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Re: PROPOSAL for new track (was Re: New Lego Track!
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Tue, 17 May 2005 18:05:01 GMT
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Bryan Kinkel wrote:

Too complicated for adults? Or too complicated for children?

Did LEGO determine that the automated parts were too complex for their
target audience (children?)

Adults weren't even considered a market in those days...

Assuming it is *financially viable*, why can't LEGO have introductory
train sets for children and more complex electronic sets for teenagers and
adults? Isn't that what LEGO does with their current product line?

Logistics, cost, risk and it not being a core market. Nothing else.
--
Jan-Albert van Ree   | http://www.vanree.net/brickpiles/



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Too complicated for adults? Or too complicated for children? Did LEGO determine that the automated parts were too complex for their target audience (children?) Assuming it is *financially viable*, why can't LEGO have introductory train sets for (...) (19 years ago, 17-May-05, to lugnet.trains)

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