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Subject:	Re: We may all be Lego collectors, but Lego isn't a Beanie-Baby style collectable
Newsgroups:	lugnet.off-topic.debate
Date:	Tue, 12 Jun 2001 18:18:58 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Daniel Jassim writes: > I'm making assumptions of course, but my point is > that it goes both ways, though I side with the builders. 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 both. I have MISB sets I enjoy for their MISB-ness and other copies of the same sets that I get down and play with on the rug. This is a big tent. Welcome all who come, whatever their reason, as long as it is without malice aforethought. ++Lar

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		Re: We may all be Lego collectors, but Lego isn't a Beanie-Baby style collectable
That's good, I can go with that... Eric (...) (23 years ago, 12-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

		Re: We may all be Lego collectors, but Lego isn't a Beanie-Baby style collectable
(...) 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)

		Re: We may all be Lego collectors, but Lego isn't a Beanie-Baby style collectable
(...) 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: We may all be Lego collectors, but Lego isn't a Beanie-Baby style collectable
(...) 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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