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Brad Justus wrote in message ... (...) two (...) Excellent news! Not only are some of these sets my favorite, but it's nice to know that some old and useful parts will be reissued. (i.e. the sloped white window frames and clear panes from the Octan (...) (23 years ago, 23-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) That kind of DOES beg the question, to all you completists out there (and I know, I know, complete is by definition what it means to *you*). Suppose you are a Pirate completist... (the three pirate sets have new numbers) If you already have (...) (23 years ago, 23-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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(...) It sure is. ;-) And I swear someday I'll be castle complete - with or without TLC's help. ;-) -Shiri (23 years ago, 23-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) I wonder if they chose large sets because the profit margin works better for a small number of expensive sets. However, if "set size" really is an issue, they could bundle together a few sets like sets 6041 (armour shop), 6040 (weaponsmith), (...) (23 years ago, 23-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) See? My point exactly. ;-) (...) Yes, true. But AFOLs would probably still buy multiple copies of the sets offered, maybe even if they already had one or two. (...) Oh, totally! Sets like 6086, 6081, 6074, even 6080... especially if sold (...) (23 years ago, 23-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Oh yes. This castle-pirate-and-space fan is thinking that the technic sets that he missed getting on their initial release look pretty tempting. :^) (...) My thought is simply that the people likely to buy these sets are the families who don't (...) (23 years ago, 23-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) I totally understand what you're saying, and yet - look at the response so far! "It's not exactly what I want, but I'll still probably buy acouple of sets" seems to be the general consensus. So if *this* is profitable for TLC (and I think it (...) (23 years ago, 23-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Dear Brad - please remember that since you are re-releasing relatively recent sets, the response may not be as vigorous as if you had released older sets. I hope that a lukewarm response to this round of releases won't stand in the way of (...) (23 years ago, 23-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Well heck, I'm sure people would be willing to go through a little of the "trouble", either for free (if someone's really nice) or for a nominal fee. If you can't find anyone else, feel free to "trouble" me. In fact, if a bunch of people from (...) (23 years ago, 23-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.market.shipping)
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(...) Yay! Not the sets I would have chosen, but I hope this trial balloon floats to TLC's liking and makes other stuff possible down the road! I am up for 2-3 of each of the above. (...) Right! Brad emailed me yesterday and spilled the beans on the (...) (23 years ago, 23-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) I hate to say this but, "me too!". Can't we at least get them shipped to (LEGO) Australia or something? Martin (23 years ago, 23-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) This made my day! --Todd (23 years ago, 22-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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I live in Australia where Shop at Home does not exist. Whats the best way of getting some of these sets? I don't want to trouble other people overseas to buy/package etc.. Finally in the last few years there's something I actually *WANT* to buy from (...) (23 years ago, 22-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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From the Pirates standpoint, anything is better than nothing. It would have been nice if the last pirates minifig pack came out along with this (that poor Armada Flagship is pretty thinly manned). Personally, I'd like to see a "Greatest Lego Sets (...) (23 years ago, 22-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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Um, how about a FUN contest, where we aren't asking LEGO to make a set for us. But, where we put something together, that all could make out of common pieces in their own collection and make the instructions available on Lugnet. Have a minifig with (...) (23 years ago, 22-May-01, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.lego.direct)
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Wow! I can only say: my wife is going to kill me... (23 years ago, 22-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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One question, if you don't mind, that I have is are these sets being called "LEGO Classics", or will they just be sold like normal Technic/City/Pirate sets? Will LEGO advertise at all that these are old sets coming back? (23 years ago, 22-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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Wow! This is great news! Can't wait to get another G&WE! I love to hear this! Let's hope that this does continue (Airport Shuttle anyone?). Thanks LEGO! (23 years ago, 22-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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Well, I for one think this the next best thing to peanut butter. Seeing as my son and I didn't get into the Lego world full force untill last summer we are both excited as can be to find out that we can possibly get some of the older sets in a (...) (23 years ago, 22-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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"Melody Brown" <black666beast@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:GDr8EL.BJI@lugnet.com... (...) That is not a bad idea! How about a koala? -- Bryan (23 years ago, 22-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.loc.au)
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