 | | Re: Desiring Machine (was Re: You get to choose!) —Reinhard "Ben" Beneke
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| | | (...) Just turn the medal and I tell you: it is greed that makes people wanting to have these legends... (Stupid argument of mine? Agree - but is yours the better one?) (...) I do not own one that deserves the name 375. So your argument is (...) (23 years ago, 15-Apr-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | | | | Re: Desiring Machine (was Re: You get to choose!) —Richard Marchetti
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| | | | | (...) Well, perhaps -- there is certainly desire for certain elements. I think we would all be served better by more selection in the accessory packs, but if the only way to get some things are going to be the Legend and Classics lines, then so be (...) (23 years ago, 15-Apr-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | | | | Greed? —Richard Noeckel
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| | | | (...) Greed? GREED?? G R E E D?!?!?! Whoa… maybe you look @ the hobby in a different manner that I. But ‘Greed’ isn’t a term I'd apply to my ‘yearning’ for a 375. ~Perhaps your word usage is flawed? I don’t see anything gluttonous, or insatiable (...) (23 years ago, 16-Apr-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | Re: Greed? —Matt Hein
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| | | | | (...) Nah, I could easily see myself buying one for the sheer desire to actually get my hands on something so phenominal I never had a chance to acquire. I think desire is a better word. (...) I've never seen anyone who hordes yelloe castle parts, (...) (23 years ago, 16-Apr-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | Re: Greed? —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | (...) Yes, perhaps it is. Ben is E2L(1), please keep that in mind, and sometimes that causes misunderstanding. Reading over your words and his, I don't find that much disagreement, believe it or not. (I'm in the camp that's glad any time Lego, in (...) (23 years ago, 16-Apr-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | Re: Greed? —Richard Noeckel
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| | | | | | (...) Thanks for elaborating on that! I too knew that English was his 2nd Language and therefore I endeavored to point out that the discrepancy may exist in translation. (...) I tried too… I hope I didn’t come across as impolite. I like Ben and (...) (23 years ago, 16-Apr-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Greed? —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | | (...) and thanks for that. Sorry if I used your post as a periodic reminder to folks that not everyone is E1L and to keep it in mind.... (...) Roger that! Got any marshmallows for the campfire? (...) :-) (23 years ago, 16-Apr-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Greed? —William R. Ward
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| | | | | | (...) My guess is that LD was waiting to see how well the first one did before committing to doing any more. I'm sure there is a large lead-time for new sets like this, and since it was kept secret until its release, we have no way of knowing how (...) (23 years ago, 17-Apr-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | Re: Greed? —Reinhard "Ben" Beneke
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| | | | (...) Sorry Richard, English is not my mother tongue. So why did I use the word greed here? As a matter of fact I have not used that word since ever - I had to look into my dictionary to cheack the meaning of "greed". I only have used this word, (...) (23 years ago, 16-Apr-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | Re: Greed? —Richard Marchetti
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| | | | | (...) Actually, Ben, I think you mean me -- I used the word first. There are two Richards underfoot at this point -- the best way to tell the difference between us is that the other Richard is younger and better looking than I am. =oP -- Hop-Frog (23 years ago, 16-Apr-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | Re: Greed? —Reinhard "Ben" Beneke
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| | | | | | | (...) Thanks for jumping in, HopFrog. And sorry to Richard Noeckel. My fault - I mixed up the two names.... Kind Regards, Ben (23 years ago, 16-Apr-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | WhAt EvEr! —Richard Noeckel
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| | | | | | (...) Man, do I ever feel despondent… I've been here for over 2 years and I'm still second-string to the ‘other’ Richard… (no matter how much he likes me) ;) ~After all, we’ve got two totally different signatures: Mr. Marchetti has the clever, (...) (23 years ago, 17-Apr-02, to lugnet.people, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | | | | | | | Re: WhAt EvEr! —Lindsay Frederick Braun
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| | | | | | (...) You've been here for two years already? Good Lord am I old. (...) That may be why you're second-fiddle. Too many people keep trying to pronounce that...thing. (...) Durst is supposedly musical, and Wilt is worth ten thousand.... (...) (23 years ago, 18-Apr-02, to lugnet.people)
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| | | | | | . —Richard Noeckel
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| | | | (...) Your English usage is still quite excellent nevertheless! :) (...) Different individual. (But that’s already been clarified.) Usually when I make a point I endeavor to debate the issues and not the character of the individual. (...) I do (...) (23 years ago, 17-Apr-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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