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Smackdown: J-1 vs Lar (was:Re: Re - Realease Old Themes?)
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lugnet.trains
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Mon, 10 Jul 2000 20:50:07 GMT
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johnneal@uswest.netSPAMLESS
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John Gerlach wrote:
> In lugnet.dear-lego, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> >
> > Not paying attention, that's all. Here is a proof for you:
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> > 1. You design better sets than TLC does.
> > 2. I design better sets than you do.
> > 3. Therefore, by transitive closure, I design better sets than TLC.
> >
> > QED :=)
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> 1: I would never claim that. I build stuff with *one* idea in mind -
> realism. I don't worry about piece counts, or difficulty to build, or price
> points. Lego would probably never use one of my models as a "set", because
> they would be too expensive to produce, and probably too complicated for the
> average kid to build. Lego has to worry about all these things when they
> design sets. I have a friend who worked for Futura designing some of the
> Technic, Space, and Star Wars sets. He tells a story about one of his
> SnowSpeeder prototypes not being approved because it came out to 2 *cents*
> over the 'cost to produce' they were looking for...
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> 2: Debatable, or just see #1.
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> JohnG, GMLTC
> (reach me at gmltc_j1 @ yahoo.com )
> fut off-topic.debate, since there's no need to waste valuable forum space on
> this topic...
Maybe not enough substance to qualify for .debate, but I would give the nod to
J-1, because he has braved 8wide waters! Sorry Lar, but you are about 2 studs
short....or should I say narrow>;^D
-John (J-2)
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| (...) 1: I would never claim that. I build stuff with *one* idea in mind - realism. I don't worry about piece counts, or difficulty to build, or price points. Lego would probably never use one of my models as a "set", because they would be too (...) (26 years ago, 10-Jul-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.trains)
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