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Re: Polybag Racks (was: Shopping Anecdote and Suggestions (Long))
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Mon, 12 Mar 2001 09:01:21 GMT
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> A big "me too"!!! I have argued almost the exact opposite of Bradley's post
> in the past. The only way I could agree with Bradley's sentiment is if TLC
> packaged stuff separately -- that is different packages for the structures,
> vehicles, minis. That way everyone could get what they wanted and hopefully
> in the numbers that seem sensible to them.
I didn't mean to suggest that there be no cheap minifigures. Selling them
separately (which is what just about every other toy company does) would have
advantages- I bet a lot less people would by King Leo's Castle just to get the
queen/princess figure!
If I could make a LEGO aisle in a store look anyway I wanted, there would be
bags for every in-production mini-fig, cheap little sets without minifigs,
all the normal sets, and big buckets of basic bricks in one colour, availible
in all colours. Yes, even LOM colours.
> Today I bought a Droid Escape set. To me these C3-PO and R2-D2 minifigures
> are useless, but I like some of the elements in the rest of the set. If
> they packaged these items separately and individually, then those wanting
> the vehicle could score however many of those that they wanted, and the
> people collecting the minis wouldn't have to buy the vehicle part and get
> however many they wanted of just the minifigures.
I bought that set mostly just so I could have the figures. I thought the
"vehicle" was kind of useless. Especially since it would be very difficult to
build a ship large enough to use an escape pod like that!
> I would buy whole armies worth of red and blue shako hat Pirate theme
> Imperial soldiers though. So by no means can I agree that Lego is not about
> the little minis too! With some minifigures designs I just want as many as
> I can get.
I think 'army boxes' with 5-6 soldier/knight minifigures would be really
popular! (especially if there was a Stormtrooper one for Star Wars!!!!!)
Better than bags with just one figure. And if people just treat the bagged
sets as a minifig source, TLC should get rid of the useless little models and
include two figures instead! Come on, 4811 is basically some acessory clips on
a big turning thing. If I can't have an attractive model, I'd rather have
another knight.
> For that matter, I might buy whole armies worth of some of the more generic
> SW figures -- just not the particular two minifigures found in the Droid
> Escape! I mean, how many C3-POs and R2-D2s am I really supposed to need or
> want? When the minifigures are that identified with a particular narrative
> they are just NOT that useful to me. Think open-ended narrative, generic
> characters, TLC. And please, just dump these licensed characters!
C-3P0 and R2-D2 aren't that unique. Relatives of C-3P0 are seen briefly in the
movies, one at the beginning of Episode I and one near the end of Episode V.
They're silver, but I imagine other gold ones exist too. R2-D2s are quite
common, found on the back of every X-wing and Naboo Fighter. Just build a
bunch of those ships if your R2-D2s need someplace to sit.
TLC should not dump liscenced characters. Well, not the Star Wars ones anyway.
I don't think I'd enjoy collecting Star Wars LEGO as much if I only got generic
characters. If Darth Vader's Advanced TIE didn't have Darth Vader in it, I'd
be quite disappointed!
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