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----See below (...) ----I guess it bothered me that he said Lego isn't a good collectible, if his opinion is different I guess I should'nt slam him, infact I do respect his opinion. (...) ----Ahhh nothing, I know it's wrong to do that.....sorry (...) (23 years ago, 12-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Great point! From a LEGO builder's point of view, I look at unopened or unused LEGO as a waste of fun, creative and exciting possibilities! I think Eric slightly overdid it in his last post by calling Bruce out, as if creativity makes a (...) (23 years ago, 12-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Well... I dunno if "attacked" is the right word here-- surely if you offer up an opinion that others don't share, they're likely to respond. It's human nature, not Lugnet. Of course attacking does happen, but usually, people set a tone. If I (...) (23 years ago, 12-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I hold Lego in extremely high regard - you are confusing an honest analysis of Lego on the "collectable toy market" with a derogatory attack. That Lego makes a poor "collectable" is a *good* thing, in my opinion. You need to go back and (...) (23 years ago, 12-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Why do you say this? Because Bruce doesn't have the same opinion as you? (...) What do your creations have to do with the debate at hand? (...) Um, what? (...) What does this have to do with anything? How does one person's creations and the (...) (23 years ago, 12-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I don't think you know how to pretend. That seems to be one of several social skills you weren't able to learn. My theory would be that you were neglected and didn't get the attention that you wanted as a child. Now, you are (age wise, not (...) (23 years ago, 12-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Where did you get these *facts* from? If what you say is true, the running of LEGO is far worse than I thought. Scott A (...) (23 years ago, 12-Jun-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) window? (...) you (...) Gaurav, This comment was actually directed at Steve. I think it's fine to just post the set numbers. I only know about a dozen technic sets by number, but I don't mind typing a number I don't know into the Lugnet (...) (23 years ago, 12-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Okay I will start doing this in my posts from now on. I actually memorized all the Technic set numbers some time ago (result of staring at Technic catalogs for years; hehe I'm a nut :-) ) and keep thinking that everyone else has done the same, (...) (23 years ago, 12-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I disagree with that. :-) To me anyway, it DID look like you agreed (in advance) with what we advanced... (1). It's those other blokes over there we are arguing with, not you, bub. :-) (...) Right on. (...) Currency speculating again? :-) 1 - (...) (23 years ago, 12-Jun-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) <snip> (...) You and Lindsay both mentioned this, and I want to point out that I agree with it, although I imagine it certainly didn't look like it. I don't (intentionally) deride or begrudge collectors and speculators their place in the (...) (23 years ago, 12-Jun-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I don't think so. See below. (...) True. (...) I don't think so. See below. (...) While most of the above may be *true*, it is not the *reason* that this set is being released to S@H and not to retail. The REASON is that S@H is within Brad's (...) (23 years ago, 12-Jun-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) There is an old saying, "You can't please all of the people, all of the time." Guess what Anthony? You proved it to be true. But understand, LEGO is about to release a few new castle sets via Harry Potter and they have to be careful not to (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Nevermind, because you don't hold Lego in high regard. It is a good collectable. Your not winning any admiration here by saying that it's not. Perhaps you have'nt seen my Creations. www.brickshelf.com/c...Legomaster Also, your forgetting that every (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) No, in the sense of what makes something a good collectable. That is usually uniqueness and to some degree, scarcity. Unless there is a specific unique part in the set, Lego rates real low on that scale (primarily the box). You can find any (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) ----In the sense that it isn't easy or TLC never made it easy to collect Lego, I agree. Eric (23 years ago, 11-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Note where my message is on the tree - I hadn't read the "cites" I anticipated someone would use at that point. The dictionary terms don't really apply to the "collectable toy" market, which is what is really being debated (anything else is a (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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