 | | Re: A Parental Perspective on Juniorisation and Being the Strongest Brand —Will Hess
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| | | I must say that I agree 100% with Deidre's point about compatibility between Lego brands (Primo, Duplo, System). My wife and I gave some Duplo to our daughter on her first birthday. It was quite a while before she put her first pieces together but (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.au)
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| | | | | Re: A Parental Perspective on Juniorisation and Being the Strongest Brand —Mark Herzberg
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| | | | | (...) Will, girls just don't play with dolls anymore. DUPLO, PRIMO, Mickey Mouse, and Town Jr. sets are all aimed at both girls and boys. Belville and Scala are aimed at girls too, though they are sold in few retail stores. LEGO is supposed to be (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.au)
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| | | | | | | Re: A Parental Perspective on Juniorisation and Being the Strongest Brand —Kevin Wilson
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| | | | | | (...) Unfortunately the consumers don't see it that way. I have lost count of the number of times I've been standing in the Lego aisle and some parent or child says "oh... lego... that's for boys" and passes on. On average (and this says nothing (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.au)
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| | | | | Re: A Parental Perspective on Juniorisation and Being the Strongest Brand —Jeff Johnston
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| | | | | (Removing .loc.au because it's not really Aussie-specific anymore, if it ever was) (...) Well, Todd did some great things with Duplo dinos...but I agree, there's not much *reason* to make them work together. (...) I wouldn't mind seeing stuff aimed (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | Re: A Parental Perspective on Juniorisation and Being the Strongest Brand —Bradley Dale
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| | | | | | (...) Agreed. Pink pieces are gross, and can't be reused in a normal town without being noticed for being recycled Barbie-esque sets. If placed next to any other colour, it looks wrong. (...) The dead Paradisa line was pretty good to build. My (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | Re: A Parental Perspective on Juniorisation and Being the Strongest Brand —Eric Kingsley
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| | | | | | | (...) Well..... I agree with Jeff that Belville is too pink but I don't agree that pink is a bad color. I think it is great in town and work really well putting details and highlights on Victorian style buildings. I personally think that the more (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: A Parental Perspective on Juniorisation and Being the Strongest Brand —Gary Istok
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| | | | | | | | (...) district, building in a Deco/Mediterranean style makes pink a very useful color, as well as teal, orange, light blue, etc. Check out the neat Miami Beach Deco website (I love the wavy lettering): (URL) Istok (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | Re: A Parental Perspective on Juniorisation and Being the Strongest Brand —Jeff Stembel
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| | | | | | | (...) I disagree, Bradley. The Pink, Magenta, Lavender, etc., if used properly, can look very good. At the very least, they work with white. Eric Kingsley's Main Street is a good example of how to use pink with other colors. Also, I love the (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: A Parental Perspective on Juniorisation and Being the Strongest Brand —Bradley Dale
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| | | | | | | | (...) Yes, I saw Eric's Main Street, and I liked it. It inspired me to use my own pink pieces, on a castle. It is one of my favourite castle MOCs I've done. So I take it back, pink parts are useful and interesting. (...) They are good for parts- (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jul-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | Re: A Parental Perspective on Juniorisation and Being the Strongest Brand —Tom Stangl
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| | | | | | (...) Hehehe, if you hate the pink and light green THAT much, send it all to me, I could use it ;-) -- | Tom Stangl, Technical Support Netscape Communications Corp | Please do not associate my personal views with my employer (24 years ago, 16-Jul-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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| | | | | Re: A Parental Perspective on Juniorisation and Being the Strongest Brand —Anders Isaksson
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| | | | Will Hess skrev i meddelandet ... (...) But when the kids get older, they _can_ use the combination. My boys (13 and 10 now), always use the duplo as base and filler when they start out a new castle, fortress, space base or whatever. It's a quick (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.au)
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