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Re: Lego Mechspo
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Date: 
Mon, 19 Mar 2001 22:11:36 GMT
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In lugnet.build.mecha, Brian Cooper writes:
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.

WELL SAID!!! ;-)

- Mladen


"K"



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(...) 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 (...) (23 years ago, 19-Mar-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)

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