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  Re: Adult lego sets.
 
(...) One straightforward way to do this would be to reduce the printed materials included with the bricks to Star Wars-style ideas, and possibly stages of construction (especially for Technic sets). Then take the (computer-generated) set of (...) (25 years ago, 18-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)  
 
  Re: Adult lego sets.
 
(...) basic (...) adults (...) of (...) I agree with Steve. It would take several thousand pieces to make good "adult sets" like Jodi describes. A skyscraper might require 40 floors of 30+ windows each and the detailing around them. The base would (...) (25 years ago, 18-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)  
 
  Re: Adult lego sets.
 
(...) 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)  
 
  Farlie A
 
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 (...) (25 years ago, 18-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
 
  Re: Adult lego sets.
 
(...) Heh-heh, no actually the Town Plan (#725) is my most often mentioned set. But the earlier 1961 Junior Constructor (an English Cotswold style manor house) is my holy grail. It was the first model kit not related to the Town Plan system that (...) (25 years ago, 18-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)  
 
  Re: Lego-Direct
 
(...) Hmm... if you are making a minifig scale rocket, wouldn't that be 100,000,000 16x16, or maybe 400,000,000 macaroni bricks, sized 4x4? (In case you want it hollow on the inside?) :) While your at it, I would like 100,000,000 Futuron Minifigs, (...) (25 years ago, 18-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
 
  Re: Lego-Direct
 
(...) Lets see: Hello Lego direct hello I would like to buy 1000...000 white 2 x 4 bricks for my full scale saturn 5 rocket. -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
 
  Re: Adult lego sets.
 
Gary Istok <gistok@umich.edu> wrote in message news:388379C3.FA795E...ich.edu... (...) In 1963 (...) It was (...) similar (...) of (...) was (...) They gave (...) imagination to (...) "Gary's Junior Constructor Set" must be the most referenced set (...) (25 years ago, 18-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)  
 
  Re: Lego-Direct
 
How about a full size (even half scale would be over 15 stories tall) Saturn V rocket with tower?? Oye!! (...) (25 years ago, 18-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
 
  How to meet the builders' need.....
 
I would suggest that you bundle rectangular bricks, arch bricks, column (not just 1x1 round, some 2x2 would be nice), numerous 1x plates (8 studs and longer), technic beams, and a assortment of tiles and hinges as under a new line/theme called (...) (25 years ago, 18-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)


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