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Subject:	Re: Future of Belville
Newsgroups:	lugnet.belville, lugnet.castle, lugnet.trains, lugnet.dear-lego
Date:	Fri, 5 Jan 2001 14:14:25 GMT
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> Check out this thread, Wes. > http://news.lugnet.com/castle/?n=7281 Thanks, Sean. An interesting twist on the Belville format and theme, to be sure. I'm not sure I would like to see Harry Potter et. al. taking over Belville anymore than the other commentators in that thread, but I can see where the Belville scale would give designers more scope for individualizing the dolls to match the characters. Let's face it, the mini-fig of Luke is Luke only because of the sets he comes with. The minute lines on the mini-fig face—while creative— require a bit of imagination. A greater difficulty would be merchandizing Belville to appeal to little boys. Belville is a girl-oriented theme. Purple boxes, cute hearts and numerous flowers do not create a product setting with much boy appeal (IMHO). I buy and build with Belville sets because I happen to like the scale and because the particular sculpturing and design of the faces appeals to me. Opinions differ. I do not care for the Scala figures at all. Putting Harry Potter into Belville would also require a major color palette shift. The pastels and pinks would not work well. I try to imagine Belville in traditional LEGO System Castle greys and black and my mind spins. It would be neat, but it would not be Belville. Other thoughts? Cheers, WES

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		Re: Future of Belville
(...) Yes, and the built-in mystical theme, including props and designs might make it more attractive. It's no big deal to squirt dark grey plastic into a Belville mold rather than pink or purple. (...) Yes, but now that I think of it, the (...) (24 years ago, 5-Jan-01, to lugnet.belville, lugnet.castle, lugnet.trains, lugnet.dear-lego)

		Re: Future of Belville
(...) While I haven't read HP yet (but my daughter has), I can speak about Belville, which I like. And does my daughter (13), who also likes Scala (I kiddingly curse TLC for duplicate doll themes;) Although the palettes of both are a bit off for my (...) (24 years ago, 5-Jan-01, to lugnet.belville, lugnet.castle, lugnet.trains, lugnet.dear-lego)

		Re: Future of Belville
(...) Just 'cause the toys would be in Belville scale doesn't mean that it'd have to be designated Belville by name. But it's not like it couldn't work as a sub-theme. Oh, and by the way, I had trouble posting a message to Belville and Dear-lego, so (...) (24 years ago, 8-Mar-01, to lugnet.belville, lugnet.castle, lugnet.trains, lugnet.dear-lego)

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		Re: Future of Belville
(...) Check out this thread, Wes. (URL) Sean (24 years ago, 4-Jan-01, to lugnet.belville, lugnet.castle, lugnet.trains, lugnet.dear-lego)

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