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Re: 10152 Update
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Sun, 19 Dec 2004 03:34:50 GMT
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In lugnet.lego, Johannes Koehler wrote:
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Jake said:
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I certainly won’t promise again! :)
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You’d certainly be well advised not to. Everything you promise (in good
faith, no doubt) is in danger to be turned into a lie by TLC themselves.
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The good news is that once again, Shop At Home was able to take advantage of
this limited run to produce another (relatively) small quantity of the
10152 in Maersk blue.
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Limited. Sure. Like the “limited” run that made us buy out the first run,
huh? How many collectors, do you think, bought this set because they were
hooked by the prospect of getting a rare and limited set?
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How many of those “collectors” went out and said they had hundreds at 200 USD
each for sale?
Personally I’m not sure I have a lot of sympathy for collectors that want to buy
up multiple copies of a new set and thus make it harder for others to get
copies. (Precious Princess, call your office!) Or for collectors that make
decisions about what they collect based on percieved scarcity. Collect because
you like the set!
I love that set. I got 5 copies myself, and I even got some of my friends that
weren’t going to buy 5 themselves to sell me some of theirs, but I did it
because I wanted the parts for projects. And I’ll likely be using them for just
that. I parted one out already just to get one part that you can’t get many
other places (I used it in my MTW-2001 BNSF recolor)
If Maersk and LEGO decide to make more Maersk blue sets, I think that’s just
great. It is reason for a celebration, not for wailing about broken promises.
But that’s just me, I guess. This is going to be another “bash Jake” string, I
just know it. I blanch at the very thought. Why? Why must we go there every
time Jake brings us news?
To some people, LEGO can do no wrong. They’re confused, but mostly harmless.
To some people, LEGO can apparently do no right. They’re also confused but not
at all harmless. They’re hurting themselves and the hobby with their negativity,
I think.
The truth lies somewhere in the middle. LEGO is a company guided by nobler
ideals than most, and therefore is better than most. But LEGO is a human
endeavour, and therefore imperfect.
I can accept that. I’ll complain and ask for things to get better. But I accept
LEGO for what it is and what I hope it will be, imperfect but trying. But can
some people? I wonder. Why should LEGO do anything for us fans if they get beat
up no matter what they do?
I’ll probably be buying some more copies although I probably have enough for
what I want to do. As long as LEGO makes good sets, I’ll buy some. I can do no
less. Can you?
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Message has 5 Replies:
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| (...) Larry I can recall only one...Precious Princess in particular, and having more than the limit of 5 is what I find disturbing about that. I think Johannes is right...many people probably WERE hooked by the prospect of getting a Rare and Limited (...) (20 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| (...) Irrelevant. TLC made a promise. They are willfully breaking that promise. (...) Perhaps, but that still doesn't change the fact that TLC is purposefully breaking their word. And unnecessarily so. Why not use the extra Maersk blue pellets for a (...) (20 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 (...) (20 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego)
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| (...) Hey Larry. Just to say that it is not just you. 100% agreed. Thanks for putting my feelings in so well written words. Best regards, Paulo Renato (20 years ago, 20-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| In lugnet.lego, Larry Pieniazek wrote: <snip> (...) Well, this has nothing to do with Jake and AFAIK you are the only one who has made that connection. Ironic? JOHN (20 years ago, 20-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| | Re: 10152 Update
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| Hello! (...) You'd certainly be well advised not to. Everything you promise (in good faith, no doubt) is in danger to be turned into a lie by TLC themselves. (...) Limited. Sure. Like the "limited" run that made us buy out the first run, huh? How (...) (20 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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