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In lugnet.dear-lego, Joseph Gonzalez writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, Richard Marchetti writes:
> --snipped--
> > ... MegaBloks is doing a great job with more traditional
> > brick construction methods and at a fraction of the cost -- check out the
> > purple/orange Monster Truck, the khaki tank/helicopter set, and the
> > flourescent colors bucket, look at the value for the money! • --snipped--
> >
> > Pssst, hey kid, I have a secret -- I know who REALLY reads Lugnet, Ritvik
> > reads Lugnet. I wrote to them, they wrote back. I wrote them about Lugnet
> > and RTL. I see that Ritvik is implementing what AFOL have asked for.in the
> dictionary!
>
> gotta throw my two cents in here and admit that i seriously believe
> megabloks is answering the afol's requests. i picked up the smaller tank model
> (around 300 pieces for $10.00) and the battleship model (around 800 pieces for
> $20.00) and i'm quite pleased with both of these models. (reviews to show up
> somewhere in the near future.)
>
> awesome numbers of pieces in each set at a VERY affordable price. also, it's
> incredible how the company could have easily passed out a lot of 4x8, 4x10,
> 4x12 plates but instead do the construction with a larger number of 2x4 plates.
>
> true, the bricks don't have the nice "shiny" quality and there are still some
> points in designs that could use some improvement, but the company i would neve
> even have LOOKED at before is getting a larger portion of my hobby-money then
> they used to get.
>
> ..joseph g
With all of the positive comments that I'm reading about Megabloks, I'll have to
take a second look at them. I sincerely hope that Lego is reading this thread.
Memo to Lego: Does it mean anything to you that some of your most loyal fans are
at the point of diverting a portion of their disposable income to your
competitors? I'm the type of consumer that usually doesn't give a company a 2nd
chance. Why should I? You burn me once...shame on you. You burn me
twice...shame on me. When all I see are juniorized sets, I'm not spending any
more money on Lego. Oh sure, I'll still create with what I have. But thus
endeth your profits from me. I know, I'm not even a blip on your radar. But
there you have it. Give us back non-juniorized bricks, and so many problems are
solved. From the AFOLs, at least, the profits that you shall garnish shall
overwhelm you. I realize that the problem of how to capture kids who only know
electronic games is a formidable one. But, I'll wager non-junior shall be more
successful with that demographic group. As I see it, a great source of profits
from your company comes from the generational tradition of building with bricks.
In my family, I'm a first generation builder. But I've handed the torch to the
2nd: a 4-year-old who just got so many sets for Christmas, that I'd bet it would
make some hard-core auction people here blush. (But Uncle James here wouldn't,
and didn't, spend a nickle on any of that overpriced juniorized nonsense that
graces 75% of the Lego aisle.) Give us a reason to pass this tradition down, to
help you earn money for decades to come.
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