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What happened to the old days? I don't remember Lego being this un-"fun":
-People never used to complain MORE of a cool set was coming along. Sets
weren't "collectable" and no one worried about "exclusivity".
-Scalping wasn't an accepted way of doing things. People used to help each
other out buying sets based, mostly on karma. Find a set someone wanted? I'll
pick it up for you, and in return, maybe one day someone will help me out. Or
at most, maybe a finders fee. None of this, "I'll buy 200 copies" and huck them
on eBay or BrickBay or whatever it's called. It wasn't to say people didn't buy
stuff to sell, but it was an auxiliary thing, not the core of the hobby.
-Builders didn't steal each others design, they praised and tried other people's
ideas and techniques. There was never debate about "copyrighting" a frickin
spaceship design and Lego fans didn't sound like 12 year olds in the schoolyard
kvetching about who invented the "Supergalaxinator 9000". "Bobby did,
defintely. He revealed the revolutionary Maxowhomper EX+ cannon at recess
yesterday, and it's clear Robert here has stolen the design!" It was pretty
well a given you wouldn't go and try selling the design of someone else, while
calling it your own.
-Lego fans weren't gay or straight, they just were Lego fans. That wasn't to
say there weren't gay Lego fans, it's just it wasn't a big deal" They were Lego
fans first, and only. There weren't big debates from right wing religious nuts
or segregation into newsgroups based on sexual preference. People just accepted
each other and let them be on their way.
-People never held Lego to their word (and when did Lego have a "word" anyways?)
like it was a legal contract or griped about it as if they were betrayed by
their father. "You were a mistake! A 9 month long mistake!" :) Sheesh. It
was accepted back then that Lego was this huge company that did things you had
no control over. In a way, maybe it was better than way, because no one had the
expectation or self-congratulation that they were somehow important.
Hell, I'm even agreeing with Larry as of late. What the hell happened? Maybe
I'm just whitewashing the old days, but did Lego suddenly grow up?! People just
didn't take this stuff THAT seriously a few years ago. We were ADULTS having
fun with a KIDS toy. Now people go about it as if it was their livelyhood or
religion.
Calum
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| (...) Probably most of us still are. Some of us (I'm thinking of myself here) like to spend our free time playing (with LEGO, with our kids, etc.) instead of turning a hobby into an obsession (and posting about it). I have a choice between (...) (20 years ago, 20-Dec-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| You know, in my random stumblings among the leftovers from a nice community it's nice to find rtlToronto and Calums wise words once more. Perhaps one day I'll be back sharing the fun in full scale. This should provide som interesting responces from (...) (20 years ago, 21-Dec-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| (...) It's really cold outside. I think hell is freezing over. I just ventured out from the .robotics room and read the 10152 thread. I agree with BOTH Larry AND Calum. I better get my coat. Steve (20 years ago, 21-Dec-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| (...) Calum, Thank you for saying what brought me to Lugnet 4 years ago, when I came out of my dark age and found many friends and much enjoyment of playing with the plastic brick. Count me among your followers. I've seen people who are highly (...) (20 years ago, 21-Dec-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| Hello! Sorry for chiming in. I know I'm exactly the type of Lugnet-user who ruines it for you. I'm sorry. This said I'm not going to poison the nice atmosphere here on rtltoronto and I'm chiming out (does that expression exist?) as suddenly as I (...) (20 years ago, 21-Dec-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| (...) Do you think posts like this make it better, or worse? You compare these issues to schoolyard misbehavior. If I remember correctly, the best way to deal with much of that was to ignore it. The people behaving badly will run out of steam and (...) (20 years ago, 21-Dec-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| (...) Calum, a few of us in NELUG were just talking about these very topics at the train show we did this past weekend. While I'm not speaking on behalf of NELUG, the four of us who were having the discusion all agreed that LUGNET, or more correctly (...) (20 years ago, 21-Dec-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| (...) Sorry don't under stand this 100% (the English language here). I guess you mean, that people complain about new sets, bad design etc. Some do, I still (an most?) see sets as bricks, we build our own. New colours - that causes a lot to discuss. (...) (20 years ago, 22-Dec-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.general)
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