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Farlie A
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Tue, 18 Jan 2000 19:13:34 GMT
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ATTN Mr B.Justus
TLG,Billund,Denamrk
Lego(R) UK Ltd, Wrexham.
Lego Futra.
Dear Sirs,
(Apologies to any female persons reading this letter)
Please note that some of these ideas may be devloped further.
So regard these a work in progress.
If I do have any further thoughts I will post further details on this NG.
(NB Note to LUGNET Readers. If any of you wish to do any design work on this
ideas please feel free- but bear in mind where the idea came from. - I would
hate to have someone plagarise!
On a simmilar note if anyone working on one these ideas let me know ASAP!)
Product Suggestions.
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1. Aquatics for Mindstorms-
A nice individual in Hamleys told me that TLG had a patent for minature
aquatics. I would love to see this in a model.
2. Town.
Please introduce a beachfront range, but do not rerun Paradisa.
I did not like the colors!
Please also bear in mind that I do not want Juniorization!
(I am sure other lego fans agree with me.)
3. Technic Bucket
A black breifcase/bucket with over 300? technic elements.
Contaning a selection of elements from technic range.
or
4 Re-Introduce the expert builder packs ethier as supplementaries
or through the new Lego Direct (Hopefully in UK as well!)
5 For Legomedia.
The Advanced Technic designers handbook: Includes
- Model Ideas
- Technical descriptions on how mechanisms work.-(models?)
- An Element catalouge for refernce purposes(copuld serve as catalouge for
LegoDirect -Technic)
(NB I had in mind soemthing simmilar to that at Technica-)
(Of course It would have to be released, such that your IPR was not open to
abuse)
6 A simmilar book to the above for Mindstorms?
7 Offshore
I Can think of at least 3 Models for Town/City that could be offshore
- Oil Rig
- Lighthouse
- Exploration Platfrom
8 Lego - Phantoma (Concept suggestion)
Something that has been lacking from the Lego range for a while is a decent
Haunted House.
("Decent"- could be applied in many contexts here.)
Obviosuly it would need to keep within 'family' boundaries.
My justification for this is that many children tell ghost stories
By allowing them to build haunted houses you merley allowing to them to
extend their ideas.(Look at the success of GooseBumps.)-
However I feel that there needs to be a return to more tradiational
mysterious nature on shost stories-
I do not however want little children to be scared by anything.
(Concept Work in the area of Haunted houses has already been done by a few
AFOL's, Most of these however has been concentrated on minifigs.)
I also see a CD-Tie in.(The 7th Geust when it was released was very popular
for adults but in palces a little to graphic for children).
A childrens version of this would be avery nice idea indeed!
9 Trains (Concept Suggestion)
I would like it if those of us with 4.5V/12V trains could be supported.
Perhaps by releasing Track-Packs?-
Additonaly it might be worthwhile considering releasing a 9V set of
conductor rails, and rail motors.
so that we can use the old sets/track with the new 9v electrical system.
I am also hoping that the old chasis will be made available as I managed to
break one of mine :(
Personally I can see Lego Trains as a major competitor to graden railway
systems such as LGB. Therefore I propose the following.
- Individual vehicels for the 9V system would be a good idea.
- Fix the gemotry on the points to allow for the double tracked layouts
- 2nd radius curves?
- More Model stations.( Platform Baseplates?)
- Signals?
- A link to a special Mindstorms/Loco program to control the trains?
- Isolating Track
- Point Motor!-(This is LONG overdue!)
10 Computers (Concept Suggestion)
I feel personally that the level of complication in many computer programs
is apppaling!
I feel that an interface to a computer system- relying on a lego like look
and feel would be marketable to a large numer of people.
NO doubt your computing friends at MIT could help you with this?
Provisonal Concept Name: (KiDeE)
An Operating system based on a Plug and Play architecture designed for
children.
It would need the usual apps
- Wordprocessor.
- Painter- With Lego Bricks perhaps?
- Internet- Simple Internet facilites, Minifig ID's for mail?
- Photos for login rather than User Name?
For example the backdrop could be a lego baseplate to which you place
files.-
Minfigs could be used in the help system.
I am sugesting this to Lego as there is a desperate need to encourage kids
to be creative.- And not led into the Bang-Bang your dead world that sadly
exists in many computer games.
Also with such on OS developed, you would have a platform for devloping
further applications.(Like the Phantoma concept sugessted Earlier
11- Optrix-Concept suggestion.
From some web searching I note that one of your sister comapanise ISBEN make
optical elements.
Perhaps an experimental (Lego Science?) set of simple optical elements
Could be rleased within lego blocks.- You already have the fiber optics and
lighting bricks!)
Much work on these ideas has been done (albiet unofficaly) by many
who post to LUGNET.
If any of these ideas are useful to you I can be reached
via e-mail : ba124@city.ac.uk
via mail : Dept of Computing
Northampton Sq
London
EC1V 0HB
UNITED KINGDOM
I cannot unfortunatly give out my home address or telephone number on
internet at present.
Alex Farlie,
BEng Computing (Part III) Student
Dept of Computing
City University
LONDON
UNITED KINGDOM
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| (...) ... (...) Hmm. A software package which shows how mechanisms work, based on LEGO Technic. An electronic version of the DACTA Simple Machines sets! Oooo. Way cool idea. :) Steve (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| (...) This will most likely get you nowhere, unless, of course, you're trying to get a job. You'll find many discussions concerning the fact that Lego seems to completely refuse to even look at or consider outside designs. 'Course, nothing here (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| In response to my earlier posting. 5 For Legomedia. The Advanced Technic designers handbook: Includes - Model Ideas - Technical descriptions on how mechanisms work.-(models?) (...) Link it with Octan that already has a tanker and forecourt perhaps? (...) (25 years ago, 21-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| ATTN Mr B.Justus TLG,Billund,Denamrk Lego(R) UK Ltd, Wrexham. Lego Futra. LUGNET Readers. Dear Sirs, (With apologies to any Female Readers.) In a followup to my existing post( which has caused contetion over what ideas WERE original.) NB Note to (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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