. I remember the
special Lego displays that used to come to the malls in the late 80’s/early
90’s. I found them tremendously inspiring, even though I had only the
smallest fraction of bricks required to build such a display.
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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
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I agree. I find the Bionicle sets largely pointless and not at all in line
with the “LEGO concept” but whatever it takes to keep TLG afloat, and gives
them the necessary capital to invest in AFOL inspired sets is a fair tradeoff
for me. We can only hope that Exo-force takes hold in the same way as
Bionicle.
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Well, if my Bionicle-loving nephews are any indication, Exo-Force should do at
least as well, because they love those even more!
JOHN
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| (...) Now that I think of it, You're right, I was thinking of the mall crowd, but my train show experience (albeit non-LEGO) lines up pretty well with your observations. What AFOL's need is a subtle way to get the point across that one Cafe Corner (...) (17 years ago, 1-Jun-07, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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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 (...) (17 years ago, 1-Jun-07, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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