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"Paul Hanson" <paul.hanson@latitude.com> wrote in message
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> Hey everyone -
>
> I had a crazy idea over the weekend. I know this will NEVER happen, but I
> thought it was interesting enough to share and discuss.
>
> Most of us agree that the Legends releases are one of the best things that
> TLC has done recently - problem is, there's so many great old sets that • it's
> impossible to release all the ones that fans want. Packaging, warehousing
> and distributing scores of old sets is understandably just not going to • happen.
>
> But then there's this - the existence of the Sculpture and UCS sets
> demonstrate that there is a market for large, expensive sets geared toward
> the adult collector.
>
> What is these ideas were combined? An entire theme could be packaged and
> sold as a single set!
>
> For example, I'm a big fan of the original wave of Classic Space sets from
> 1978-79. If my math is right, these 13 sets taken together total 1127 • parts
> - considerably LESS than some of the bigger sets now available. Put all of
> the parts in one big box, put all of the instructions in one big manual.
> That's only one box that TLC has to store and distribute, which suddenly
> makes releasing a lot of old sets easier for them.
What about people who want to see a space set from a different year of
issue? I'd say that depending on the year, your total of 1127 parts might
be off by quite a considerable amount.
> Even though I already own several of the old space sets, I would mortgage • my
> house to get all of them as Legend re-releases. And the possibilities for
> other themes are pretty exciting - imagine getting a big box that includes
> the entire Crusaders, Nautica, or Blacktron theme!
What I would prefer to see is a series of buckets/tubs/boxes ranging from
the small mini bucket to the large 1200-piece tub and even up as far as the
ISD's piece count of 3104 pieces, containing a fairly good selection of
parts, some of which would not normally be available today. It's better
than a legend, because (a) LEGO could structure them so that they can be
mass-produced in bulk and (b) they could even produce some of the harder to
get parts in colors not seen previously. (I don't see a really good reason
to *only* produce Classic Space themed buckets in only Classic Space
colors.) The only minor problem I could forsee is that perhaps baseplates
would be difficult to package for certain sets that might get included in
building instructions - this could probably be worked around by making minor
structural changes to the way sets are built.
> Just wishful thinking, I know... but still...
A lot of what I'm thinking of is wishful thinking, too, but hey if we didn't
share our thoughts, ideas, and opinions with LEGO, they would probably not
have any clue as to where we wanted to go! At least this way they get some
ideas their marketing and sales departments can brainstorm over! ;-)
Of course, I wouldn't expect to see anything this major in the next few
years, it may be 3-5 years before any of it actually comes out for sale,
since LEGO currently have the Star Wars license to produce sets from, and
there is still a lot of unknown stuff coming from Episode III, and possibly
a bit of stuff coming from an epilogue, although I'm not even sure Mr. Lucas
is planning on shooting it yet.
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Cheers ...
Geoffrey Hyde
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| (...) I used Classic Space just as an example. It's a popular theme (& my personal favorite), but it's just one possible idea. There are plenty other themes/years that could get the same treatment. Town sets from the late '80's-early '90's for (...) (22 years ago, 27-Nov-02, to lugnet.market.theory, lugnet.lego.direct)
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| Hey everyone - I had a crazy idea over the weekend. I know this will NEVER happen, but I thought it was interesting enough to share and discuss. Most of us agree that the Legends releases are one of the best things that TLC has done recently - (...) (22 years ago, 25-Nov-02, to lugnet.market.theory, lugnet.lego.direct)
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