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Re: the rereleased pirate sets
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lugnet.pirates
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Sun, 13 Jan 2002 13:37:53 GMT
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In lugnet.pirates, Michael Dallaston writes:
> I'd like to see new pirate sets.
Me too. It might be that the best way to see this happen is to build and
publish a bunch of great MOCs from current (or currentish) parts and engineer
(or hope) to get them released in the MOC line from LD.
> 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.
IIRC, _The Ultimate LEGO Book_ mentions that Pirates is (or was) the most
popular theme. (Or am I just nuts? I'll have to look it up when I get home
tonight.)
> In lugnet.pirates, Timothy Carl Buchheim writes:
> > Why only big sets? Well, there are several reasons.
Big sets ROCK!!! I have a dream of giant ships all over my living room with a
great big island fortress completely blocking my TV. Big sets provide us with
16-wide hulls and island baseplates! And the flagship isn't big.
> > 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.
I dunno. I actually think that medium sized sets are better for that.
Actually half-priced clearance Pirates at TRU (coupled with finding RTL)
brought me out of my 20 year dark age. Pirates Perilous Pitfall was the first
set I bought as an adult (I think I bought a Pirates Ambush that same day).
Does 392 pieces count as a big set? I guess it was kind of big for the Pirates
line -- there were only eight sets with more parts -- but I still think of it
as a medium sized set. (Man how I wish I'd taken more advantage of those half
price pirates...I should have maxed out by credit cards :-)
> I always thought the purpose of the small sets is that you buy trolley-loads
> of 'em, and have hordes of pirate mateys and/or Imperials :)
Yup. And I buy/bought 6259/6265/6266 for specialized walls with printing too.
Chris
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| well, i'd agree with the reasons you have all given. lets hope these sets do sell well too. if they do we'll either get more or brand new ones. i've been thinking about getting the spanish ship for a while now. also, heres to the hope of more castle (...) (23 years ago, 13-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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