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Re: The "return" of Town in 2003
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lugnet.town, lugnet.general
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Thu, 28 Nov 2002 12:34:15 GMT
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In lugnet.town, James Stacey writes:
> "Jan-Albert van Ree" <javanree@vanree.net> wrote in message
> news:3DE5FF78.4050809@vanree.net...
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> > At LEGOWorld 2002 Brad Justus hinted that Town wasn't dead... maybe this
> > is what he meant? Can't wait, would love to see some decent buildings
> > (re)appear!
> > --
> > Jan-Albert "Anvil" van Ree | http://www.vanree.net/~javanree/
> > VanReeDotNet IT Solutions | http://www.vanree.net
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> But how many police and fire stations do people need ??
Then perhaps the question becomes:
Does 'Town' always have to equate to police and fire stations?
I think the simple answer is, 'no'. What about schools, a library, low-rise
office buildings, churches, and the list goes on. Maybe it isn't people's
expectations that are low, but rather it's that the list from which the
company is working is too short.
> I understand they give a good deal of scope for 'exciting' creative play,
> but the average lego town has 4 fire stations, 3 police stations, 1 shop and
> one house
Except for some of the wonderful original creations that people come up
with. The real problem, in my opinion, is that some of the fan created
buildings are miles and away better than what the company puts out as sets.
How can LEGO compete with such talented fans? No smilie here... I think
this is a real issue.
All the best,
Allan B.
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Message has 3 Replies:
 | | Re: The "return" of Town in 2003
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| (...) While it would be lovely to see more LEGO sets like the Blacksmith's Shop, I don't expect TLC to ever compete with the buildings that AFOLs (and kids) build. Why? At the nominal price of 10 cents a brick, the types of buildings that AFOLs (...) (21 years ago, 28-Nov-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general)
| | | Re: The "return" of Town in 2003
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| What you'd need are churches and pubs. The average village in Ireland does not consist of 4 fire stations, 3 police stations, 1 shop and one house, more likely that would be 4 pubs, three churches, a shop and a house.... I'm not much of an expert on (...) (21 years ago, 28-Nov-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general)
| | | Re: The "return" of Town in 2003
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| (...) I suspect that such things appeal more to adults than to kids. Games like cops-and-robbers or playing with model cars, planes and fire engines all pre-date Lego or are successful as non-Lego toys, so it is hardly surprising that a Lego police (...) (21 years ago, 28-Nov-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: The "return" of Town in 2003
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| "Jan-Albert van Ree" <javanree@vanree.net> wrote in message news:3DE5FF78.405080...ree.net... (...) But how many police and fire stations do people need ?? :) I understand they give a good deal of scope for 'exciting' creative play, but the average (...) (21 years ago, 28-Nov-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general)
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