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(...) Indeed!!!!!!!! A dark Gray 6075 castle would be phenomenal. (URL) wouldn’t be a be in the Legends line, but instead a ‘re-mastered classic!’) And along with a service pack or minifig pack would be most excellent. (URL) (or) (URL) I honestly do (...) (23 years ago, 20-Oct-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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In regards to your question, I feel certain changes such as wheels and stickers are totally accaptable, as long as the reason for the change is explained before hand. The only changes I would be against are changes in the colour of pieces (I (...) (23 years ago, 20-Oct-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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Just my opinion, but, whatever you do, at least in the case of town, make sure it's a unique set. Not another police or fire station. Try to think Main Street/6390 (<<--My #1), Public Works Centre/6383, Holiday Airport/6395, Weekend Home/6370, etc. (...) (23 years ago, 20-Oct-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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Brad Justus wrote in message ... (...) <snip> (...) are (...) we -- (...) details? I agree with those who have written that the spirit of the set is more important than the details of individual parts. Specifically, I don't care about the metal (...) (23 years ago, 20-Oct-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Yuck! That would no longer be a window. Better to redesign it. Take this as a tricky case study in substitution. Recall: it's a 1x4x3 window space, with 6 red 1x1 windows in the middle flanked by yellow 1x1 rounds. A narrow red train window (...) (23 years ago, 20-Oct-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) You have defined a LEGO Legend very well, any set that became a "landmark" is a good candidate, either because it was the first set in a theme or because it was a market success. I guess it depends on how dramatic the difference between the (...) (23 years ago, 20-Oct-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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Well, I would think it to be a good idea if LEGO released accessory kits to go along with the legend theme. The voting thing is okay, but I'm looking for a re-release of a classic space set and more castle sets! Anyways, keep it up! You're doing a (...) (23 years ago, 20-Oct-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Sure, there is SOME way (...) But that's it. Cost. This is a low budget operation and molds are not cheap. Precision tolerances are pricey. I have heard numbers batted around that I have a bit of faith in even though they were speculation... (...) (23 years ago, 20-Oct-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) ?? I have never found this to be the case, can you provide some examples? Brickshelf scans are typically at very very high resolution. As good or better as the print quality itself and images printed from them are as good as any reproduction (...) (23 years ago, 20-Oct-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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First off, let me thank you for going out to the lego community like this and actually asking us what we think about this. It shows us you are aware of us as a relevant source for opinions. My other great hobby apart from lego is that I am a huge (...) (23 years ago, 20-Oct-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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Two things that make a classic for me: a good design and interesting, useful, versatile pieces. I don't care about the wheels as long as the new design looks good, but a club car without the cool windows isn't a club car. Had you not been able to (...) (23 years ago, 20-Oct-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) A terrific idea Dan. 'The Ultimate Instruction Book'. A companion piece to 'The Ultimate LEGO Book'. (...) But why not put a reasonable price on it? LEGO already puts a premium price on every brick we buy. The work on these instructions is (...) (23 years ago, 20-Oct-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) I both agree and disagree with you Kevin. I think the reissues are an incredibly good idea. The music industry has been doing this successfully for years. It allows some folks to finally get a copy of a 'classic' set even though they may not (...) (23 years ago, 20-Oct-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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There's a load of reactions here already, so I'll keep it short. I't very hard to give an overall verdict on replacement parts. I mean, almost invisible changes, like the minifig heads, would be hard to object to. In fact, even the 2x4 basic brick (...) (23 years ago, 20-Oct-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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"Brad Justus" <legodirect@lego.com> wrote in message news:GLH3tC.Iw@lugnet.com... [snip] (...) we're (...) order (...) plates, (...) of (...) different (...) so (...) How does not having the mold for an element affect it's reproducibility? I would (...) (23 years ago, 20-Oct-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) This goes along with my idea of doing them in different colors! I wouldn't mind seeing improvements on older set designs and I wouldn't mind seeing some sets based on older designs (but different). I agree that lego designers should be able to (...) (23 years ago, 20-Oct-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) SNIP! (...) First off, I would like to tell you how great it is that Lego is listening to it's audience and taking steps to bring back and recreate some of the sets that we relish and desire. Thanks for all that you have done! How many toy (...) (23 years ago, 20-Oct-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Personally, I don't know how to answer the above questions--it hurts my head. But I am going to stir up the sentiment that we do NOT need Legends or any other Lego set to be re-released. What has already been done as far as reissuing sets (...) (23 years ago, 20-Oct-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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How about a book of legends? Reprint the old contruction manuals from sets in the 60s - 80s in one large book. Sets that you cannot/will not reissue, so that the book won't compete with your own products. The plans on Brickshelf are generally not (...) (23 years ago, 20-Oct-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) I hope the Wayback Machine has settings for the 70's. :) (...) Are you referring to the 2x4 black bricks with the 'plug in' wheels that could go on the long or short sides? Or are you meaning the 2x2 black bricks with the preinstalled smaller (...) (23 years ago, 20-Oct-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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