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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 22:50:46 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Matthew Gerber writes:
> In lugnet.castle, Bruce Schlickbernd writes:
> > I think there is a difference between someone who collects something and
> > something that is a "collectable" (please no semantic-driven dictionary
> > "proofs"). I might be a collector of Lego, but Lego is not a particularly
> > good "collectable", even if Lego wishes to inspire collector mentality.
> > There's a subtle difference in practice, and a huge difference in effect.
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> Don't like the cites, huh? Oh well...'semantic-driven'? Not hardly...maybe
> you didn't notice the actual relevance of showing them, but you seem to have
> gotten the point one way or another...yes, there IS a difference...that was
> the point. But, are you automatically a collector when you buy something a
> manufacturer labels 'collectable'? If you want to be...go ahead. If not, rip
> open the package and play to your heart's content...that's what toys are
> for, after all!
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> Matt
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 semantics debate, so yes: hardly). ;-)
In any case, my point stands: I might be termed a collector of Lego, but
Lego itself is a poor collectable.
Bruce
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| (...) Right. Obviously 'collector' will mean different things to different folks...SO WHAT? We are all entitled to our own opinion of who we are, and how we view ourselves in the 'collector' world. Me, a builder-I build by the instructions once, (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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