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Re: STUDfest VI, The final frontier.
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Mon, 30 Oct 2000 15:06:40 GMT
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> Make no mistake, Lego is still the thing, but as long as Lego goes on
> failing to produce the military stuff, I'll go on buying Tente (as I used • to
> for naval vessels), Blockmen and now MegaBloks as well.
More true confessions.
I too went Lego shopping on Saturday with Mel. We visited about 10 stores
but I found nothing to seriously take my fancy (i.e. large sets). OK, I
bought about 8 sets but they were mostly tiddlers. BTW, shopping with Mel
has definite advantages. She remembers the prices of everything everywhere
and can spot a bargain from halfway across the store. I remember when I was
young enough to remember things ... or maybe I don't remember ... :-)
Admittedly we did see a Silver Champion at TRU. Well, I saw it. Mel, the
bargain hunter, completely filtered it out. The price (over $300) was a
definite turn-off, despite my predilection for larger sets.
Then, I spotted a Mega Bloks aircraft carrier. 1700+ pieces for $69. So I
decided to take a walk on the wild side. Sorry, Lego, but you gave me no
alternative!
I notice that the Lego-System-sized Mega Blok sets (known as "pro-builder"
series) all seemed to have a military theme: battleship, tank, fighter
plane, helicopter. So clearly they are targetting the space that Lego
chooses to avoid. Based on the images on the boxes, some of the Mega Blok
sets lack a little of the Lego finesse in appearance, but then even with
Lego, a set can look better built than on the box cover. However, some (like
the tank) were actually very appealing.
OK, I may have made the biggest mistake of my life; perhaps I will soon be
bemoaning the outlay of good money on poor quality bricks or whatever. But
at those prices and in the absence of any Lego alternatives, I felt an
experiment was justified. Anyhow I will report back with my experiences.
Kerry
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Kerry Raymond
kerry@dstc.edu.au
Proud to be LUGNET Member 599
www.lugnet.com/people/members/?m=599
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 | | Re: STUDfest VI, The final frontier.
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| (...) Shopping in numbers greater than one is a risk to the budget. (...) Was the aircraft carrier in TRU ? I have been waiting for it's release here. (...) They also have models of a speedboat and a race car and a monster truck. They definitely (...) (24 years ago, 31-Oct-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
| | | Adventures with Kerry (Lego shopping)
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| Hahahaha Kerry :P Well I must say, yes this does not have that much to do with STUDFEST VI blah blah, but in to response of what Kerry writes below: Well I must say I have been called a 'bargain hunter' many atimes! hehehe :) Anyway it seems that (...) (24 years ago, 31-Oct-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| | Re: STUDfest VI, The final frontier.
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| (...) This sounds good to me :-) Actually, better than you could imagine. STUDfest V (and I like the nomenclature James :-) saw me purchase my first Paradisa sets, and my first Blockmen set (of which I have subsequently bought three more). Last (...) (24 years ago, 30-Oct-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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