  
| Author: | oukexergon  | | Posted: | Mar 8, 2024 10:10 | | Subject: | Re: Seriously? - end of the world as we know it | | Viewed: | 88 times | | Topic: | Catalog | |
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| Oops, didn't even notice; I'll try to be more attentive onwards.
In Catalog, SylvainLS writes:
| | Don’t quote foul language please.
In Catalog, oukexergon writes:
| | In Catalog, knightmove_g1f3 writes:
| | Yeah, right:
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Build a set from 1975 with today's parts and sell it as vintage for a few
hundred bucks.
An era of endless opportunities to cash in has just begun - and Bricklink's
inventories will support it.
PS:
And I don't feel fine...
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It's pointless to argue. They already know what is lost in this, they just
do not care. Ultimately the frosted bricks issue is probably one of the least
offensive here--all trans-clear parts from beyond a certain date (though
what the precise date is is less than clear, but it would certainly impact a
1975 set) are frosted, due to the age, quality of the mold and plastic that was
used. But your point is still well-taken.
Unfortunately, rather than having a catalog that is as precise as can be, perhaps
only to be improved over time, warts and all, BL execs (meaning Lego execs) are
pushing this down on all BL users to the exclusive benefit of Lego. Obviously,
as you hint, minimizing or eliminating historic variations of production parts
means more profit directly flowing to TLG, and away from BL sellers. Some big
new-parts sellers on BL do not care (right now) because they see this as a way
to ease their processes and direct more buyers to their own stores. All you'll
hear from them is "most people don't care" (as if they could possibly
know) and "this isn't your website" (as if that magically made watering
down the quality of the site a good idea).
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