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Re: the rereleased pirate sets
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lugnet.pirates
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Thu, 10 Jan 2002 03:07:36 GMT
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In lugnet.pirates, Andrew Weiner writes:
> why didn't lego just make new sets?
rereleasing old sets costs a lot less. They don't have to do any set design,
they don't have to make instructions, and they don't have to do any
playtesting. They did design a new box for these, but that is probably a very
minor cost compared to the rest.
> also why release only the big ones, and the newer one a that.
> i'd hve loved a black seas baricuda or something.
> i feal t least one smaller set could have been done.
> like one of the island forts.
I think they are probably saving the BSB for a "Legend" (I'd consider it one!).
Why only big sets? Well, there are several reasons.
1) larger profit margins
2) Many buyers don't own any pirate sets. If they only get to buy 2 or 3 sets,
they'll be happier with large sets. For someone who doesn't own any pirates
already, getting a small set wouldn't be very interesting as they wouldn't have
many pirate pieces/minifigs.
3) Those who were teens or poor college students when these sets first came out
may not have been able to afford them at the time, but have the money to
spend now.
I'm sure there are other reasons which I haven't thought of.
--
Tim Buchheim
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| (...) plus, maybe creating newer moulds in case the older moulds were damaged, lost, or thrown away, or maybe just need an upgrade to update them to newer moulding machines. (...) plus, the "newer" sets probably easier to find more of the moulds... (...) (23 years ago, 10-Jan-02, to lugnet.pirates)
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| I'd like to see new pirate sets. Sure, it's cheaper to re-release, but Lego creates dozens of new sets every year, and from what we've seen in recent times they could do a lot worse than a revamp of (what seems) a popular theme. (...) I always (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jan-02, to lugnet.pirates)
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| why didn't lego just make new sets? also why release only the big ones, and the newer one a that. i'd hve loved a black seas baricuda or something. i feal t least one smaller set could have been done. like one of the island forts. (23 years ago, 10-Jan-02, to lugnet.pirates)
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