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Re: Adult lego sets.
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Sat, 15 Jan 2000 13:18:47 GMT
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In lugnet.dear-lego, Remy Evard writes:
> I do agree with Steve though. I find most of the instructions slow
> down the building, so I usually only reference every 4th or 8th
> instruction image.
I think I'll try that in future :) I got a bunch of early-mid 70s town sets,
and the instructions in those actually made me *think*, I had to lie down from
the shock! My point being - I'd really love to know why the instructions and
sets have.. simplified. Is it really because chlidren won't invest time in
something challenging when easier rewards are available, or don't enough
parents have time to build with their chlidren or...?
Richard
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| (...) I was in k-mart booragoon (australia) today looking to see if the 2000 lego catalog was in and I overheard an interesting conversation. I cant remember the details but basicly the upshot was that a parent chose the tv helicopter set for a (...) (25 years ago, 15-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
| | | Re: Adult lego sets.
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| (...) Well even in the 1970's they were already going towards simplification. In 1963 (when I was 9) I got a JUNIOR CONSTRUCTOR set #717 (a Samsonite LEGO set). It was a model kit of a modern house (a 2 story house with flat roof that looked (...) (25 years ago, 17-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
| | | Re: Adult lego sets.
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| (...) I have to agree to the comments about instructions. It used to take 20 steps to show how to put a 300-400+ piece model together. Now it seems that there is an instruction step for every other piece. Waaayyy too many steps. I end up building (...) (25 years ago, 18-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Adult lego sets.
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| 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 (...) (25 years ago, 15-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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