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Re: Adult lego sets.
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Fri, 14 Jan 2000 22:17:18 GMT
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In lugnet.dear-lego, Steve Bliss writes:
In lugnet.dear-lego, Jodi Neal wrote:


Likewise, LEGO's instruction books are beautiful, but more detailed than • adults
need (or want, usually).  And the instructions add significantly to the cost • of
sets.  So simplify the instructions!

Steve


Steve, you're really on to something there!  By only providing simplified
instructions, Lego would be tapping into the puzzle market!!!  3D, 1000+ piece
puzzles for whole-new crossover market possibilities.  I smell a hit!

Kevin



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  Re: Adult lego sets.
 
(...) Not a bad idea :) Have you seen any of the old 'blueprint' instructions? They're like a puzzle in themselves! Richard (24 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)  
  Re: Adult lego sets.
 
(...) kind of like lego meets puzz-3d? -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (24 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)  
  Re: Adult lego sets.
 
kevin-knoot@uiowa.edu (Kevin Knoot) wrote in <FoCJ8u.GL9@lugnet.com>: (...) That's how I build most of my new sets. Dump the pieces out, hide the instructions, and see how close I can get to the pictures on the box. This is usually trivial with (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)  
  Re: Adult lego sets.
 
(...) adults (...) of (...) Hmm. That's not what I was thinking, but it sounds cool to me! :) I was thinking more about repeated sections (once the instructions show how to build the first floor, and floors 2 through 10 are duplicates of 1, don't (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)  

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  Re: Adult lego sets.
 
(...) Have you checked the suggested age range on the upcoming "Ultimate Collector's Series" Star Wars sets? The Y2K US inbox catalog labels these as "from 16 years". That qualifies as an adult lego set to me. (...) Stick to basic bricks and (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)  

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