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Re: what makes a legend?
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lugnet.lego.direct
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Wed, 24 Oct 2001 04:31:57 GMT
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In lugnet.lego.direct, Richard Marchetti writes:
> Yeah, but in this case I am trying to raise the specter of element molds now
> gone, and not necessarily worry about "new" elements or themes.
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> There seems to be at least an assertion that LD will not reproduce molds for
> elements from the past in order to rerelease a Legend set. I think this is
> a really wrong way to think about this product line -- it should absolutely
> be about bringing old elements back from the dead. Classic space helmets
> that can double in a recreation of the yellow castle -- why not? Monorail
> motors and track that can be used first in the Legend line and elsewhere
> later on -- why not?
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> I am not very pursuaded by the idea that a $15K cost in mold making prevents
> any of this. Frankly, I'd prefer to push in the direction of bringing back
> some older elements.
15K sounds cheap-- more like twice that. Remember, LD is *direct*, and doesn't
have the luxury of a huge market (like retail). LD can release a set with no
new parts and could sell merely 1,000s and be profitable, but a new theme needs
to sell 100,000s to be profitable. So what would you rather have? Dozens of
reissues with no new parts, or 1 with a few authentic remolds? The bang for the
buck simply isn't there; not enough people care about *authentic* reissues, and,
in my mind, rightly so.
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> Questions: Did they remake the maiden hat for 2000 or was the old mold still
> available?
I don't know that.
Can we speculate that other molds from that same period are
> still available?
How would we or even Brad know unless each element was researched to find out?
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> We are playing at this answer game for Brad with very insufficient
> information as to the manner in which they decide these matters. I think
> they could at least throw us a bone about the subject.
I don't think so, Richard. The reasons given by Brad here and elsewhere seem
convincing to me.
-John
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> -- Hop-Frog
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