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Re: New Star Wars... has the newness worn off?
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lugnet.starwars
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Sat, 23 Oct 1999 17:01:53 GMT
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johnneal@uswest(saynotospam).net
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Peter Callaway wrote:
> 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".
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> 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!.
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> 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.
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> 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!!!
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 the kids, the parts are for the AFOLs. Ya wanna cool MF-- do what Ben
did. Or beg him to create instructions for *his* set;)
You are correct, Pete, that TLG is too concerned with bottom lines to make sets
more interesting than AFOLs. And that's how it *should* be. They are a
business. All we can hope for is colors and parts. And I see a lot of those in
this new batch, so I say woo-hoo (I reserve *capitalized* "woo-hoo" for when they
offer bulk services;)
-.02,
John
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> Pete Callaway
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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 (...) (25 years ago, 22-Oct-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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