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Subject:	Re: Fwd from a builder: Colors don't match, among other things!
Newsgroups:	lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego
Date:	Tue, 18 Nov 2003 14:37:39 GMT
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> Again, I can't possibly fathom that a change to the knob and > tube system is a result of the marketing folks running to management screaming, > "kids can't put the bricks together anymore!!! We must make it simpler for > them!!!" Not that kids can't put them together, but to make it easier--just like holes in the minifig heads made them easier to pull off and slots in the technic pins made them easier to pull out. Making a change to make something easier for the user doesn't imply that the user is incompetent or less competent than in the past. Peter

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		Re: Fwd from a builder: Colors don't match, among other things!
(...) I thought the holes in the minifig heads were for safety reasons, to prevent choking if a child were to attempt to swallow them. I think I saw that mentioned in a LEGO book somewhere... C (20 years ago, 18-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)

		Re: Fwd from a builder: Colors don't match, among other things!
(...) We now know that this is a moot point, but something worries me about your logic: (...) Your statements are true.... IF we are talking about a product or design that is relatively new... perhaps only a few years old. Then there is the (...) (20 years ago, 19-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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		Re: Fwd from a builder: Colors don't match, among other things!
(...) So this microscopic change to the studs makes them easier to assemble? Worse yet, this suggests that today's kids are not as dexterous as we were 25 or 30 years ago? This is really hard to believe. Any average 6 year-old can use their superior (...) (20 years ago, 18-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)

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