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Re: The Bar Does Not Go Down
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lugnet.dear-lego
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Tue, 11 May 2004 01:04:55 GMT
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> I've said it before and I'll say it again:
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> There is no such thing as a limited use part, set, or whatever. If
> anything is limited it is the imagination and innovation of the builder.
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> -Orion
Brilliant how you make that sound like an insult to my creativity!
Anyway, if what you say is true, how come Lego sets (aside form the designer
series last year) almost never have alternate models on the back of the boxes
anymore?
There a lot of parts that TLC only uses in one set, so from that perspective,
they are still screwing up the ppp (price per part) by making it and using it
only once.
There are also lots of big parts that are so specifically detailed that they are
very difficult to use in any other way. I mean, a yeti is a yeti. It will never
be the wing of a spaceship, but it could certainly be a statue (of a yeti).
There are also lots of juniorized parts. A 4x1x2 arch is more limited in it's
usefulness than a 4x1x1 arch and 2 1x1 bricks. There is no situation where the 3
parts cannot be used in place of the one, but there are many situations where
the one cannot be used in place of the three. For the sake of increasing the
modularity and flexibility of the parts, TLC should have never spent money
developing the 4x1x2 arch when the other 3 parts have already existed for years
and are ultimately better.
These are 3 ways that TLC is wasting their money (and making up for it by
charging us more) to develop parts that are not needed and do not provide much
benefit to building or creativity. We are paying extra so TLC can reduce
creativity! That is totally against what Lego is about!
I'm not saying Lego should not make new parts, but they need to slow down a bit
and focus on what is important. They are out of control with new parts lately
and it's killing them.
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| (...) I've said it before and I'll say it again: There is no such thing as a limited use part, set, or whatever. If anything is limited it is the imagination and innovation of the builder. -Orion (20 years ago, 11-May-04, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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