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In lugnet.market.theory, Allan Bedford writes:
> I'm exactly the opposite. I will ONLY buy a set that I like and I only buy
> it for the set. Whatever parts it happens to contain then so be it. This
> currently explains why I don't buy a lot of sets. Most of the current
> offerings are so shallow on design that anything I build at home looks better.
Okay, so you only buy sets for their good design. The parts selection
doesn't matter...
> When I built my adult collection of bricks from scratch 3 years ago I was
> lucky. It happened to be the 30th anniversary year of LEGO in Canada. All
> the Zellers and Wal-Mart stores were full of anniversary buckets and tubs.
> I loaded up on tons of basic bricks.
Clearly, you didn't buy the buckets and tubs for their good design, but for
the parts selection....
> Then I bought a number of Technic and
> eventually Star Wars sets, along with an assortment of others,
So you found some good designs...
> to round out
> my collection with a smattering of 'specialty bricks'.
It seems like you were buying these for parts then...
> As it turns out, I should have bought 3 times as many buckets and tubs. To
> find one today in a Zellers is like finding Bill Gates loading MP3's onto an
> iPod.
But don't you only want to buy good designs?
> And as for sets... well as mentioned above I only buy things that look great
> as a set. This doesn't leave much to buy nowadays. Anything of good design
> is only available through Shop At Home and thanks to exchange, duty and
> shipping, I don't use Shop At Home. If any one reading this doesn't yet
> understand my frustration with this company, feel free to write me and I'll
> elaborate further.
Hmmm...
So to sum up: you want better designs and better brick selections, but when
LEGO makes them available, they're too expensive for you?
Cheers
Richie Dulin
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| (...) No, to quote myself from the posting you replied to: "Whatever parts it happens to contain then so be it. " I have never and would never buy a set only to get a part or parts. If a good set has interesting parts (and hopefully still a hefty (...) (25 years ago, 17-Dec-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) I'm exactly the opposite. I will ONLY buy a set that I like and I only buy it for the set. Whatever parts it happens to contain then so be it. This currently explains why I don't buy a lot of sets. Most of the current offerings are so shallow (...) (25 years ago, 17-Dec-01, to lugnet.market.theory, lugnet.general)
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