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Re: Another Legend dies....
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Mon, 16 Jul 2001 14:30:13 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> In lugnet.trains, Reinhard "Ben" Beneke writes:
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> > But now we have the Legend series and I'm not glad about it at all.
> > ...why a re-released legend is a dead legend:
> > http://news.lugnet.com/castle/?n=9395
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> Just reread that thread and the takeaway I got is that most people here in
> the US anyway don't have a lot of sympathy for what apparently was the
> majority view on 1000steine...
Of course there are all opinions to be found at 1000steine, but the majority is
of the opinion, that the Lego® hunting is such a big part of the hobby and they
would not like to miss it. Buying something with your credit card gives you not
the same satisfaction as finding a rare part on a flea market and trading the
next one with some other AFOL. All tose FOTM stories which we all have had are
such an important part of our hobby: I wouldn't like to miss them.
> > The easiest way to solve this conflict would have been to do some slight
> > changes in the new releases (for e.g. colour modifications and new • printings.)
> > The players would get the wished stuff for playing (who would care about a
> > mirrored print, if he wants to play with the stuff?) and the collectors would
> > be glad to find a new item to get it into the collection. For example the new
> > Metroliner could have been same as the old one, but in dark gray.
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> There have been slight changes!
You are right, and this is a thing I really appreciate, but as far as I read
it, lots of people are not too glad about these differences (May I call them
the "jealous people": those who would like to get the "like original" sets
cheap, which we idiots have bought at highest prices?).
> 10000 uses different parts molds (new style
> minifig torsos, 2 clip saddle, etc.) and the parts count on 10001 is going
> to be different by 2! This should make the truly "anorak"y collector quite
> happy.
I agree. And the building instruction is different also. Still I would like to
see some "real" changes and I do not see the harm for the "players".
> Unfortunately the changes are small enough that we have already seen
> what appears to be someone trying to pass off a 10000 as an original set.
:-((
> > And my last point (not too unimportant!): if the AFOL-market gets the
> > Metroliner now, this decreases evidently the chance to get a new well • designed
> > train set (with new parts and new part-colour-combinations). Instead, the • next
> > train set to follow the 4565 will probably be juniorized even worse than • 4560.
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> Um, are you saying that the 5 new cars just introduced by LD aren't a vast
> step forward?
No, I'm not talking about these S@H waggons, but I see black for the future of
TLC trains (the stuff you buy at your local toy store, at least here in
Germany). S@H is great and in general I'm really satisfied, how things
proceeded during the last month.
> Sure, more new sets would be better but LD doesn't have that much power yet.
> Give it time. LD is changing the way things are done at TLC and what may
> seem like a glacial pace to me and Hopfrog and others is really rocket speed
> compared to how things get done inside the rest of TLC. I hope it speeds up
> more, of course, don't get me wrong.
No, of course not. And I know, most readers of lugnet.trains will not agree
with my opinion. Despite of this I felt the need to give you my opinion on the
Lego® Legends.
Leg Godt!
Ben
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| One thing Brad Justus said on Saturday was that LUGNET estimates of how many Guarded Inns were being ordered were "way off" -- the point was that many, many times more are being bought by parents of kids. Sales "went through the roof" when the S@H (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jul-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) I don't like flea markets, and I don't like used stuff if I can avoid it. I have no sympathy with the view that the fun is in the "shopping" for the elements or sets -- I hate shopping! My preference would be for TLC NOT to rerelease sets but (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jul-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) the US anyway don't have a lot of sympathy for what apparently was the majority view on 1000steine... (...) There have been slight changes! 10000 uses different parts molds (new style minifig torsos, 2 clip saddle, etc.) and the parts count on (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jul-01, to lugnet.trains)
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