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Re: fire stations; continuation of Lego Town
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lugnet.town
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Mon, 19 Mar 2001 02:51:02 GMT
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On Sun, 18 Mar 2001 22:41:19 GMT, "ben medinets" <bmedinets@aol.com>
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> In lugnet.town, Jeff Christner writes:
> > On Sun, 18 Mar 2001 15:41:18 GMT, "Christopher J. Dean"
> > <chdean@deloitte.com> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > > if they stopped putting out Juniorized sets, I think Lego Town would be
> > > > a big seller.
> > >
> > > And I would be bankrupt from all the sets I would be buying.
> >
> > So would I. I spent less then $200 on LEGO last year, and most of that
> > was for BrickWars items. Since I came out of my Dark Ages 12 years
> > ago, this is an all time low spending record. On the plus side, I've
> > had extra money to spend on other hobbies and pursuits.
> >
> > Jeff Christner
> >
> > Visit Sixby Fire Tech at - http://members.aol.com/regult/
> >
> > Help support my LEGO habit. Ship by rail.
> > Visit http://www.nscorp.com/ to find out how.
>
> Not I...I've spent the most on Lego the last two years, and find myself
> lately buying a lot of classic town items on E-bay. I have a lot of the
> "nicer" designed sets in the last couple years, like the Bank and Cycle
> Shop, Cargo Center, Coast Guard, and a few other ones. I don't like them
> as much as the earlier put out sets, but I think I can find a spot for
> them somewhere in the town.
> I am almost 9V train complete, and that is great...I've got to start working
> on buying some Pirate Sets, Paradisa Sets, and a couple more Castle sets
> (King Leo's Castle, Kings Mountain Fortress, and maybe the Wolfpack Fortress??
> - something that Cedric the Bull can attack and use as his base of operations)
> I had two dark ages, and if Lego don't put out any good Lego soon, I'll go
> back into another Dark Age.....or I'll just continue to get additional
> copies of my favorite sets...like Metroliner and Airport Shuttle!!!
I flat out refuse to purchase LEGO on eBay, nor do I use BrickBay. In
fact, I've only placed one order with LEGO S@H and that was years ago
to buy train track and other train related items. Perhaps I'm not the
typical Internet AFOL, but I feel that most AFOL's aren't on the
Internet. Most of them probably go to the store and buy LEGO like I
do.
People shouldn't be forced into paying high prices on eBay to get
decent LEGO sets. I want to give LEGO tons of my money in exchange for
decent sets. I want to support a company that has provided me with
over 20 years of enjoyment, but the final straw has already been
broken. I assure you that my son, now a year and a half, will not be
carrying on the LEGO tradition that I started unless there are some
drastic changes in the next few years. This is perhaps the saddest
news of all. I really do feel that me and my son have been cheated by
a company that I used to love for so long.
What's 30+ years of future sales worth to such a huge company like
LEGO anyway? Too bad....
I guess I drifted off topic, I'd better talk about town. City Center
is such a funny name for bricks which will most likely end up in
landfills. I hope that's on topic enough.
Jeff Christner
Visit Sixby Fire Tech at - http://members.aol.com/regult/
Help support my LEGO habit. Ship by rail.
Visit http://www.nscorp.com/ to find out how.
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| (...) Not I...I've spent the most on Lego the last two years, and find myself lately buying a lot of classic town items on E-bay. I have a lot of the "nicer" designed sets in the last couple years, like the Bank and Cycle Shop, Cargo Center, Coast (...) (24 years ago, 18-Mar-01, to lugnet.town)
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