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Re: What's going on in the LEGO world?
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lugnet.people
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Sun, 14 Apr 2002 16:08:54 GMT
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In lugnet.people, Matt Hein writes:
> In lugnet.people, Tobias Möller writes:
> > Hello, I'm not sure if you remember me, but I used to be pretty active
> > here before.
> >
> > About six months ago, I entered a short "dark age" but now I want to
> > start building again, and posting on Lugnet.
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> Great to see someone come out of their "dark age", even though it was
> relatively short compared to others. I has a short dark age myself. Guess I
> never could get over building spaceships. :)
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> > However... I picked up the 2002 catalog to see what's happening in the
> > world of LEGO, and I was disappointed (to put it *very* mildly).
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> Ha! Same here! I got a fresh copy of the 2002 catalog in my mailbox, and
> I can't say I was impressed at all. Have you seen those new jack stone
> and bionicle sets? I, personally,though, enjoy the Harry Potter sets,
> they're great in supplement to the castle theme! (only for parts, though.)
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> > Is it even worth to start building again? Should I even bother? Will it
> > get any better, or is the end near for LEGO?
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> Of course it is, just not from any new 2002 set (save for those new EPII sets
> and the legends, and of course, parts from your old collection!) Just to
> clarify, I haven't bought a Lego set from the storw in TWO years! And guess
> what, I'm getting along just fine. I guess it just takes a bucket of bricks
> to get you back on track.
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> > Reading the catalog only made me depressed. What's it like here on
> > Lugnet? Are people still active and serious?
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> Throw it away, then. I used mine for packaging materials. Just pop it into
> the shredder, and presto, instant packaging paper. (ah! the use for catalogs!:)
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> But, on a less humorous side, sure! Lugnet is still active and serious as we
> ever have been. Nobody is letting the new 2002 line get to their heads. It's
> all just a matter of finding what you like, and building from there. I.e,
> there weren't many good castle or space sets this year, so to supplement my
> castle, I picked up a few of those Harry Potter sets, and combined parts
> from those with a few older parts, and I got something quite interesting!
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> Just my two brickz...
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> <<_Matt Hein_>>
> Lugnet No. 1112
> > --Tobias
Yeah. I agree. There's some good stuff online, and hey, I've grown up with
late 1990's and 2000's Legos, and I'm doing fine. If you can afford it, try
bricklink or ebay! Parts are doing pretty good this year: lots of sets with
nice parts. However the sets (most of them, exept for legends and trains)
themselves are,well, horrible.
There seems to be two sides of Lego: the consumer, cost-efficient side that
makes Bionicle, Harry potter, Racers, etc, and then Lego Direct, with
Legends, classics bulk packs, and great train sets. I think theres hope as
long as there's Lego direct!
As for Lugnet, I think (even though I'm a newbie) that its still good.
There's been some 'episodes,' but Lugnet is pretty much the same. Please
come back!
John Kruer
p.s. Matt Hein, how old are you? (just an idle question)
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| (...) Ebay and Lugnet are about the only thing that have kept me building, or for that matter, out of my dark age. I'm doing fine myself, as well. For the last year or so, I have avoided Bionicle, Jack Stone, etc, and focused my building talents on (...) (22 years ago, 14-Apr-02, to lugnet.people)
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| (...) Great to see someone come out of their "dark age", even though it was relatively short compared to others. I has a short dark age myself. Guess I never could get over building spaceships. :) (...) Ha! Same here! I got a fresh copy of the 2002 (...) (22 years ago, 14-Apr-02, to lugnet.people)
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