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Re: We may all be Lego collectors, but Lego isn't a Beanie-Baby style collectable
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Tue, 12 Jun 2001 19:59:33 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> 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.
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> Why *side* with either?
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> Why are there sides *at all* for that matter?
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> That is what is baffling me. This isn't a territorial war, is it? Both
> "sides" can "win", can't they?
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 & others), I can't *remotely* comprehend a primary
purpose for a Lego hobby that isn't building & playing. I literally don't
get it. I can respect it, and acknowledge that some people apparantly do
get it, but I have long since given up on ever understanding it.
As Dan says, there are probably hard-core collectors that wince every time
they hear about a rare MISB set getting torn open, sorted, and the packaging
tossed; and they can't understand how someone could so utterly disgregard
the value of that set.
And like all things in life, most of us fall somewhere between the extremes.
James
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