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In lugnet.belville, Wes Loder writes:
> An interesting twist on the Belville format
> and theme, to be sure. I'm not sure I would like to
> see Harry Potter et. al. taking over Belville
> anymore than the other commentators in that
> thread, but I can see where the Belville scale
> would give designers more scope for
> individualizing the dolls to match the characters.
Yes, and the built-in mystical theme, including props and designs might make it
more attractive. It's no big deal to squirt dark grey plastic into a Belville
mold rather than pink or purple.
> Let's face it, the mini-fig of Luke is Luke only
> because of the sets he comes with. The minute
> lines on the mini-fig face—while creative—
> require a bit of imagination.
Yes, but now that I think of it, the characters in HP are soooo ICON-ized
(black hair and glasses for Harry, red hair for Ron, etc...) that minifigs
actually MIGHT be an easier way to go.
> A greater difficulty would be merchandizing
> Belville to appeal to little boys. Belville is a
> girl-oriented theme. Purple boxes, cute hearts
> and numerous flowers do not create a product
> setting with much boy appeal (IMHO). I buy and
> build with Belville sets because I happen to like
> the scale and because the particular sculpturing
> and design of the faces appeals to me. Opinions
> differ. I do not care for the Scala figures at all.
I don't much like either Belville or Scala primarily due to the color scale (it
makes me ill, like looking at Las Vegas hotel carpeting for too long), and
there just aren't enough things to build with them. Once you build the set
according to instructions, the bulk of your time is just spent moving the
figures around from room to room. With minigfig towns or with Technic, kids
tend to project the "need to construct" on the characters they imagine
themselves to be.
> Putting Harry Potter into Belville would
> also require a major color palette shift. The
> pastels and pinks would not work well. I try to
> imagine Belville in traditional LEGO System
> Castle greys and black and my mind spins. It
> would be neat, but it would not be Belville.
Again, it's no big deal to squirt different colors of plastic into the existing
molds. Agreed that it would NOT be Belville, but it would likely inherit the
limited playability (construction-wise, and no offense intended) that seems to
plague Belville (and Scala) for me and my kids.
> Other thoughts? Cheers, WES
None, other than it would be cool to see Belville fleshed out more so that
there was a little more meat for the target market (girls???) to play with.
- Sean
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| (...) But, consider that Belville is part of LEGO SYSTEM. There is no reason to limit oneself to the pieces that come with the Belville sets. I currently have a doll house and a barn sitting on a desk all built to Belville scale. The house is three (...) (23 years ago, 8-Jan-01, to lugnet.belville, lugnet.castle, lugnet.dear-lego)
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