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Re: Lego/playmobile ramble
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lugnet.castle, lugnet.general
Date: 
Thu, 25 Nov 1999 08:48:48 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Rachel Kingston writes:

> Thats the other thing that Playmobil do, that Lego should copy, all the
> Playmobil sets are around long enough to actually have the  money to purchase
> before discontinuing.

TLC seem to have theme-concurrency mania. IE. They'd never release the types of
stand-alone figures that Playmobil do, because they wouldn't 'fit' into any
particular theme. Forget that the point is to play and that having an
out-of-theme character is more creative than retentively grouping, and forget
that children don't necessarily *want* or *need* to group things together in
pre-determined ways!

But still the Playmobil stand-alone rack at my local TRU is fun to look
through, more fun than the Lego aisle sometimes it has to be said! Diversity
and imagination probably go a lot further towards attracting and maintaining
interest!

The only reason why I don't buy Playmobil is because the sets and figures,
although pretty, are not really customisable.


> Yesterday, the price I was quoted on one figure, with two or three small
> accessories, was $17Aus. I was a bit shocked at the price, and I thought Lego
> was expensive!

Yak! The figures sell for around £2, ($5AUD) over in the UK!

Richard



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  Re: Lego/playmobile ramble
 
On Thu, 25 Nov 1999, Richard Franks (<FLqwHC.3Hy@lugnet.com>) wrote at 08:48:48 (...) Just to get those warning bells jangling, several TRUs round me don't have a full LEGO aisle any more. Part of the space is now taken up by an expanded Playmobil (...) (27 years ago, 25-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)

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(...) the (...) Have another look around the playmobil site Jeff, cause the ghost is still there - it is number 3317 in the knights catagory. Thats the other thing that Playmobil do, that Lego should copy, all the Playmobil sets are around long (...) (27 years ago, 24-Nov-99, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.general)

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