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Re: Misnomer: we are all Lego collectors!
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Mon, 11 Jun 2001 19:27:56 GMT
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Matthew Gerber at matthew@digitaliris.com wrote:
> 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 sentiments exactly.
~Grand Admiral Muffin Head
--
Mark's Lego(R) Creations
http://www.nwlink.com/~sandlin/lego
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| (...) 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, (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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