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Re: what makes a legend?
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lugnet.lego.direct
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Fri, 19 Oct 2001 22:56:19 GMT
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A "Legend" is in the eye of the beholder. That being said, here are my
beholdings:
There are two types of "Legends". One, a set I owned that was great to
build, great to look at, great to play with. The second type (the more
important one), is a set that looked great to build, looked great to
display, and I DIDN'T own it. As a 10 year old, I couldn't get everything
in the catalog-- just a set or two. Now as an adult, part of the excitement
of eBay was the ability to get some of these older sets, but I ran into
problems-- incomplete sets, lost shipments, outrageous prices.
I'm a train buff-- but growing up in America, I didn't have access to the 80
12v train systems Lego was selling in Europe. Those sets looked so great to
me-- they had an intangible character and quality to them. One of your
concerns was about the 100% reproducibility of a set. I don't expect the
12v system to come back, but making a 9v version of the 7740-- call it a
"Modern Legend". I'm your customer in a heartbeat.
If the recreated legend holds the "spirit" of the original, then that should
be the candle you hold toward the wind. The fact that Lego is re-issuing
these sets with a different set number already makes a statement: "it's the
same, but different." I read some previous postings that the heads of the
people from the Guardian Inn weren't from the same mold; I find that type of
examination ludicrous.
In closing, since the differences are an issue for Lego Direct and its
customers, then be honest. Post the differences on a list for the set. You
wouldn't want to be in a position of trying to sell a fraudulant model.
On last thing, on the website, how about a "Legends" category. You have to
hunt and peck to find these things sometimes.
Great job,
Lars
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| We're having a debate here in the ABS-paved halls of LEGO Direct that I'd like to throw open to the community. The topic is: what makes a LEGO Legend a legend? Or, more precisely, if we cannot bring back a set precisely as it was (or pretty darn (...) (23 years ago, 19-Oct-01, to lugnet.lego.direct) !!
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