imposter Posted April 18 Author Posted April 18 There are quite COOL weapons in those LOTR sets. Rivendell, Barad-Dur, for example. BUT for me impossible to buy those. They are LICENSED and a bit too expensive.
BrickBob Studpants Posted April 18 Posted April 18 1 hour ago, imposter said: A: LEGO is afraid of WAR sets. Given all the obvious evidence to the contrary, one might as well argue there's no Castle theme currently because they're afraid of the colour grey, for how much sense that makes
imposter Posted April 22 Author Posted April 22 It looks like that the MOST POPULAR LEGO theme, yes also LICENSED is not selling well anymore. All SW products are on SALE! All of them.
icm Posted April 22 Posted April 22 1 minute ago, imposter said: All SW products are on SALE! All of them. [citation needed] Also, that's perfectly normal for this time of year, what with May the Fourth and all. Are you seeing anything different than the typical level of sales that most themes get?
imposter Posted April 22 Author Posted April 22 Quite many YouTubers tell that SW is not selling so well anymore. Also SW popularity in world is declining because MOST SW fans are older.
icm Posted April 22 Posted April 22 9 minutes ago, imposter said: All SW products are on SALE! All of them. Still need a citation on this.
Renny The Spaceman Posted April 22 Posted April 22 5 minutes ago, icm said: Still need a citation on this. No you don't, Mr Imposter is a flawless beacon of wisdom
imposter Posted April 22 Author Posted April 22 8 minutes ago, icm said: Still need a citation on this. In my local store. Most popular LEGO store in whole country. SW is not selling well anymore. Sad but true. Obviously I am very happy about that - because I only buy IN-HOUSE themes, like Castle, Space and Dreamzzz...
Murdoch17 Posted April 22 Posted April 22 2 minutes ago, imposter said: In my local store. Most popular LEGO store in whole country. SW is not selling well anymore. Sad but true. Obviously I am very happy about that - because I only buy IN-HOUSE themes, like Castle, Space and Dreamzzz... Sweden is not the entire world, and one toy single store is not representative of the whole of Sweden's buying habits. Also, LEGO SW is normally on sale this time of year.
icm Posted April 22 Posted April 22 7 minutes ago, Renny The Spaceman said: No you don't, Mr Imposter is a flawless beacon of wisdom 3 minutes ago, imposter said: In my local store. Most popular LEGO store in whole country. Of course, who am I to question the oracular wisdom of Imposter-RiddlerDC-LegoTurtle the Swedish-Finnish wunderkind? He must be the sales manager for the flagship Lego store in Stockholm.
Black Falcon Posted April 22 Posted April 22 18 minutes ago, imposter said: It looks like that the MOST POPULAR LEGO theme, yes also LICENSED is not selling well anymore. All SW products are on SALE! All of them. It looks like all Lego inhouse themes are going to retire soon, all of them are on Sale, all of them. So you better buy every set you can, because they seem to selling so bad, that next year all of them get replaced by licensed themes. Source: Anonymous Youtubers, a lego frog and a goldfish. If you excuse me now, I´ll have to go buy some licensed Lego sets. Because I only buy licenses now. Oh. And likely the new creator castle. And the Hounted Mansion. And maybe some City sets.
imposter Posted April 22 Author Posted April 22 (edited) 7 minutes ago, Black Falcon said: ... I´ll have to go buy some licensed Lego sets. Because I only buy licenses now. Oh. And likely the new creator castle. And the Hounted Mansion. And maybe some City sets. Sir, your name is BLACK FALCON??? Edited April 22 by imposter
imposter Posted April 22 Author Posted April 22 (edited) If your name is IN-HOUSE theme, then you should respect for example Castle. Not buy licensed sets all the time. I understand that half of Eurobricks users are SW fan boys, who buy SW sets even OVER-priced, or same vehicles, minifigures year after year. For example if you buy SW sets 5 years in a row. Your LEGO self will be almost GREY. Edited April 22 by imposter
Murdoch17 Posted April 22 Posted April 22 22 minutes ago, imposter said: I understand that half of Eurobricks users are SW fan boys, who buy SW sets even OVER-priced, or same vehicles, minifigures year after year. For example if you buy SW sets 5 years in a row. Your LEGO self will be almost GREY. Wow! Are you trying to anger the most-active section of EB? Because this is how you do it. You don't know what hornet's nest you're throwing rocks at...
MAB Posted April 23 Posted April 23 7 hours ago, imposter said: I understand that half of Eurobricks users are SW fan boys, who buy SW sets even OVER-priced, or same vehicles, minifigures year after year. For example if you buy SW sets 5 years in a row. Your LEGO self will be almost GREY. SW sets are great for Castle (and LOTR) MOC builders as they also tend to be grey. And the figures tend to be valuable as LEGO SW minifigure fans want them so you can sell them individually for about the same as the set price, especially if bought at discount, and get lots of free building parts.
Renny The Spaceman Posted April 23 Posted April 23 7 hours ago, Murdoch17 said: Wow! Are you trying to anger the most-active section of EB? Because this is how you do it. You don't know what hornet's nest you're throwing rocks at... He's a bold free thinker saying what polite society refuses to. Let him express himself and be free 8 hours ago, icm said: Of course, who am I to question the oracular wisdom of Imposter-RiddlerDC-LegoTurtle the Swedish-Finnish wunderkind? He must be the sales manager for the flagship Lego store in Stockholm. Ha, exactly!
