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Re: No-Lego buying resolution tanks
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Sun, 31 Mar 2002 16:38:05 GMT
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In lugnet.market.shopping, David Gregory writes:
> Oh, OK. So you're saying that you don't want to waste your money on the
> Jack Stone junk, etc. because you already have plenty of good stuff? It makes
> perfect sense now!
> I agree that the Super Chief is a set worth buying. I also esteem Dan
> Siskind's Blacksmith Shop as one of those have-to-have sets. Maybe I should
> make a resolution of my own: Don't buy any LEGO that's not on sale or
> clearance.
I think the clearance-scavenger bottom-feeder behavior is part of why Lego
does not consider us a real market segment (other than there being very few
of us compared to families with children.)
It's also that I'd rather save my money than buy even Harry Potter or other
halfway-decent themes out now. As for giving them a chance, I've played with
them at other people's houses and seen enough. I did buy Jack Stone on
clearance - out of curiosity.
On the food chain: the pet stores sell white mice in bulk, don't they?
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| (...) I'd rather get my hands on a few of those harry potter sets myself (just for the parts) but I won't even think about Jack Stone! I'd rather spend my money on something useful. But, I get it if you bought it out of clearance. (to spare other (...) (22 years ago, 31-Mar-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
| | | Re: No-Lego buying resolution tanks
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| (...) Those albino mice taste like cardboard. (Man, I've gone way off topic. This doesn't have anything to do with LEGO anymore. Maybe I should build a little kitchen with me cookin' up some tastey critters.) (22 years ago, 1-Apr-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: No-Lego buying resolution tanks
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| Oh, OK. So you're saying that you don't want to waste your money on the Jack Stone junk, etc. because you already have plenty of good stuff? It makes perfect sense now! I agree that the Super Chief is a set worth buying. I also esteem Dan Siskind's (...) (22 years ago, 31-Mar-02, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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