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Re: 10152 Update
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lugnet.lego
Date: 
Tue, 21 Dec 2004 02:33:50 GMT
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In lugnet.lego, Johannes Koehler wrote: ... While on the other
   hand “limited release” and “maersk blue” were clearly meant to catch the attention of collectors. And so they did. But by revoking the limitation they (TLC) will betray the collectors of an essential factor that made them buy this set.

By the way, I’m speaking here in my capacity as collector, not as a dealer. Not that that should matter at all...

I applaud any effort by TLC to spoil the efforts of speculators to profit from the scarcity of a set.

I wish they would rerelease monorail, Classic Space, and a bunch of other “collectible” things so people who want to build with them actually can without paying exhorbitant prices to such “collectors.”



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  Re: 10152 Update
 
Why can't LEGO do both, and keep almost everyone happy? That is, LEGO gets to re-release any set, as long as the box is physically different from the original. That way, sets remain collectible, but bricks don't. "Bill Ward" <bill@wards.net> wrote (...) (19 years ago, 21-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego)

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  Re: 10152 Update
 
Hello! (...) You totally missed the point, Chris. The ship was already announced to be re-released in dark blue which would have made it in no respect a less great set for kids and anybody who simply enjoys building it. While on the other hand (...) (19 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)

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