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| (...) I think this is most probably. However, leaving Juniorization can only happen if TLG expects it's target audience to be patient enough to build a detailed model. For us, thats the prime reason to buy a set, but for most kid fans, it's playing (...) (21 years ago, 7-Oct-03, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| (...) I know that this is an old issue, but it would be nice if TLG took a role as industry leader and worked against the I-want-everything-spoon-fed-now attitude running rampant through the child-marketing industries. Instead, TLG is simply playing (...) (21 years ago, 7-Oct-03, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| (...) I argue that they *have* in fact taken such a role: [LEGOSet 4101] Now, they still have to make money so they still may have to pander elsewhere for a while, but DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE the importance of Designer. The directive to do these sets (...) (21 years ago, 7-Oct-03, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| In lugnet.castle, Dave Schuler wrote about Intelliblox I wrote to Playmates a year ago and received a reply that, no, they were not doing further LOTR playsets. Also that TRU had some left. (21 years ago, 7-Oct-03, to lugnet.castle)
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| (...) **snip of nifty pic of set 4101.** Sure, now. And admittedly those sets are darned cool. But I don't think that TLG's really ahead of the curve re: industry-leading. I commend the improvements in design, but I remain unconvinced that the (...) (21 years ago, 7-Oct-03, to lugnet.castle)
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| (...) Can I go off on a bit of a rant here (not against Lenny, just in general)? When the heck did our society become so centered on movies?!?!?! Lord of the Rings has been voted the best book of the 20th century, and it's been out for 50+ years. (...) (21 years ago, 7-Oct-03, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| (...) I agree with your rant, for the most part. As for the trend, you need to look back to see how TV and media-driven entertainment supplanted other forms of occupying our time over the last 50 years, and how that transformed us into a culture of (...) (21 years ago, 7-Oct-03, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| (...) The problem LOTR, Braveheart and other films is that they are not suitable for Lego, and I don't mean the Lego Company, I'm talking about us. TLC can make Orcs, Cavalry (Riders of Rohan) troops (Gondor, Irish, Scots, English men-at-arms), etc. (...) (21 years ago, 8-Oct-03, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| (...) To answer you about X-Files: it was recommend to me to watch the TV series. I caught an episode that had to be one of the worst (a season opener that featured lots of voiceover - just dreadful unless you knew what went on before). I gave the (...) (21 years ago, 8-Oct-03, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| Good morning! (...) Sad but true. (...) That's what I am. Bye Jojo (URL) (21 years ago, 8-Oct-03, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| (...) I think it's interesting that when our generation was younger, we loved to build things with the sets that had no pre-molded parts and no special characters. We even had to build our own horses for a while. Yet we loved the toy enough to keep (...) (21 years ago, 8-Oct-03, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| (...) -snip- (...) -snip- YES! Don, you nailed it here! I emphatically support this idea TLC. Listen to this man! I just would like to add that some variant heads would not hurt. Hey, how about a MOC "Little Armory" Armory??? How bout it, eh? (...) (21 years ago, 8-Oct-03, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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| On Tue, 7 Oct 2003, Lenny Hoffman wrote: [about a possible future Castle theme] (...) What I find interesting is that when I think of carefully scripted product lines, I can only think of Rock Raiders, Bionicle, and Orient Expedition. Assuming this (...) (21 years ago, 9-Oct-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| (...) Although I am sympathetic to the idea of having more generic 'figs in sets, I don't really agree that "we never had enough Black Falcons . . . to man the walls". Looking back, Castle sets over the years have a very high ratio of 'figs and (...) (21 years ago, 9-Oct-03, to lugnet.castle)
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