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(...) But you ignore the fact that part of the reason that that set may have been such a good seller in the first place was that people may have purchased them as collectibles. I know I purchased a few extra with that thought in mind. (...) I don't (...) (22 years ago, 20-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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(...) Well put Spencer. I want to see that as well. By the way, I posted a message to .off-topic but forgot to FTX it. If you have time go read it. It concerns my take on collectibles and collecting in general. "What Makes A Collectible" Steven (...) (22 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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(...) Wait, I'm lost here. Can someone please point me to where Lego promised (in writing) that they would never reintroduce this set? Or did they simply say (at the time) that there wasn't a business case to produce more 10152 once their original (...) (22 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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(...) Well put, Kelly! Their considering AFOL input is a huge privilege for us. They're not going to just sit on their hands and do everything AFOLs tell them to do. It seems there are too many people here who believe that when LEGO does things (...) (22 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego)
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(...) I fear the end of the wrld is coming my friends, because I actually agree 100% with John here. But I think it's not surprising coming from TLC that they broke their promise. We've seen a change of corporate attitude in the last years that aint (...) (22 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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(...) Agreed 100%. I don't wander out of the woodwork too often these days (and this is liable to change very soon--glory of glories, I get my collection back in MI close to New Years', and will have all 1400lb. in one place again), but the (...) (22 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego)
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Thanks for the update Jake, and for yet again braving the criticism of those who only ever seem to see the negative side of things. I think in this instance, TLG were damned if they did and damned if they didn't. If they'd never said that the set (...) (22 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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(...) Every time I seriously wonder to myself 'why do I torture myself with reading LUGNET anyways? [1]' it seems a gem like this pops up from someone like Kelly. He's not the only one who does 'em, but I just love how he puts stuff in perspective. (...) (22 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego)
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(...) Thanks for the update, Jake! After reading the various whining about "broken promises" in this thread, remember this: circumstances changed as they often do in life. Maersk wanted more of that set. They were willing to pony up to get it. Side (...) (22 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX) !
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In lugnet.lego, Jake McKee wrote: Hahaha! Yes I am laughing out loud about this..... I am not trusting in any word out of the LEGO Company as I mentioned a while ago. Now I am not surprised nor dissapointed as I would have been, if there still would (...) (22 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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(...) I'm not bothered either way how many Maersk blue 10152s are made and for how long (I might even get one this time round, its a cool set and I was flat broke last time!). However Its the DARK blue one I was waiting for, it not regular blue. Tim (22 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego)
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D***, I was really looking foward to that set to get some dark blue bricks. I may be being selfish but I don't really care about the Maersk blue parts, there isn't enough variety of pieces and its not that different to Medium blue but Dark blue (...) (22 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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Hello! (...) For me (for me) Maersk blue was always quite useless, in terms of building. Before 10152 this colour was virtually not available at all, and through 10152 we got only a small range of parts that was also declared never to be enhanced in (...) (22 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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(...) I'm being a little facetious here, but a truth you may want to consider is that some people are really gullible---they'll believe pretty much anything. And if someone is able to wrestle money out of them, hey, more power to them! ;] But (...) (22 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego)
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(...) Someone simply needs to convince Maersk to change their corporate color from Maersk blue to dark blue! (22 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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Nice try on putting some icing on it. Unfortunately, production re-runs of a supposedly limited item generally is a No-No, Mr. McKee! You now have folks at TLG HQ write that down a hundred times for easier learning. And all the others here too who (...) (22 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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(...) Thanks. I'm glad that this isn't turning into a flame war between afols :-) (...) ... (...) Okay, my mistake. Indeed, you didn't mention that you would loose money and such. It seems we are the same kind of collector: we either enjoy the sets (...) (22 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego)
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In lugnet.lego, Mark Neumann wrote: Snippage (...) Doesn't Lego have huge vaults with sets from the past that any of us would kill to get our hands on - NOW! Why are they saving so many sets? They must be collectors too! -Patrick (22 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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(...) That would be an incredibly stupid business decision. (...) Number 1 isn't correct as Maersk wouldn't get their set now. They would have to wait while TLC developed a new set and got approval for it from Maersk, developed new instruction (...) (22 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego)
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Like this one ;-) Maersk train (URL) (22 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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