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(...) I imagine Larry getting a new computer peripherial..."The Trouble Stirring Up USB 2.0 Ladle and Firewire (800MBps) Pot To Stir ™"...he hooks it up and thinks to himself ..ooOO{Now, where did I put that last LP e-mail?} 8?) (...) If you do (...) (23 years ago, 13-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Gosh Larry, I can't find anything there with which to disagree. JSA -- Green Bay Lacrosse-- Play hard; play often. (23 years ago, 13-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) As you should. I asked in order to try to understand, not challenge, your view. <snip elaboration> Thanks. Helpful. (...) I did say it, but not just to you, rather to all who read here. I'll say it again... Welcome all who come, whatever their (...) (23 years ago, 13-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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There isn't enough to debate around here these days ( grin) so here's some fodder. Rather than excerpting, here it is in its entireity. Note in particular point #3, which I think may be the most significant of the 5, although I'm rather fond of #1 (...) (23 years ago, 13-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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See below too! :) (...) I think it was a basic misunderstanding of what Bruce (who, trust me, holds LEGO in a regard few can hold higher) meant by "not a good collectible." You focussed on it as though he meant that it's not good; he meant that (...) (23 years ago, 13-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Thanks Bruce, it's better to understand each other....right on. Eric (...) (23 years ago, 12-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Thanks Bruce, it's better to understand each other....right on. Eric (...) (23 years ago, 12-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Thanks Bruce, it's better to understand each other....right on. Eric (...) (23 years ago, 12-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I'll do as I please. If you want an explanation, here it is: Anyone with enough money can collect LEGOs. There's no talent or creativity involved. There's no artistry, skill or vision either. Collection is consumption. Consumption doesn't earn (...) (23 years ago, 12-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Sorry Anthony (was Re: Lugnet has a problem) plz read
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Selçuk Göre writes: <snip> I assume (...) No you're not! ;-) And Tammy, by the looks of it, you didn't kill this thread either. Now it's my turn. /\/\ark - watching the 3724 watching him - de Kock (23 years ago, 12-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.castle)
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(...) Absolutely correct. As you're fond of saying, this is a big tent, with room for all. However, and I think this is Dan's point, between hard-core builders and hard-core collectors, there is a significant paradigm shift. To me (and I suspect Dan (...) (23 years ago, 12-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Alright, a little overzealous, but I can live with that. We be cool then. Bruce (23 years ago, 12-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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That's good, I can go with that... Eric (...) (23 years ago, 12-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Why *side* with either? Why are there sides *at all* for that matter? That is what is baffling me. This isn't a territorial war, is it? Both "sides" can "win", can't they? I'm a builder AND a collector and there is nothing wrong with being (...) (23 years ago, 12-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Hey that's cool Bruce, I got a little out of hand, I re-read the thread and I hear where your comming from, I ussually don't get like that on Lugnet, sorry. You rasied some good points, I hope people can appreciate this as I did. I'm 30, so I feel (...) (23 years ago, 12-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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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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