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Re: Where did you lot spring from?
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Wed, 3 May 2000 00:32:20 GMT
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Mark Harrison wrote in message <390EB8F5.7DC844EB@one.net.au>...
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> I must say I like keeping the compartmentalised dorks on their toes. Most • of
> them weren't around before lugnet took off and will never know what they • were
> missing out on by having one big cosmopolitan newsgroup. It was alive and • it
> wasn't controlled by the dorks.
Hehehe, not afraid to play the raconteur, eh Mark? :-)
Yeah, RTL may have been earthy and cosmopolitan, but it was also mostly
market discussions. Some compartmentalisation I _do_ like. They should have
made a rec.toys.lego.marketplace, but they never did, and I got so sick of
reading B/S/T posts that I came to LUGNET and never looked back.
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> The whole concept of Lugnet is very US centric.
Well, I would agree that the way in which it's moderated is very US-centric.
I think it was Abraham Lincoln said the price of freedom is eternal
vigilance, how ironic that the vigilance of such a select few has resulted
in so little freedom for anyone on LUGNET. If you disallow colourful
language, you're left with colourless language :-) Hmm, yes, I like that.
Just thought of it then too.
The rampant back-slapping is a bit tiresome too, it's nice to give each
other encouragement but I think the USians have gotten a little over-zealous
about it nowadays. It doesn't really help "raise the bar", either. Reminds
me of a little anecdote I heard once about the U.S. education system.... ;-)
Still, its dorky compartmentalisation means I don't have to wade through ten
zillion B/S/T posts every night. Oh, and some of the off-topic flames on RTL
were tiresome too. Not that I didn't _want_ to argue with rude teenagers,
it's just that I would rather have never been presented with the distraction
:-)
> Don't hold your breath waiting for lego direct to put a branch in • Australia, at
> least not in this millenium.
Well, as far as I'm concerned they don't need to, as long as they have a
decent range of shipping options.
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> > Since you have Model Team, what do you think are the reasons that the • 5561
> > rally van failed to sell ? It has some nice parts and looks quite good.
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> Price. Lacked originality since it was so similar to 5550 and 5581.
> Personally I hate the balloon tyres on it, they were unrealistically large.
> There are so many great vehicles they could model, why the fixation on • prime
> movers, gragsters and ugly look vans. The last decent looking model was the • 2556
> Shell Ferrari.
Well, its KMart price is very good now, and originality isn't an issue for
kids who surely can't even remember those two other sets from seven and nine
years ago! But I would agree that the big tyres are a turn-off for a lot of
people. Still, I like it a lot more than the '99 MT dragster, yuck.
> What I'd like to see is some piece of earthmoving equipment or a steam
> locomotive like the 396 Thatcher Perkins Engine (by the the way, would • anyone
> have the original instructions for this), even a nice big road bike.
They really should have released more aircraft, the Mach II Red Bird was a
bit small (being only part of the set) and its detailing suffered as a
result IMO. I can only imagine why the Red Bird wasn't a stand-alone
aircraft set:
"Could we design a jet plane?"
"Is that a truck or a car? No, I think that's a bit too adventurous for
Model Team...."
"Hey, what if we put the jet plane.... on the back of a truck!"
"Yes, yes, that's a wonderful idea!..."
Oooh, and a MT Space Shuttle would have been beautiful. Mmmmmm, MT Space
Shuttle.........*drool*
Cheers,
Paul
LUGNET member 164
http://www.geocities.com/doctorshnub/
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