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Re: Three Cheers
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lugnet.general
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Sun, 7 Nov 1999 19:13:24 GMT
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Mike Stanley wrote in message ...
> Tom Stangl, VFAQman <talonts@vfaq.com> wrote:
> > Oh, I get the gist of your concern, because I have it too. After reading
> > Todd's message, I was no less cynical about TLG than before, as this is
> > just a narrow software focus, having nothing to do with The Brick.
> >
> > When they start dialogue about longtime concerns with GETTING BRICKS (S@H
> > parts packs, bulk bricks, whatever, I don't care, as long as I can get
> > "bulk"), I'll be less cynical.
>
> I gotta weigh in on the cynical side, but who would have expected
> anything else from me?
>
> I'm reminded, after seeing several "finally, a first step" messages,
> of the gushy responses to the new parts packs this year - black roof
> bricks, black and white plates, green bricks, etc. "Wow, maybe TLG
> is finally listening to us! We've wanted these for years."
>
> And what do we hear about next year - no more parts packs.
>
> I'm not from Missouri, but I'm very much a "Show me" kind of person.
> TLG is making a minimal effort to take advantage of mentioning AFOLs
> on one of their many websites. Good for them. Maybe good for us,
> well, good for the small number of us who actually care about
> Mindstorms.
>
> I'm not ASSuming anything about where this will lead, nor will I
> waste time in being hopeful about it. The Mindstorms crowd just got
> a very small bone thrown to them, perhaps. I'll be less cynical
> when the rest of us, the bulk of us (no pun intended) get our own
> little bone. I'll be convinced TLG actually gets "the brick" when
> we get a nice t-bone steak, not thrown to us, but sold to us for the
> good money we all have to spend on it.
Let's not forget that we're dealing with a corporation here. That's why the
overtures were directed at the perceived "adult" community and not the rest
of us, or at Adult Fans of Lego as a whole.
An undeniable step forward, but I'm clapping with one hand. :(
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| (...) I gotta weigh in on the cynical side, but who would have expected anything else from me? I'm reminded, after seeing several "finally, a first step" messages, of the gushy responses to the new parts packs this year - black roof bricks, black (...) (27 years ago, 7-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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