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Re: 1998-The Black Year!
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Mon, 25 Dec 2000 03:04:41 GMT
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In lugnet.pirates, Jon Furman writes:
> Hey, did anyone notice that the first year ever that Lego posted a financial
> loss, and a big one to boot, was 1998.
Ding!Ding!Ding!Ding! Correct! What do we have for him Johnny? I fell the
exact same way! I slowed down my Lego buying rate 300% that year because of
no more pirates. If it wasn't for the new aquazone and ninja that year, I
would've quit Lego all together.
> mean yah, so the last sets were actually "produced" in early 1997, but they
> were still around on shelves for the better part of the year. (on clearance,
> dang me for spending my money on college not bricks)
Luckily I got ahold to those 1997 pirate sets. :)
Oh yah, and the same
> year they juniorised our town sets, and gave us those MISERABLE fright
> knights (incredibly juniorised!).
Town was juniorized but not fright knights. The pieces were not prefab or
new, as the pieces were already used in previous themes excluding minifig
accessories. The Fright Knights weren't that bad.
> This from now on should be called the Black Year (1998).
I agree wholeheartedly. From then on, Lego has been doing some very foolish
things and making uncreative and shortlasting themes and sets.
My proof that
> there is a Lord Almighty who punishes the wicked for profane acts, is that
> the Lego company is losing it's shirt and closing factories, and making
> insipid video games, and Jumping into bed with Disney, lucasfilm, JK
> ROwling, The vatican, and Colonel Sanders before he went Tuts up! These be
> only the first three plagues that TLC will suffer for it's insolence! It's
> prostitution of A.B.S. and it's propogation of the cult of "juniorisation",
> which preaches a gospel of easy to build models and Big Ugly Rock Pieces,
> will ensure that Mega Blocks will give us the Pirate ships we so desire!
> O.K., so I blaspemed a bit there (and borrowed liberally from John Lithgow's
> preacher from Footloose) We aren't gonna race out and buy mega blocks,
I've been tempted to buy megablocks but quality is the only thing that stops
me. The sets are creative and they're inexpensive, but it is a clone brand.
Lego is abusing their power over the other brands. Lego is original and has
the best quality of pieces, but they don't care what they make now. Lego
better shape up soon or else they will suffer greatly for their foolish actions.
but
> how long can Ebay continue to fill the void left by lego's removal of our
> pirates?
> They could easily turn plastic into some serious green by giving us some
> more quality pirate sets! Most of the People in this newsgroup have spent
> the better part of this year buying pirate paraphernalia (sets we already
> own 1 or 2 of) off of ebay. Check out how much BSB or SES Or even Eldorado
> fortress go for!
Man, I never messed with ebay and probably never will. Too expensive!
I mean why did they cancel it in the first place, were we
> ever given a real reason (no I'm not counting their ridiculous "3 years is
> all we plan for a theme" statement) come on, Castle and town have gone on
> for over 20 years despite their best efforts to kill them.
I called Lego Consumer Affairs in 1998 and they said the production of sets
are based on the interests of the kid market. (This is what I call a
downside of Capitalism!)
I hope they
> don't blame it on poor sales, as the pirate sets they produced from 1995-
> were so lame. Poor sales are a result of poor sets (read into this comment-
> insectoids, rock raiders, et al SHIPWRECK ISLAND 2).
They newer generation of pirates weren't bad, YOU just don't like them.
> please don't be offended by this tirade, unless you work for Lego, then be
> so offended that you go out and design me some friggin pirates!!!
> With warmest regards to Grampy Kirk Kristensen (Who is turning over in his
> grave) JOn Furman
Lego needs to make better sets before pirates return. Otherwise, they would
be crap and noone would buy them. If they do come back, I hope they keep
Captain Red beard and the Imperial Guards/Armada idea, not make new characters.
--==Sergio==--
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| (...) You are right on this one, The fright knights weren't that bad, although, the minute I think of good sets in that line, The Catapult, the Night Lords castle, I keep remembering everything that had to do with that witch! I mean, as a minifig I (...) (24 years ago, 25-Dec-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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| Hey, did anyone notice that the first year ever that Lego posted a financial loss, and a big one to boot, was 1998. The year they killed our pirates! I mean yah, so the last sets were actually "produced" in early 1997, but they were still around on (...) (24 years ago, 22-Dec-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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