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Retail rant, was Re: ?Best Lego Retailer?
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Fri, 28 Sep 2001 05:44:33 GMT
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Richard Noeckel writes:
> Also, these stores aren’t exactly super-secret.
> And I don’t mind sharing facts like –Winners had some good Lego selection.-
Neither of these two items is particularily secret, yes. In fact, I'd be
almost safe to say there are almost no cool Toronto Lego secrets anymore.
Lego I suspect has changed it's business model from what I can tell to hold
back most of the desirable/niche models to S@H (which you won't ever see
sales on) OR (not knowing their true plan) Canadian retail product managers
are not buying as big a variety. I know in general, the Canadian retail
market is leaving toys overall.
In fact, you read my mind, because tonight I went shopping for Lego and I
honestly was so unimpressed with the selection (Walmart, Bay, Sears) I
didn't buy anything. (Note: For all you speculators, there's plenty of
6776's still out there) This isn't the first time. Last week I saw Olivier
Giesen's note about sales and went to look at stuff at the Bay. I couldn't
find anything I wanted to get.
There's nothing sold retail that even REMOTELY holds my interest. There's
little in Lego's current normal line up that is interesting: The Legends
rereleases are cool, but they're rehashes and only at S@H. Manas are pretty
neat, but that's one set, and an expensive one at $120 (or $88).
Bionicle/Dinosaurs/Throwbots/Racers are pathetic. Studios was looking to be
cool, because it had Town windows etc, but I didn't want to pay Steven
Speilberg's head tax. I can't believe the Bank Explosion set is $34.
That's insane. There aren't enough pieces to justify that. Yuck!
I find myself buying parts. In fact, apart from buying parts for train1/2,
I've purchased NO LEGO "models"-meaning, I've only bought bulk buckets, tubs
and clearance Star Wars/Creator sets to scrounge for interesting elements.
I own two or three Gungan Subs I bought at 50-60% off just for slopes and
plates. Heck, I even have a 4561 for Train parts. I haven't actually sat
down and built a cool SET in a long time-there's nothing really appealing?!
Zellers is by far the best for deals, the Bay/Sears are often very small and
poorly faced/rotated, TRU is a frickin ripoff, and Eatons isn't even in
contention. Once in a while, you'll see something roll around in Costco but
nothing advertised.
No on retails Trains past the 4561, no on sells Technic beyond $50 "Play"
junk. One of the things that really irks me about Technic is that a friend
needs smore beams for his very small collection (a DDK and a RIS) and there
isn't any set I can point him to that you can buy retail, that has any
useful amount of beams. It's all flexy pieces and half beams-mostly useless
for basic Technic building.
> Don’t be greedy like Chris, ;)
I'm not worried about Chris. What I am worried about are the folks that
don't post, don't contribute, but scalp on Ebay. Trust me, they're out there.
Calum
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| (...) Oh, I see, so my initial “let’s help the community” would be taken advantage of by the AFOL who see the hobby purely as profit. Then I apologize for responding to Chris in that manner. I guess he’s just more aware of the Lego-Dark Side… (...) (...) (23 years ago, 28-Sep-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| G'Day "Calum Tsang" <tsangc@mie.utoronto.ca> wrote in message news:GKCyM9.AzB@lugnet.com... (...) <snip> (...) hold (...) managers (...) <snip> I agree I have not bought any sets for a while, there is just nothing out there that looks neat or is (...) (23 years ago, 29-Sep-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| (...) I don’t mind! Anyways, it’s not like the entire general public of the GTA will clean out the Lego inventory before I get to it. “the lurkers will buy all the sets right from under your nose.” This happens anyways. Conversely, I've cleaned out (...) (23 years ago, 28-Sep-01, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.loc.ca.on.tor)
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