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Re: Lego Mechspo
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lugnet.build.mecha
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Mon, 19 Mar 2001 22:05:57 GMT
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In lugnet.build.mecha, Mark Sandlin writes:
> I don't think LEGO would like the fact that
> 99% of the mecha you see posted are created specifically for war. We would
> have to come up with some non-violent gimmick to sell them, and quite
> frankly, I like having large beam cannon and missile swarms.
I would have agreed with this, if it weren't for Bionicles.
These aren't pacifist machines. They look like the result of some
marketing study that concluded "kids like fighting robots".
There are other new products in their line up with the same concept.
> I think it's true that kids would totally dig it, but I think part of the
> current problem is that you have to buy lots of different sets to be able to
> build even one decently sized mecha. And even one of the average mecha that
> one of us builds would make for a pretty expensive set.
It doesn't take a lot of standard StarWars derived parts to make a quality
small mech, just a good feel for the genre, an eye for design.
"K"
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| (...) I agree with you. I think LEGO is rationalizing it by calling their weapons "tools" which they apparently use to help them get around their native lands... or something. Whatever. We all know they're fighting robot things, so why not bite the (...) (24 years ago, 19-Mar-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| (...) I think that would be lots of fun. We'd have to call it something else because FASA copyrighted the term "mech" for their Battletech game. (...) No, I don't think they would. I don't think LEGO would like the fact that 99% of the mecha you see (...) (24 years ago, 18-Mar-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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