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Re: Lego Mechspo
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Mon, 19 Mar 2001 22:16:57 GMT
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Klaupacius at klaupacius@aol.com wrote:
> In lugnet.build.mecha, Mark Sandlin writes:
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> > 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.
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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 same concept.
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 bullet and make some real mecha-type things?
> > 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.
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> 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.
I agree with you here as well, but for LEGO to do a decent job of it, I
think the sets would tend to be rather expensive.
~Grand Admiral Muffin Head
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Mark's Lego(R) Creations
http://www.nwlink.com/~sandlin/lego
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| (...) I'm torn here. I agree that Lego should in some ways "bite the bullet" and just admit what we all know anyway and make some mechs. However part of me likes that Lego doesn't do mecha. I like pushing the limits in an area/theme that Lego has (...) (24 years ago, 19-Mar-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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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 (...) (24 years ago, 19-Mar-01, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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