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In lugnet.town, Steven Asbury wrote:
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In lugnet.town, Paul Sinasohn wrote:
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In lugnet.market.shopping, Steven Asbury wrote:
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Can we get both scale and a good building experience in the same set?
-Steven
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Wouldn’t this be where the “creativity” comes in?
If I’ma kid, and I see how I can build a 4-wide plane, wouldn’t I recognize
that a wider plane would be better, so I’ll look at all my parts and figure
out how to make a wider plane? (plates & inverted slopes)
Yes, this presupposes that I have a large collection of pieces, but that’s a
reasonable assumption for most kids...
So now I have to go build an 8-wide plane to show it can be done (1).
Paul Sinasohn
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Agreed. But is there a point where the pieces are so large and so specialized
that it loses the creativity? That plane nose reminds me more of Playmobil
than an open-ended building toy.
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/tcsk/CITY2006/city7894.jpg
-Steven
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I agree. When I saw these new planes I felt thoroughly disappointed and
uninspired. My hunch is that they’re looking to put a 5+ age rating on the box.
And if that’s the case, I can’t blame them for thinking they have to juniorize
something. It’s just a shame the juniorization is so prominent.
When I bought the new 7239 fire truck I was
amazed to see the 5+ on the box. Although the truck frame was juniorized it
wasn’t so bad since it was mostly hidden. I feel they did a similarly good job
hiding the juniorization pieces in the 7249
crane. Unfortunately the 7344 dump truck
didn’t hide it as well, which is why I had no interest in purchasing it for
myself (although I bought one for a 5 year old).
To hit their target market I don’t blame them for having to juniorize some
things. I just wish they’d do it like 7239 and not like these new planes. With
the 7239 truck frame it was as if to say:
“Well you could build this out of standard LEGO pieces but we’ll save you the
trouble since you’re 5 years old and want to get on with playing with it.”
With these new planes it seems they’re saying:
“You could never build something that looks like this out of standard LEGO
pieces so we’ll just sell you a plastic toy plane with a few studs on it so you
can decorate it with LEGO pieces.”
The difference is subtle, but I think the effect on the inspiration it provides
the child (or lack there of) will be significant.
Regards,
Paul D.
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