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Re: New Star Wars... has the newness worn off?
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lugnet.starwars
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Fri, 22 Oct 1999 01:45:45 GMT
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I guess you are right. We were all probably blown away (and I heard other more
colourful and less G-rated responses) when TLG finally officialised what most
of us AFOL's have been doing ever since we could say "There'll be no escape
for the Princess this time".
Judging from alot of the private models I've seen, there has been a great deal
of time, effort and research put into developing an acurate (and in some cases
a working) model of the original craft. This involves a huge amount of time,
patience and (here's the clincher) parts. Many would agree that the MF's and
the AT-AT's are well out of most of our parts budget (for the moment - I'm
hoping personally!.
As a business, Lego have to weigh up the cost of all of the above and justify
that by the number of potential sets they will sell. Spend too much time,
effor and parts, and they would have to price the kits out of most peoples
budgets. Go the other way, and you end up with the Tatooine Skiff (I don't
like that one at all - apart from the Han minifig). I guess they've tried to
strike a happy balance with the new sets, but with the quality of some of the
Lugnetters creations, we will probably never be totally satisfied.
Most of what I've said is probably common sense, but I just had to say it! And
who are we kidding - we'll still buy them by the thousands!!!
Pete Callaway
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 | | Re: New Star Wars... has the newness worn off?
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| (...) And why? Ultimately it is for the parts, not the sets. As long as they keep introducing new parts and established ones in new colors, who cares what pablum they produce? I have dozens of SW sets and yet not one is built. IMHO the sets are for (...) (25 years ago, 23-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| | New Star Wars... has the newness worn off?
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| I see with the mixed reviews (mostly bad) on the new line of SW sets that everyone is thinking they are on a downward spiral. Are they really? Here is my opinion: A spiral must start somewhere, right? It seems that most everyone was just blown away (...) (25 years ago, 22-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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