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In lugnet.dear-lego, Felix Greco wrote:
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Okay, I know I’m not saying anything new here. But give me a moment before
you pass this off as another rant:
I realize there are things going on at the company we AFOLs don’t know about.
I realize there is probably a certain piece-to-play ratio you’re considering.
I realize certain colors attract attention more than others. I realize there
is a certain “build-to-play” time factor considered in production for
different age groups. I’m not going to go off about the bar going down
because thats been done quite elequently already.
But,I refuse to believe these factors cannot be done in a more
aesthetically pleasing way. The new Knights’ Kingdom™ mini-fig sets are an
eye-sore. I don’t think the common consumer would even recognize they are
some type of castle-like creation unless they had a castle looking mini-fig
with them.
Before I’m blown off as one more nostalgic adult fan, consider this: we here
at lugnet know your product. Put us to the test. What factors need to be
considered? I’ll bet my last dollar a Sava or a Hoffman could pump out a
model that meets all your specifications and is still beautiful in form and
function.
Dear LEGO company, you can and have done better.
Felix
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I have to agree with you Felix. LEGO is my #1 hobby, but my #2 is medieval
stuff (weapons mostly). I have many books with photos of real castles, so I can
recognize a good/accurate castle model done in LEGO. The 2004 castle sets
resemble Playmobile on acid much to closely to be considered good sets; they
are eyesores. I think it boils down to visual Mommy-I-want-that competition
in the toy aisles and also aiming at a younger crowd of kids who don’t yet think
that playing with LEGOS is uncool. (I have yet to understand why this happens
in the first place.)
Fortunately for us AFOL’s, LEGO isn’t completely deaf
when it comes to producing good castle models:
David
“Fuzzy” Gregory
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| (...) David, I disagree completely with you here. Playmobil may not be able to make actual construction toys, but one thing they can do, is make VERY nice and real looking castles. The new Lego Knights Kingdom sets neither look nice, nor resembles (...) (20 years ago, 2-Jul-04, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.castle, FTX)
| | | Re: Knights' Kingdom™ is ugly.
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| (...) Kid don't want realism, they want cool looking (to them) toys. Today's child market is heavily influence by the anime look of Dragonball, Pokemon, and Yu Gi Oh and I can definatly see the parallel between those themes and the new Castle (...) (20 years ago, 2-Jul-04, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.castle)
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| Okay, I know I'm not saying anything new here. But give me a moment before you pass this off as another rant: I realize there are things going on at the company we AFOLs don't know about. I realize there is probably a certain piece-to-play ratio (...) (20 years ago, 2-Jul-04, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.castle, FTX) !
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