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Re: The Bar Does Not Go Down
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Thu, 13 May 2004 16:00:47 GMT
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In lugnet.dear-lego, David Eaton wrote:
> Compare Playmobil. A playmobil character is fantastically generic, much in the
> same way that a minifig from the 80's was. A playmobil policeman could be the
> brainy one, the macho one, an evil one, a dumb one, whatever. He's whatever a
> child can imagine. But "Crunch" will always be "Crunch". So a child can pick up
> a playmobil set, and imagine whatever s/he wants. But a modern Lego set is
> telling the child from the get-go exactly what this toy should be.
I mostly agree with your post, but you omit to mention that Crunch isn't always
gonna be crunch... It can be a pair of legs for another Minifig, a torso with
different arms for a spec. ops. cop in your city, a head for a thief in your
castle (actually, I think crunch wouldn't do very well as a castle head, but you
get the point).
At first, I wasn't happy with the "new" (back in the days) heads. Up to this
point, there were 2-3 male heads and you took smily and put girl hair on him if
you wanted a female minifig. I was happy with that. But now, I wouldn't want
only generic minifigs faces. I love al those "new" faces, those different
personnalities that are obvious at first glance.
As long as they keep them yellow...
I say that LEGO as gone wrong somewhere. True, Designer sets are awesome, one
of the best series in years. But for the rest...
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| (...) You're right, but that's not quite the point-- An Alpha Team set can still be integrated into the rest of your collection. An onion dome piece can still be used as an engine on a space ship. And a Harry Potter head can be any other figure with (...) (20 years ago, 13-May-04, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| (...) I've actually been paying attention to Playmobil recently. Does anyone know how they're doing financially? Both Lego and Playmobil cater to a similar audience (although Lego tries to reach a broader age-range), so I'd expect that if there (...) (20 years ago, 11-May-04, to lugnet.dear-lego) !!
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