Poll: Purist or not?

Horak the Great · Post by **Horak the Great** » Sun Sep 03, 2006 8:18 pm

I've been wondering among those who participate (and lurk) in classic-castle.com's website: Who are Lego Purists (those people who exclusively use Lego brand items) and who aren't...

Methinks, maybe this isn't the best place to have this poll...

Tanotrooper · Post by **Tanotrooper** » Sun Sep 03, 2006 8:45 pm

well, I'm in between actually. As long as it doesn't include decals, paint and xtreme customizing, I'd do it.

But you gotta pull out the maximum out of the lego brick...

TT

smcginnis · Post by **smcginnis** » Sun Sep 03, 2006 10:19 pm

Right now I'm a purist, and I'd never customize a LEGO piece myself, but if I got the money, I'd buy pre-modified parts and RedBean and Little Armory kind of stuff. I'd also never use clone brands like Mega Bloks and Best Lock. So I don't really know.

~smcginnis

Remyth · Post by **Remyth** » Sun Sep 03, 2006 11:13 pm

Well, if I get some costum stuff in a trade or something, I won't complain. I do like a lot of the work that the custumizers around here do. I will never ever purposefully destroy a LEGO brand Piece. I'm with Smcginnis, I will never, repeat never buy a clone brand.

My 2 cents,

E of Alshire · Post by **E of Alshire** » Mon Sep 04, 2006 12:55 am

I've never used a 'clone brand', but I mutilate peices on a regular basis. I've cut up LEGO and Little Armory and RedBean equipment, but only for minifigs- I think to create a new peice to fix a problem with you model is cheating in every sense of the word.

kelderic · Post by **kelderic** » Mon Sep 04, 2006 3:00 am

I use an exacto knife all the time to cut pieces to meet my needs. Heck, right now a I have a Bricklink order for 64 1 x 2 x 2 light gray panels, and I am going to cut off the tops of all of them to make a wine rack.

Kelderic

J1A3L5 · Post by **J1A3L5** » Mon Sep 04, 2006 3:52 am

Strictly purist. If LEGO doesn't make it, I don't use it for building or accessorizing.

I do own a fair amount of Jeff's stuff from years ago back when Little Armory only made Star Wars weapons, and a few of the very original weapon sets and scabbards. I only use them in single figure displays for my shelves, and not in MOC's. They're equal (or better!) quality than official LEGO pieces, which is why I find them acceptable.

-John L.

ottoatm · Post by **ottoatm** » Mon Sep 04, 2006 3:58 am

I'm not 100% sure what the poll here is about, but I'll take a guess. Do you mean buy only LEGO products? Or cut/decal/paint LEGO? Or both/either/or?

I decided you meant the third and voted for non-purist. I do buy clones to spice up my stories or MOCs - the clones make perfect enemies or foreign nations.

As for the cutting/decaling etc - I do like this part too, but leave it up to the more artistic among us to do the hard work, and then I just buy it. (My avatar is one of my more favorite customs)

dJOLe_sk8 · Post by **dJOLe_sk8** » Mon Sep 04, 2006 4:16 am

As a collector, I consider myself as a strictly purist...
I would never have heart to cut some of the LEGO pieces, even if those are Jellybeans (maybe that's why I'm not buying them

)
But I think I would get some custom items, I've seen a few very impressive these days...

Greetings from Serbia

amadeus · Post by **amadeus** » Mon Sep 04, 2006 5:28 am

I cannot say that I am not. I am a Lego customization addict. I don't believe I have ever been satisfied with the color, shape and emblem of the lego brand product.

El Mariachi · Post by **El Mariachi** » Mon Sep 04, 2006 11:21 am

I'm purist since I dont like damaging original lego parts. However, I'm not against custom part use, unless they are made out of damaged lego parts. I also dont like perma decals, so I'm a sticker-decal fan.

stuifzand · Post by **stuifzand** » Mon Sep 04, 2006 12:43 pm

Strictly purist.
Although I'm considering buying some of RedBeans elvenparts.

dariofol · Post by **dariofol** » Mon Sep 04, 2006 1:46 pm

I'm strictly purist... i accept only some accessory of jeff like star wars machine gun and the great helm... bcause this is are potetial lego parts...

Lamanda2 · Post by **Lamanda2** » Mon Sep 04, 2006 2:37 pm

Heh.. I just made the pole interesting, 8 pure, 8 not

I am a customizer all the way, unless the piece has any real value or is very rare then I have no problems at all chopping it to bits, I also decal, sculpt custom pieces, and cast some of my customs in resin.

However, I have not had the heart to destroy any of my Redbean or Little Armory pieces, I just..couldn't.

Post by **JoshWedin** » Mon Sep 04, 2006 4:06 pm

I voted non-purist, since I do modify fig stuff once in a while. And I really enjoy the work of many of the customizers here.

Josh