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Re: Misnomer: we are all Lego collectors!
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Mon, 11 Jun 2001 19:06:22 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, Jimmy Park writes:
> That's because people are trying to redefine the term collector and it's
> confusing people. If someone plays with Hot Wheels, I
> would call him a Hot Wheels collector, not a Hot Wheels Driver, not a >Hot Wheeler, not a Hot Wheels user, or whatever else that person is >trying to term themselves.
But you are missing the point that it is the manufacturers THEMSELVES who
are doing this...the very moment that the word 'collectable' is slapped on
something, it automaically ISN'T, ya' know? LEGO is now guilty of jumping on
the bandwagon, with Bionicle (collectable masks, collectable card
game)...something that would never have happened in the past. The thinking
that there is a need to market to a collectables market is a fallacy! It is
in the natural growing admiration of something NEVER MEANT TO BE COLLECTABLE
that it becomes such! Slapping the word collectable on something to make it
such is wrong - slapping the word collector on someone is wrong also. Most
LEGO fans don't WANT to be collectors (I believe), they want to be bulilders
and have fun. No completest fantasies here (I know there may be some
exceptions-excuse my broad-brush), just folks playing with their toys.
My 2¢ for now...
Matt
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| (...) That's because people are trying to redefine the term collector and it's confusing people. You might consider yourself a Lego "builder" but to 99.9% of the world, you are a Lego collector. If someone plays with Hot Wheels, I would call him a (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jun-01, to lugnet.castle)
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