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| (...) How is Lego hideously expensive? I think its a pretty good deal. Lego, IMO opinion, has about the best playability of anything ever invented. A kid can build the main model, play with it for a while, and then make something completley diffenrt (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.au)
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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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| (...) Keep in mind though that LEGO is the number one selling boys toy in America. Overall, only Barbie sells better. Of course, this isn't in actual number of sets sold, but rather the money that comes in form the sales. (24 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.au)
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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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| (...) And if it galls you to license to another plastic manufacturer, consider dusting off some of your older designs.. or reworking them 759 and the trays it uses are nice. Different sizes, rounded bottoms, etc. But not very modular as the case is (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
| | | | | Dear lego, please make a soccer balls pack
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| It should have about a dozzen soccer balls. (24 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| Deidre, I agree with some of your points, but must disagree on others. To wit: (...) Please note I do not have kids of my own, but I have friends with kids, and nephews, etc. How much were furbies/pokemon/power rangers? How long was their life span? (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.au)
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| (...) That was very well said, and confirms much of what I have thought even though I am not a parent. It always comes down to cost, doesn't it? I mean the continued success of Hot Wheels must surely be its price -- one can whimsically purchase a (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.au)
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| **Warning - this is very long! ** I haven't tacked this onto any particular thread because I've read many bits and pieces about juniorisation and being the strongest brand over a few months. I'm removing my AFOL cap and putting on my Mum hat for (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.au) !
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| (...) I would love to see greek mythology doen in lego, think how cool it would be to have a zeus minifig :) (24 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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