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Re: Interesting point of view, Rene!
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lugnet.lego
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Mon, 20 Dec 2004 18:18:57 GMT
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In lugnet.lego, David Koudys wrote:
> For the love of all things--I'm fast approaching 0 sympathy for those folks that
> buy LEGO sets just for the sake that 'someday' the sets'll be worth more.
I got to 0 already because I keep getting this picture in my head:
[comic book guy]
Oh my gosh! The release will reduce the collectibility of my sets from 5 of
14000 to 5 of 2x000! I must go to the internet and complain!
[/comic book guy]
every time I see the new word "collectibility"... Come on shouldn't the (C)2005
on the new release preserve the "collectibility" of the (C)2004 sets? :D
To me the limited nature of the ship is what kept me from buying a single one.
I like the design and the pieces selection, but I have no interest collecting a
colour which will certainly die. The limited number of available piece would
make using that colour in MOC rather difficult, and I have enough sorting
headache with blays and more orange+brown than on a pH paper.
The real bad news is the dark blue version may become unavailable.
> Again I say, if you're so upset by what is probably a sound business decision fo
> the company, but not a sound business decision for whiny collectors who have
> little respect for the product beyond the market value of 'collector sets', then
> stop with the LEGO already.
Or they can suck it up like Gundam and transformer fans and hoard the re-colours
and re-issues over and over. :p
Since they have to re-print the box anyway, I would suggest LEGO put new photos
on the new box to make those rabid collectors happy.
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