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Re: Feelings over 2000 sets . . .
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Thu, 2 Mar 2000 05:13:56 GMT
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"Jonathan Little" <piano254@aol.com> wrote in message
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> When I first heard about SW sets, I had just come out of my dark ages and
> was extremely excited.
The same happened to me. In 2 years BSWL [1], I bought at the most 4
technic sets. Since then I have bought so many system sets my pocketbook
will never be the same! Technic count since: 1.
> At 21, it brought back feelings of waking up on Christmas morning to find • toys
> under the tree . . . a feeling I hadn't experienced to it's fullest in
> almost ten years. • It has been about 16 years for me
> With the 2000 sets, though there was a lot of eager anticipation, the same
> giddy feeling wasn't there.
The opposite can be said for me. With the 2000 line, I was on the "hunt"
for the first time. I looked for weeks, and when the shelves at TRU finally
filled up, I was THRILLED.
> Once I built the sets, I didn't feel that the quality was as high as the • previous year. I
> felt that there was a slight bit of juniorization creeping in.
The desert skiff is the only one I can't stand. Han or not, I wish I would
have spent that money on candy or something.
> Maybe these different feelings are just a result of the fact that all my
> favorites were covered in the 1999 release (though I doubt it, seeing as • how
> I love the A-wing). Maybe my love of the brick is just dwindling (though I
> don't think it's that, either). Maybe the novelty has worn off. If
> anything, this is probably the case, though I've had situations where • things
> weren't as pleasing simply because the novelty was gone.
As I stated before, I think it has a lot to do with the fact that SW is no
longer new. The novelty is gone. As far as the models go, I still haven't
taken apart the A-wing or Slave I (I did part one out to my bins, though).
The MF on the other hand is a different story.
The more I see it, the less I think I will pay 100 bucks for it.
--
---D M Garcia
http://www.geocities.com/dmglego/
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| I know this is kind of late, seeing as how the 2000 sets have been out for a couple of months now, but I wanted to say a few words about my personal feelings of the new sets and also get input from everyone else. When I first heard about SW sets, I (...) (25 years ago, 2-Mar-00, to lugnet.starwars)
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