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Re: what makes a legend?
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Sat, 20 Oct 2001 00:13:44 GMT
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"Brad Justus" <legodirect@lego.com> wrote in message
news:GLH3tC.Iw@lugnet.com...
> We're having a debate here in the ABS-paved halls of LEGO Direct that I'd
> like to throw open to the community.
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> 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 close), can it
> still qualify as a Legend?
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> The first three offerings in the series -- the Guarded Inn, Metroliner, • and
> Club Car not only meet the above criteria, but are as faithful to their
> originals as we could possibly make them. Setting aside boneheaded • mistakes
> like (doh!) putting an Indian horse in a medieval castle set (unless, of
> course, you were going for the "Tudor Teepee" look), these three sets vary
> only slightly from their honored ancestors -- minor differences, such as
> "ventilated" minifig heads instead of the original solid ones are all that
> set them apart.
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> Play Well!
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> -- Brad
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> Brad Justus
> Senior Vice President, LEGO Direct
I am still thinking about how to answer all of your questions but in the
meantime, I would like to use this forum to propose what I think would be a
great seller for the Legends and it is already in production!
Would it be possible to sell just the center(i.e. passenger) car from the
10001 Metroliner? I would like to make my train longer but don't want it to
be all Club Cars and would really rather not (and almost certainly won't)
purchase additional 10001 sets just to make more passenger cars. I could
see myself buying a dozen passenger cars (over time, not in one shot but
probably two at a time) if they were priced in the $25 range.
These parts are already in production so it would simply be a packaging
issue for LD to work out. It wouldn't even have to have instructions or it
could include the 10001 instructions, either would be acceptable to me.
Mike
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Mike Walsh - mike_walsh at mindspring dot com
http://www.nclug.net - North Carolina LEGO Users Group
http://www.nclug.net/ctb - Carolina Train Builders
http://www.brickbay.com/store.asp?u=mpw - Brick Depot
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