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  1. Off the wall
    Right you are! Again! So, I'll impose another 90 day suspension (make it longer if you like) on myself since I appear to be your singular problem. Oh, I don't know how life will go on! Life without a toy forum! Logging off! Out!
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    This is pretty simple. If you like/defend TLGs rerelease of this set, it's justified solely by virtue of the fact that they did it. I can't argue with that. But, gee, I'd love to be held to that standard in my life.
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    Still, not buying it. And, we don't know why Lego made the decision. On the face of it, it appears to be a bad one. But just as I can't condemn TLG for issuing the set because I don't have the data that was used to make the decision.........those who defend the decision as one that will benefit TLG don't have the date to support that position, either. And, just because TLG makes a decision doesn't mean the decision is justified or good business or profitable or good for the company solely because they made it. Let's go back to a time not too long ago when TLG was about to be acquired/broken up/ sold in pieces and become just another business failure.
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    They would have known shortly after last years release how demand was trending. So, they'd have almost a year to put together something new. Making a box, an instruction book and using less that 900 existing parts isn't all that complicated. But, I welcome the rerelease even though I have the original. Let's not make manufacturing a set the size of a WV set with existing parts sound like it's all that complex. It ain't. Next Lego apologist, your turn.
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    I don't buy this idea that it actually, if pressed, takes soooo long to come up with a new toy that's under 1000 pieces. When did this become cold fusion? Or the Manhattan Project? Using pieces already in existence, moving a few production line schedules around. Besides, there have to be some previously unused WV ideas somewhere within the depths of TLG design headquarters. Sorry, but given the size of Lego and the talent that's in house, they could have come up with something on short notice. This isn't saying I'm against the rerelease, just sayin' not having a new one ready for market is a lame excuse.
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    Lego has scoreboard on all of its critics and competitors. Plus, they probably have analytical tools to determine what is a vocal minority (me also preferring a modular rerelease?) and the silent majority who just buy the product, take it home to the kids and aren't that into it except as seeing Duplo as a way to keep some little brat occupied.
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    The negative opinions expressed on this forum and elsewhere will easily be dismissed by TLG if 10249 is a sales success (assuming both that they are aware of these comments and that they care about them). Profit trumps opinion, at least in situations like this one.
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    I guess unless we know things like mfg cost, sales numbers, sales rate, profitability, etc. that we'll never know why TLG issues, discontinues or rerelease sets. In other words, we'll probably never have the facts we need to know why TLG acts in a certain way. And, I'm not saying we should have that information. I just saying that without it, I guess one opinion is as good as the next. I would welcome a new modular every two weeks. :-). And, not to forget, sometimes a vocal minority can make it seem like there's more demand than there really is.
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    I think very few Lego products are targeted to the AFOL market. While some sets may appeal to adults more than others, even the modular target market appears to have expanded so that the 16+ designation on the box is fairly irrelevant.
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    There's a significant amount of negative comments concerning 10249 and what amounts to the rerelease of the toy shop in the WV theme. So, care to compare and contrast the rerelease of the WV Toy Shop to how a rerelease of a modular building might fare? Sounds like an annoying exam question, eh?
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    Agreed. Good comment.
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    Probably, but if you just wanted a complete city, there would be an easier, cheaper way to do it. OCD people like me who started collecting late might still want the originals, but a significant portion of the reseller market might go away with a less costly alternative. Btw, I've always wondered why TLG didn't offer a pick a brick option for retired sets. Sure, it might not be practical for all of them, but I can build a pretty decent version of the GG using just PAB parts....provided they have some 1 x 1 windows. They could list all parts and suggest substitutions and you could order them all in one fell swoop. Instructions are available on line and who needs the box, eh? I know there are some glitches in that idea, but, still, maybe????
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    It would be interesting to see the impact on the resellers. I, for one, would not buy the old, high priced reseller sets if the new one served basically the same function in my modular town plan. A little late for me, though, since I've already bought the first three from resellers.
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    Yep, right you are. That's why I bought an extra Big Bang Theory.
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    In and of itself, it's a beautiful set. As far as being a rerun, at least it isn't a 'Caddyshack II'.
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    I build my own interiors when I want one. If I want one and don't want to build it, I search 'Lego furniture' on eBay. Lots of potential there AND good ideas on which to base your own interior MOC.
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    There's just too much new subject matter for buildings to go back and rerelease one or make one that's a slightly modified version of the original. Not that I wouldn't mind seeing rereleases or revisions of earlier buildings, but I just don't see it happening. With all due respect to the designer of MS, TLG designers could certainly do something to that one that would make it more popular with collectors.
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    A lot of this speculation is just pulled out of someone's..........well........... you get it........
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    If you go back and read other portions of this thread, you'll notice that we don't let facts, verification or lack of a reliable source stand in our way. :-)
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    This is an interesting thread. Being old, I can tell you that interests change, evolve during the course of a lifetime. Many will leave the hobby for other interests. Times change. People change. Interests change. If you told me 40 years ago I would no longer be interested in what I was interested in back then, I wouldn't have imagined that was possible. Nothing forced me out of what I was interested in way back when. But, I saw other things, developed different interests and moved off down other roads. Those old interests weren't bad, it was just time to move on. I've known very few who moved on to different hobbies because of being forced to do so (financial problems, illness). They simply moved on to explore other territories. And, that's not a bad thing or a knock on the old hobby/interest.
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    What defines the building and TLG's intent the most? The architecture style or the contents? Is the building of a certain era or in a certain era?
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    I doubt that so soon after the Grand Emporium we will see another building with a general 'shopping' theme. Wouldn't mind it, just don't see it happening. Not enthusiastic about an arcade as it would lend itself to being a multipurpose building without a predominate theme or color.
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    PS is available again on Lego.com USA. Just ordered another one since it provides so many useful MOC parts for residential buildings. If you don't have one, well, I'd get one now.
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    They look great. Nice going!
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    Some dogs, especially when they are young, will eat/swallow just about anything. If the dog swallows the wrong part, you could be in for some big vet bills to remove it.
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