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Re: 8263 Snow Groomer Review
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lugnet.technic
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Fri, 10 Jul 2009 15:57:34 GMT
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In lugnet.technic, Allan Porter wrote:
> In lugnet.technic, Jetro de Chateau wrote:
> > In lugnet.technic, Eric Albrecht wrote:
> > > To those who are interested, I've posted a review of the new 8263 Snow Groomer
> > > over on Eurobricks with lots of pictures.
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> > > http://www.eurobricks.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=31078
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> > > Eric Albrecht
> > > blakbird
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> > It looks even better than it did on paper and the inclusion of the builing
> > instructions for the second model is an answer to many AFOL complaints in the
> > past couple of years. I hope the same is true for the remaining models.
> >
> > Jetro
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> I do believe that the 8258 crane truck will have it's b-model instructions soley
> on the internet (not included in the set). Legos reasoning is that it helps save
> the environment by uing less paper (which if i'm totally honest is a load of BS
> whoever says it). Personally I don't mind not having the instructions for the
> B-model included just as long as it translates to lowering the cost of the model
> or raising the complexity/piece-count without raising the cost of the model
> (which is probably more in line with Lego's real reasoning behind it, cost).
The excuse about the environment is not a very solid one. Maybe LEGO uses less
paper and ink, but many people still like to have a physical copy of the
document and printing a single set on an inkjet printer is more environmentally
unfriendly that LEGO providing 10.
The cost factor is of course a much more important aspect, but personally I
prefer paying that little bit extra and having my instruction booklet than
having to use the computer which makes for a lot less comfortable building.
Jetro
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| (...) The environment argument gets even thinner when you consider the fact that set 8259 (Mini Bulldozer) has 3 instruction booklets - 2 for the main model, and one for the alternate model. Considering that this is only about 65 pages worth of (...) (15 years ago, 10-Jul-09, to lugnet.technic)
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| (...) I do believe that the 8258 crane truck will have it's b-model instructions soley on the internet (not included in the set). Legos reasoning is that it helps save the environment by uing less paper (which if i'm totally honest is a load of BS (...) (15 years ago, 10-Jul-09, to lugnet.technic)
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