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In lugnet.general, Matt Hein writes:
> In lugnet.general, a bunch of people write:
>
> We seem to be at odds on everything...
>
> > > > Someone should start a petition to lego to bring back the once
> > > > vibrant diversity to its product line. Your voice counts!
> > >
> > > Let me know where to sign up
> >
> > First, if you're talking online petitions, they don't work. blah
> > blah blah blah blah blah....
>
> Sounds like charlie brown's teacher, doesn't it?
Yeah, don't see why they wouldn't. If Lego put up a petition on their site
with E-mail confirmation or something it would work really well.
>
> Perhaps an petition on Lugnet. I don't get this. It seems even if I'm
> just the smallest bit vague, people should get what I'm talking about.
> Lego *DOES* read the .dearlego column, so a chain of posts and support for
> diversified chain of products might turn a few heads. Don't be so
> pessimistic about it, sheesh.
They read .dearlego? Or are the messages just forwarded to an E-mail?
>
> > Second, since Bionicle is making them so much money, asking them to stop is
> > like asking oil companies to stop production of gasoline and go back to making
> > kerosene. I'll say it again, if you don't like it, you don't have to buy it.
> > There are *plenty* of other sets with good parts for pretty much any theme you
> > want to build.
>
> Maybe so, but I wouldn't compare it to that, since Oil companies are
> such a larger industry than ABS molding. I have a feeling that we'll
> be seeing Bionicle for quite a while (god forbid), but the notion of
> Galidor staying on the shelves disgusts me. Have you seen those
> commercials? Everyone knows most kids don't pay attention to that
> stuff anyway.
Yeah, but I have seen a few parodies of them involving gore and missing limbs :)
> In fact, most action figure sales (besides bionicle),
> are geared towards either comic book heroes or anime/ RPG characters.
> Just go to a comic book shop, stack a Galidor figure on the shelf an watch
> what happens. Chances are, It will end up on the back alley or
> at your local bargain bin.
I doubt anybody would even touch it. Only thing I could think of would be
fans of the show (yes, there is a show x_x)
>
> > > I never though I'd say this, being a lego fan so long, but all they've come
> > > out with lately is pure bs. If you like bionicle (scary) or GALIDOR (even
> > > scarier) than I'm sorry, but what kind of idea was floating through their
> > > heads when they made those?!
>
> You know, that's probably an answer we'll never know, and I
> just can't grasp the principle that Lego would bother with the
> whole action figure branch, when in fact, they can stick to tradition
> and bring us cool models to display on our shelves and rip apart
> ro customize. There is little to none in the imagination department
> with bionicle, unless you're a modern picasso who likes to make
> ostnsibly disgusting models with spare parts. Keep to the bricks,
> Lego.
I totally agree.
> > Um, perhaps they wanted to try something new? Expand into new markets? Most
> > companies try to do so, since it is a smart move; if it works, it means
> > increased revenue.
Yeah, but if it is a dumb move like GALIDOR it can waste a lot of money.
> Yeah, but are you trying to defend Galidor to score some moral points
> or something? I mean, take a look at it compared to lego sets like
> sopwith camel or the red baron plane, and ask yourself which you
> would rather have. To tell you the truth, concentrating on one specialty
> product like model sets will in the end, produce more streamlined and
> accurate models. (I mean, look at Guarded Inn, for instance.)
>
> > > I'm not trying to be mean or disrespectful to anyone, but GALIDOR isn't even
> > > made from normal LEGOs! What good are they?!
>
> I most wholeheartedly agree. :)
No good at all.
> > That's not really the point. They're not designed as Lego System toys; they're
> > action figures. They do have technic pegs, though, so ARE usable with other
> > Lego products. If you don't like them, you're not the target audience. Let
> > those that do like them enjoy 'em, I say.
If they're not lego system toys, then they shouldn't be in the catalog.
> Well, to an extent, I do agree wth Sean on the Galidor issue. Taking
> a look into the lego summer catalog, I was appalled to see this
> excuse for lego adorning the front page. I even took the liberty to ask
> several kids that lived about the block who had purchased galidor (some
> of my sisters friends) on whether they liked them or not. Guess what?
> The overall response was that galidor sucked, am I surprised? Not really.
I havn't yet seen a show-based product that was interesting.
> > "G Gundam is love!" - Sapphire28
>
> ?!
Dare I even ask?
>
> <<_Matt Hein_>>
> Fellow lego enthusiast
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| (...) Definitely. If they ask the kids on the site what they want in a short enail message, and pick random petition signatures and read them, perhaps thy will get an idea that sets like Castle and space are still as popular as ever, and that kids (...) (22 years ago, 13-Sep-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.space, lugnet.castle, lugnet.town)
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