My Rant Against Anti-Lego Reviewers

[concreteasflesh]

so ok, i frequent the sites of brickshelf and brickset, and more lately this forum. i read reviews often on brickset and frankly am so tired of the low quality unrealistic reviews i read.

take for example people reviewing the new castle series. my top 2 annoying reviews are:

1: need like 10 more minifigs.

2: needs classic dragon, new one is too <insert that tiresome argument>.

think of it this say....TLC is a COMPANY, meaning a business seeking to make a profit, its not a public service or a charity, in reality they are here to make money.

being a business, Lego wants you to buy more sets to get your army built, why would they put 10-16 figs in a single set? that would lose profit for them. the number of figs TLC has been putting into sets since 2005 is much much better. the SW battle packs speak from them selves. the new castle line smaller sets have army builder written all over them... yet people still complain that "ohh i need like 36 more minifigs to my castle, TLC is cheap..."

AGE FACTOR.... lets face it kids are growing up faster then my generation(86er) and the decade of the 70s, 80s. sets in the 80s were mostly 6,7+ and now its mostly 5+...why because lego has to keep in competition with the likes of XBOX and Wii and other more technologically developed toys. put 6 sets of any lego in front of a 10 year old and an XBOX with any random game, im sure 9/10 times the kid will take the XBOX. kids arent interested in the toys we were interested in. i was starting my black market activies at age 17(sex, drugs, rock and roll). i see kids in Hungary and Israel with facial piercings at age 12, 14 year olds dressing like experinced concubines. it kind of sickens me in which direction the youth is going. But lego is reacting as well. taking age limits down to kids who still have imagination. and making more colorful lego sets to keep up with the competition of other building toys. they also making bigger pieces because they are looking for a younger market. Lego is making toys for 5-12 year olds, and the 5-12 year olds still stuck in us older people. it is adapting to these conditions. so i really hate it then 20 somethings say man too many <insert that tiresome argument> pieces in sets. as much as i love lego. its the 20 years olds fault, lego is making sets for his age bracket. but im happy lego is more AFOL concious as well. making sets like cafe corner and other large scale, size sets.

the new dragon i think is fine, it has much more playability then the old dragons that could only move their jaws and attachable wings. the new dragon is more minifig scale and more scary.

i know ive only lightly touched on the subject and mostly in a rude way, im just upset how people react to something they love that isnt directly made for them. i hope peoples needs will be more furfilled with the 2008 line. im really happy since 2005, the six wide vehicles, the new building methods, the smarter use are larger pieces.

give lego a chance! they doing a great job for the past 3 years compared to the past 8 before!

i stand behind lego and have full faith in them. and all you negative reviewers: dont post your own selfish unintelligent reviews, because its a waste of internet space that will one day run out!!

so thats all.

[Belloq]

So true. Some of the reviews are so obnoxious! They're just like: bring, could have more.

More what? I mean, people shouldn't just review because they're bored, they should review because they are ready to string out a long andd complex opinion on a particular set, some people write reviews just based on pictures they've seen, but many of them don't even own the set and they just write opinions based on picture reviews. I think reviewing is fun, but it should be done in a correct manner, by competent people, not just some person who writes 4 lines ina review.

[Chuck]

I love how people say they prefer the classic dragons, even though technically, they are more <insert that tiresome argument> than the current ones. The classic dragons were made up of about 6 pieces: the body, the top of the head, 2 arms, and 2 wings. The current dragons have at least twice as many pieces.

-Chuck

[Lt. Veers]

UNGH! I hate when people post reviews like that!

[lukeiamyourfather]

I just hate when they say like the should have added in an extra vehicle if you love lego so much go and make your own so then you cant complain about the extra vehicle is useless.

*vader*

[Darth_Legois]

UNGH! I hate when people post reviews like that!

Me too now days i just skip those reviews and go to the good ones! *y*

[Batbrick]

I agree with this rant, brickset has some of the most pathetic reviews I've seen.

Comments like:

"Could've had another vehicle"

or "Should've had another black skellie"

are pathetic criticisms, as they criticise something they DON'T HAVE, as opposed to the set itself |-/

Nothing to Say, but Batbrick Away! >:-)

[Brickmaster]

Frankly I do agree with you somewhat, and in the first place brickset isnt a great site to find good reviews - half them arent even written by people that own the sets, and even some that have them the reviews are basically worthless. Its a great site but the people are lacking - though there are some true great reviewers that visit there - and I do appreciate that.

[blueandwhite]

Of course, I find the pro-everything review equally annoying. Have you not noticed taht some reviewers are inclined to rgive every set an excellent review, irrespective of any shortcomings the set may have. Unfortunately, this is typical of most fan communities. There are often a very vocal group of fans who are negative about everything and an equally vocal group who take issue with anybody who criticizes the smallest thing. Unfortunately, it is the fan in the middle who takes the most trash from both sides. At least LEGO fans aren't alone on this.

[Johnny 5]

Thats true if a set has things that are wrong with it, a reviewer should point them out, but not in some ambiguious way that only refers to the size or amount of minifigs.

[Lt. Veers]

Another thing that annoys me is people who write junky reviews just so they can get to the all time top reviewer list.