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Re: Whatever happened...
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lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto
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Wed, 22 Dec 2004 16:52:18 GMT
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Joshua Opotzner wrote:
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be honest I miss the old rec.toys.lego. Though I’m sure I’ll be practicially
destroyed for this, I think that Lugnet hurt things a lot. I dislike how
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I don’t know about that. Lugnet enabled the community to grow to proportions
rtl never would have. But those same proportions cause us trouble now.
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I miss being able to buy a set, open the
box, spill out the polybags, and make the model half giddy, impressed with
the final result. The Imperial Star Destroyer was good, but come on. Wheres
the cool themed sets with minifigs? When was the last time we got a Neptune
Discovery Lab, Message Intercept Base, Fort Legoredo, Gas N’ Wash Express?
Nowadays I never look at sets and go “oh, coool”, I grimly study the box for
signs of good pieces, looking for excuses to buy something like in the old
days. Usually, I lose the battle and go to Bricklink.
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That’s true--but there’s some amazing stuff out there, especially this last year
or two: The Designer truck and helicopter, the Maersk ship, the Technic Backhoe,
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weary. I suppose the point I’m trying to make is that the overall hobby has
changed drastically, and not for the better. Not at all.
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It’s changed defintely. Not for the better in the ways I listed, at least in my
opinion, but also for the better in the ways Tony listed. Is it worth it to
have both?
Calum
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Message is in Reply To:
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| I don't post much on Lugnet anymore, though I visit every so often. I had to reply to this, though. I think Calum expressed the exact way I feel. A lot of the fun has been taken out of LEGO. The community is a scary place and the products...although (...) (20 years ago, 22-Dec-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, FTX)
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