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Re: Rerelease of old Lego sets
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Date: 
Sat, 6 Nov 1999 23:28:06 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Gene Weissinger writes:
Good luck - I have sent several letters including this idea - no response
what so ever...

On the positive side, there are signs that TLG are beginning to re-understand
their product - specifically labelling boxes 'Classic' shows that they at least
have a vague concept of the retero-value of Lego. The new castle range could
have easily been a new theme "Super Mutated Hip-Hop Space Monkeys". Well hang
on, that actually sounds as if it could be cool, but you get the point :)

The question is how would they re-release a set from an old range? If they
release one popular pirate set, then we'd all jump up and applaud - but only
having one set to play with from a range is *very* limiting to *play* with for
a child, so they'd have to re-release more than one set from that theme or
re-invent the theme anew.

In response to the original post - because of this I don't think that we'll see
Classic Space on the shelves again - it's no longer high-tech enough (therein
lies some of the appeal), and they've already reinvented it in increasingly
vulgar (IMHO) incarnations ending with Insectiods. They'd either have to put a
massive investment into re-releasing Classic Space as one of their yearly
themes, or make a 'small' run and offer it mail order.

This is just my opinion though, and I'd love to be wrong :)

Richard



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(...) we'll see (...) (therein (...) increasingly (...) put a (...) If rereleasing better designed classic sets means that they will be considered 'no longer high-tech'... then rerelease away! Any of the LEGO space stuff, new and old alike are just (...) (25 years ago, 7-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)

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Good luck - I have sent several letters including this idea - no response what so ever... GeneW EugweCoral Eugwe@yahoo.com (25 years ago, 6-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)

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