BrickBob Studpants Posted April 23 Posted April 23 10 hours ago, Murdoch17 said: Sweden is not the entire world, and one toy single store is not representative of the whole of Sweden's buying habits. Turtle is from Finland tho, he only pretends to be from Sweden as part of his “masterful” disguise 9 hours ago, imposter said: I understand that half of Eurobricks users are SW fan boys […] You never listen to anything anyone says, so this is completely pointless, but you’re not gonna endear anyone to your point of view if you keep hurling childish insults at people Keep doing it and people are gonna openly celebrate the demise of your favourite themes Because unlike SW, Dreamzzz actually is on the way out.
imposter Posted April 23 Author Posted April 23 9 hours ago, Murdoch17 said: Wow! Are you trying to anger the most-active section of EB? Because this is how you do it. You don't know what hornet's nest you're throwing rocks at... So you are saying this option is not aloud here? Critics against over priced SW theme. The GREY theme. AND now even somebody is saying that SW is good for CASTLE theme.
BrickBob Studpants Posted April 23 Posted April 23 13 minutes ago, imposter said: The GREY theme. I thought turtles weren’t colour-blind? 15 minutes ago, imposter said: So you are saying this option is not aloud here? Criticism != childish insults
imposter Posted April 23 Author Posted April 23 The whole POINT of this topic is to argue that LICENSED themes are actually killing LEGO. We see more and more licenses and same time IN-HOUSE themes are discontinued. Now this is turning against TLG. Starting from SW theme. Decline of SW. Sets are not selling so well anymore. Also SW reputation is almost crushed by Disney.
MAB Posted April 23 Posted April 23 34 minutes ago, imposter said: AND now even somebody is saying that SW is good for CASTLE theme. It is, SW has been fantastic for providing cheap, and often free, grey and tan bricks over the years if you don't mind pulling out the minifigures and selling them on. BUT only if you are creative and don't have to follow official instructions to build something. Whereas if you are not creative and you can only build what is pictured on the box, then it is true that a Star Wars set is not good for Castle. All LEGO sets can be parts packs if they contain the right combination of parts and colours. Star Wars ones just happen to be particularly cheap parts packs due to the high value of the minifigures in them. 7 minutes ago, imposter said: The whole POINT of this topic is to argue that LICENSED themes are actually killing LEGO. Yet they aren't. LEGO's financial statements show that they are not being killed.
BrickBob Studpants Posted April 23 Posted April 23 31 minutes ago, imposter said: The whole POINT of this topic is to argue that LICENSED themes are actually killing LEGO. There’s no argument to be made though, unless you count counterfactual ones The company is still the #1 toy brand in the world and pretty much the only one not suffering. The toy market on the whole has been declining for years, while TLG thrive. The bestsellers include a healthy mix of both licensed and in-house themes. You just personally hate licenses for whatever arbitrary reasons and try to find evidence to support your outlandish claims, but there simply isn’t any. Accept the situation and enjoy the themes you enjoy without p***ing all over everyone else’s cereal
Agent Kallus Posted April 23 Posted April 23 12 hours ago, imposter said: i understand that half of Eurobricks users are SW fan boys, who buy SW sets even OVER-priced, or same vehicles, minifigures year after year. For example if you buy SW sets 5 years in a row. Your LEGO self will be almost GREY. The thing is that it's simply not that simple. Most EB users fit in more than one box. I myself am Star wars fan boy (as you so eloquently put it) but my most bought theme is definitely Ninjago and I also quite like castle and DC but to mention Zelda and LotR. Most of us are fans of both licenses and unlicensed themes and multiple from each category. Take @The Blasphemous Sponge (sorry I mean @BrickBob Studpants) he seems to collect almost every them from the amount of threads he's in! Take yourself, previous statements would imply an interest in Dreamzzz, DC, Indian Jones, Jurassic, Castle and more. Most of us are just one thing! 1 hour ago, imposter said: Also SW reputation is almost crushed by Disney. I'm gonna say something controversial here but I think Disney has done more good than bad for Star Wars. 1 hour ago, imposter said: The whole POINT of this topic is to argue that LICENSED themes are actually killing LEGO. Argue? Surely something of a more of civil discussion should be the goal But killing? No. Could you argue that it's more soulless to do licensed themes, sure but it's not less profitable so it's certainly not killing TLG. 2 hours ago, BrickBob Studpants said: Keep doing it and people are gonna openly celebrate the demise of your favourite themes Because unlike SW, Dreamzzz actually is on the way out. Et tu Brutus?
BrickBob Studpants Posted April 23 Posted April 23 28 minutes ago, Agent Kallus said: Take @The Blasphemous Sponge (sorry I mean @BrickBob Studpants) he seems to collect almost every them from the amount of threads he's in! Still salty about my Mara Jade heresy, I see And yes, I do collect almost every licensed theme with few exceptions! Plus some in-house stuff too. I have quite a few Dreamzzz, Monkie Kid, Ninjago, Hidden Side, Power Miners, and Atlantis sets (plus more), in case anyone thinks I only care about licensed themes 33 minutes ago, Agent Kallus said: Et tu Brutus? In regard to what specifically? I didn’t imply I was gonna celebrate Dreamzzz’s doom, because I’m actually quite fond of the theme, just pointing out that he’s gonna invite people’s vindictiveness
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