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In lugnet.castle, Sean Harrington writes:
> I'm a bit concerned that TLG might be leaning in the Belville
> direction. I think the Belville characters are ugly and clunky, and I don't
> think the sets are very playable beyond their initial, instruction manual
> build. My daughter doesn't play with Belville stuff much for that very reason.
> She feels it implies that girls are stupid and less creative than boys.
>
>
> - Sean
"leaning in the Belville direction" ???
?Really?
--What do you base that on?
Wouldn't it be hard to create a train large enough for those silly Belville
characters. Also, I would have never thought that if Lego purchased a
licensing agreement for Harry Potter ($$ Expensive to buy the rights$$) that
it would invest in such a low profile and gender specific set as Belville.
P.S. I don't like Belville!
I remain,
Richard
You can reach me @ SHROUD_OF_KUNG_FU@Hotmail.com
-Lego good, Canada great-®
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| (...) Agreed. It depends on how Warner Bros. feels about Lego interpretation of the work. Warner seems to have most of the domestic (U.S.) merchandising for HP tied up with some sort of an agreement to approve or disapprove licensed items based on (...) (23 years ago, 4-Jan-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.trains, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| Actually, I think the Hogwarts Express is a VERY likely candidate for inclusion in the HP Lego series, but probably NOT as a 9v train line item. Think Time Twisters Twisted Time Train (6497) rather than true Lego 9v Train. Lego is thinking for sets (...) (23 years ago, 4-Jan-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.trains, lugnet.dear-lego)
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