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Re: LEGO Pirates! D-Day Approaches!
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Sat, 2 Oct 1999 17:53:42 GMT
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> During the earlier conversation, someone posted a link to Best Lock
> at:
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> http://www.best-lock.com/new/index.html
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> I just got around to looking at all the sets on this site. Personally
> I think the Military, Space, Castle, Airport and Pirate sets look
> pretty darn impressive despite some blurry images.
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> Have all of you looked at the sets on this site?
I am already drooling over them esp the 6207
> If they were built out of LEGO and not Best Lock, how many sets would
> you be ordering this year? Personally, I would say twenty at least for
> myself.
25 for me
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> This situation gets more and more absurd...
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> If what some have said is true, TLG's patents on its oldest bricks are
> coming do if they haven't already.
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> If what some have said is true, TLG has decided bricks are not where
> it's at. They would rather use name branding to promote stuff most of
> you and myself have no interest in buying.
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> Meanwhile the competition (which does exist), sees LEGO completely
> loosing touch with its consumer base, especially AFOL from what I can
> see.
definatley
> TLG uses the profits from their over priced sets (compared to the
> competition) to wage wars in markets that are meaningless to so many
> others and myself. IE. Brand name crap
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> TLG doesn't bother to reproduce (even in limited quantity) all the
> sets so hotly desired from the past.
Grrrr *rage builds up*
> TLG chooses to cancel very successful themes because there two or
> three year run has ended. So sorry, it doesn't matter that we made
> lots of money selling our customers stuff they really loved.
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> It's now time to produce Insectoids, Cyberslam, and other useless
> themes most of don't want at the expense of those themes we do.
Why wasn't I born a few years earlier than the eighties?
> TLG doesn't even bother dumping really, really poor selling themes
> after the first year. Why? Because each and every theme, good, bad or
> ugly must run its planned course even if retailers sell zip, blow them
> out at pennies on the dollar, and waste valuable shelf space on crap.
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> So people I have to ask all of you these questions?
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> Why am I so loyal? Why do I refuse to even look at another block
> builder? Why do I enjoy paying more? Why do I buy even more
> expensive auction items? Why do I settle for sets I don't much like to
> buy, just because I need more parts to build stuff I do want?
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> I could go on... must I?
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> PEOPLE, ARE WE ALL COMPLETELY STUPID?
Yes
<HUGE SNIP>
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> Ian Sinclair
> sinclair@cadvision.com
I think the Best-lock sets are the best Non-Lego sets I have seen,I mean the
6201 Grand -touring yacht club I would actually buy (But not mix in with my
Lego collection)! If TLG made THOSE kind of sets with that many peices, and
with that detail, I would be in the store grabbing for them wildly.......But
nooooo, we are stuck with Inceeeeeecctoids,Thrrrrroooowbots, and Tooooown
Jrrrr. and a whole bunch of other sets some Lego enthusiasts can't even
afford! Well I would join that Pirate thing...but I am too young, oh well....
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| I would get about 20 - mostly for the instructions; I wouldn't mix them with Legos, but some of those look awfully tempting - the ships, the large trucks, the UN military sets..... Paul Sinasohn, who probably has all the parts (except girders) that (...) (27 years ago, 7-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| Did I actually say that LEGO has no competition in my `It's Time AFOL Take Action' posting? It would seem that I am wrong... More about that in a second... First things first... The time has come to take our battle with The LEGO Group to the (...) (27 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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