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Re: Guess who paid for those eToy Lego bargains?
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lugnet.lego.direct
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Tue, 6 Feb 2001 21:14:18 GMT
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In lugnet.lego.direct, John Neal writes:
> These are KIDS toys; we are ADULTS playing with KIDS toys. And even still, >TLC has listened to us and tried to accommodate us!
Yes and no. Have you ever been to a store specializing in train models? I
have been to several. There happens to be a hardware store on University
Ave. in Berkeley, CA that has a model and train hobby section in the
basement. Point being: from the standpoint of expense and space required,
train modeling cannot really be a child's hobby. And a train modeling
stores have everything you need right there: the trains, little people,
buildings, mountains, brideges, trees, foliage, etc. Maybe it's not cheap,
but everything is readily available. For specialty elements I'd pay a
premium, but for the basic 1x? or 2x? there should be a very low cost --
bulk or otherwise. Why should a 1x8 cost as much as it is currently priced
from Lego Direct?
And if you really investigate the price of Lego, it's not realistically a
hobby a child can *really* get into. The average child might get a few sets
as gifts, maybe some buckets, but then they just won't have enough bricks to
build much with. I am having that problem with my nephew right now, and his
dad can pretty much afford whatever he wants. It's just that even given
that, how many kids get whatever they want? My brother bought him the
studio set with the camera, but now he has to wait for Xmases and birthdays
to get more sets. Anyway, the kid has been asking for more stuff. Stuff he
cannot afford.
-- Richard
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Message has 3 Replies:
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| (...) That depends on your definition of "really get into", I guess. Few kids "really get into" *any* hobby on the same scale as adults - that's part of a function of being an adult and actually having disposable income and the like, not a function (...) (23 years ago, 6-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
| | | Re: Guess who paid for those eToy Lego bargains?
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| (...) lol Make no mistake: model railroading is by *no* means a child's hobby! Can you even *have* a "child's hobby"? Children play with toys. When adults play with toys, it's a hobby;-) We as AFOLS have commandeered LEGO as a hobby for ourselves. (...) (23 years ago, 7-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
| | | Re: Guess who paid for those eToy Lego bargains?
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| (...) Yes, but over a few years, a child can accumulate a substantial amount of bricks to use. And by the time they have a large supply of lego, they most likely will have a job or other source of income to use towards the purchase of Lego. I (...) (23 years ago, 7-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| richard marchetti wrote: <snip> (...) Let's *really* define bulk here. True bulk bricks would be bricks by the thousands, and it is in those numbers where I would expect discounts. Calling their services "bulk" is just TLC using a convenient term. (...) (23 years ago, 6-Feb-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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