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I was hoping that the Ambassadors would make a new post to town, train, and
announce, especially since they just announced a poll for Star Wars sets for
2009.
While we wait for their post, I might want to add that the suggested sets should
be aimed at a younger audience. A poll on other Cafe Corner type sets would be
nice as well for AFOLS only.
I might suggest action oriented sets; as not many kids would want to buy a
school building unless it came with a school bus. I think firestations and
police headquarters have done well, because they have action vehicles and
themes.
Thanks again,
Scott
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I might suggest action oriented sets; as not many kids would want to buy a
school building unless it came with a school bus. I think firestations and
police headquarters have done well, because they have action vehicles and
themes.
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This is a big reason that LEGO has always had a hard time marketing to girls.
LEGO town/city has always been too action-oriented, and that simply doesn’t
appeal to girls . . . at least not to the extent that action appeals to boys.
Sets that allow children to roleplay and to enact vignettes of everyday life
appeal to both sexes. They don’t have to be as detailed as the Cafe Corner. They
just need to exist in the first place.
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In lugnet.ambassadors, Scott Wardlaw wrote:
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I was hoping that the Ambassadors would make a new post to town, train, and
announce, especially since they just announced a poll for Star Wars sets for
2009.
While we wait for their post, I might want to add that the suggested sets
should be aimed at a younger audience. A poll on other Cafe Corner type sets
would be nice as well for AFOLS only.
I might suggest action oriented sets; as not many kids would want to buy a
school building unless it came with a school bus. I think firestations and
police headquarters have done well, because they have action vehicles and
themes.
Thanks again,
Scott
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Scott,
We posted the Star Wars poll at the request of the LEGO Star Wars designers.
Each theme is created by a different group of product designers with a Design
Lead. Certain themes/design leads are more willing to work with fans to gather
feedback. Star Wars is one of these themes and has used sites like Fbtb.net in
the past for fan polls.
The Ambassadors certainly will pass along any Town/City suggestions posted in
this thread. More variety in the City theme would be welcome. After all,
construction crews can only build so many fire stations to put out fires at the
police station ;-)
Ben Ellermann
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I appologize for the lateness of my response. I have been extremely busy
lately.
Ben, thanks for responding. After re-reading the posts, I felt that the
timeliness of my original post may have stepped on the toes of others.
Moving forward with it then, here are my suggestions for new town sets:
Post Office w/ Truck(s)
Bank w/ Armoured Truck
Pizza Place w/ Delivery Car
Motorcycle & ATV Dealership
Museum w/ Egyptian Display
Bus Station / Bus Stop w/ bus(es)
Intermodal Terminal
Lastly, I'd like to see an American firetruck instead of the European firetrucks
that have been made thus far. I think that these would certainly do very well:
pump truck: <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:NYFD.jpg>
ladder truck:
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Dsg_Gainesville_Fire_Truck_20050507.jpg>
In all cases, I believe that Town sets need to be more unified. Nearly all of
the sets produced in the last 10 years have been stand-alone buildings on
smaller 16x16 baseplates. Most of us remember the late '80s catalogs that had
Town on the front cover. It pictured multiple buildings all built on 32x32
baseplates that allowed them to be placed together with streets connecting them.
The advertisments pictured kids dreaming of having their own complete town
layout.
This dream of collecting all of the town sets to build my own town was the
reason that I became so envolved in LEGO as a kid. This idea of building my own
layout of connecting buildings and streets, is what has led to my return to LEGO
as an adult. The stand-alone buildings do not inspire collecting sets toward a
larger goal. To me they reflect that these buildings are to be purchased,
built, played with for a short time, and then cast aside. A goal of building;
not one building, but a town of buildings, will keep the dream alive, extend the
playing life of these sets, and energize customers toward collecting more sets.
Thanks again for listening,
Scott
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In lugnet.ambassadors, Scott Wardlaw wrote:
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I was hoping that the Ambassadors would make a new post to town, train, and
announce, especially since they just announced a poll for Star Wars sets for
2009.
While we wait for their post, I might want to add that the suggested sets
should be aimed at a younger audience. A poll on other Cafe Corner type sets
would be nice as well for AFOLS only.
I might suggest action oriented sets; as not many kids would want to buy a
school building unless it came with a school bus. I think firestations and
police headquarters have done well, because they have action vehicles and
themes.
Thanks again,
Scott
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Following on this, I am absolutely sure a yellow school bus would sell great, at
least in the US! Something like
this or
this.
Regular city buses could be fun as well, such as
this,
this or
this.
Regular buildings, like a coffee shop, diner, grocery store (10185 is nice but
not for kids), town hall, etc. would be great too!
Roy
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