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Re: lugnet.belville has got on it's feet!
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Tue, 18 Jan 2000 15:14:38 GMT
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In lugnet.belville, Suzanne D. Rich wrote:
> Speaking to those who don't like BV, I'll admit -- when I first saw a BV set..
> long ago.. I gaged.
Yeah, they were sort of girlie-girl.
> But after years studying a wide variety of toys for their
> quality of materials and design, I am repeatedly impressed by the exactness in
> the BV figures' craftsmanship. I've never found a plastic poseable figure which
> could even come close. The figures can be stood up, positioned in any way with
> the brush of a finger, yet they won't slump over from their joints being too
> loose.
That doesn't make them *look* better. Those faces are just weird. I think
they're getting better, but they have a blank, staring quality.
Oh, well. They're head-and-shoulders above Playmobil. In both looks and
functionality.
> And kids are quick to realize they can swap heads, feet, arms, etc. to
> make their own new characters (like King's head on Queen's body). I've made some
> more "normal" looking kids by putting boy heads on the girls' bodies. I also
> match up non-pink bodies with non-blonde heads.
Huh? You can do this. Cooool. Maybe we will have to buy some extra belfigs.
Our castle needs some hangers-on.
> as for cost... Hasn't there been a dramatic price drop? (to a level I'd call
> reasonable.) The most expensive sets went from $99 down to $66. That's five
> years later with same number of pieces. (1)
And the current sets don't have those awful StarTrekish grid-walls.
> So, are anti-BVers just grossed out by girl-targeted toys in general? Are they
> upset because it all seems too "un-LEGO-like"? Do they hate buying a set to use
> only one tenth of its parts? Sounds like this is the case.
Some things I have (historically) not liked about Belville:
1. The figs aren't on the same scale as System mini-figures.
2. The buildings are too abstract -- a few base-bricks and grid-walls don't make
a building (IMO). (The new castle sets are a step in the right direction. More
solid-looking walls.)
4. Too much pastel. Some pastel is good, but can we get a balance? (BTW, I *do*
like Scala's colors -- reserved, but not cotton-candy pastel).
5. The figs are odd-looking. Robotic and clunky.
One more thing, which is only a slight nit to me, but I think other people are
probably much more concerned about:
6. The figures are too limited in variety. When I (brown hair, green eyes,
medium white-boy skin) notice there aren't enough figs that 'look like me',
there's a problem. LEGO can't ignore the issue of racial figs in Belville,
since the figs are all recognizably race-specific.
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| (...) Long before the Ninja castle line was introduced, I thought that the Belville figures would make good Ninja figures, due to their posability. You could actually make them grip a katana with both hands. -- jthompson@esker.com "Float on a river, (...) (25 years ago, 18-Jan-00, to lugnet.belville, lugnet.general)
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| (...) I could probably spare a couple figs (I have several copies of 5846, almost 2 sets of 5890 figs, plus perhaps a few extras). (...) You don't want to know how many of those I have... Actually, I do have a plan to use some of the pink ones as a (...) (25 years ago, 18-Jan-00, to lugnet.belville, lugnet.general)
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| (...) [...] Woo! I was waiting for a post like this. I noticed the activity level too. Speaking to those who don't like BV, I'll admit -- when I first saw a BV set.. long ago.. I gaged. But after years studying a wide variety of toys for their (...) (25 years ago, 17-Jan-00, to lugnet.belville, lugnet.general)
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