 | | Re: A Parental Perspective on Juniorisation and Being the Strongest Brand —Bradley Dale
|
| | | (...) 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)
|
| | | |
| | | | | Re: A Parental Perspective on Juniorisation and Being the Strongest Brand —Jeff Johnston
|
| | | | | (...) Unfortunately, your perception isn't shared by a lot of non-AFOL parents. They look at, say, the LEGO X-wing, and see the $30 price tag, then they look at the Hasbro X-wing which comes in a box about 4 times as large for the same price, and (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.au)
|
| | | | | |
| | | | | | | Re: A Parental Perspective on Juniorisation and Being the Strongest Brand —Bradley Dale
|
| | | | | | | (...) good. (...) Yeah, but how swooshable would the X-wing be if it were four times the size? I think there's a limit on how big a space ship can get and still be playable. I don't have a LEGO X-Wing, but I do have the similar Warp Wing-Fighter (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.au)
|
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | Re: A Parental Perspective on Juniorisation and Being the Strongest Brand —Larry Pieniazek
|
| | | | | | | | (...) Quoted a snippet for emphasis.... (...) It's not the X-wing that's 4 times bigger... just the box. People sometimes get fooled by large boxes into thinking that the contents are larger too, and that's not always so. The Hasbro X-wing is maybe (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.au)
|
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Re: A Parental Perspective on Juniorisation and Being the Strongest Brand —Marco Berti
|
| | | | | | | (...) good. (...) Hi Ok I am a lego fan but I have a 6 years old boy that loves star wars. After a loong time of pressing request I bought him last Xmas a Hasbro X-wing that in Italy has more or less the same price of my lego X-wing (that is true is (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.it)
|
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | Re: A Parental Perspective on Juniorisation and Being the Strongest Brand —Mark Sandlin
|
| | | | | | | | | (...) I agree with you, but I think most parents who are ignorant of the benefits of Lego will simply buy the Hasbro set, since it is bigger (and the American attitude of bigger = better). It's up to all us AFOLs to let the people know! ;^) ~Mark (24 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.it)
|
| | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | Re: A Parental Perspective on Juniorisation and Being the Strongest Brand —Deidre Rushton Brumby
|
| | | | | | | | (...) X.wing (...) Personally, I am not familiar with either set so I can only base my comments on what I've read here (I don't even know if the Hasbro one is available in Australia) You have the benefit of being an AFOL, so you know which is the (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jul-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.it)
|
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Re: A Parental Perspective on Juniorisation and Being the Strongest Brand —Frank Buiting
|
| | | | | | "Jeff Johnston" <sakura@mediaone.net> wrote in message news:FxnIvM.5An@lugnet.com... [snipped a little] (...) Maybe it's local or maybe Europe has a longer LEGO tradition, but here in the Netherlands I feel that 'LEGO' is concidered the best (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jul-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.au)
|
| | | | | | |
| | | | | Re: A Parental Perspective on Juniorisation and Being the Strongest Brand —Deidre Rushton Brumby
|
| | | | (...) I live in Australia, and of course, I can only write from my observations of other parents in Australia. I am not a Mum in Canada, or the US, or anywhere else so I can't write from that perspective. Lego _is_ hideously expensive here. Many (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jul-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.au)
|
| | | | |
| | | | | | Re: A Parental Perspective on Juniorisation and Being the Strongest Brand —Mark Sandlin
|
| | | | | (...) That's incredible. I pay $1120 per month for my 900 sq. ft. one-bedroom home. Maybe I should move to Australia... I'd have more money for Lego. ;^) ~Mark (24 years ago, 17-Jul-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.au)
|
| | | | | |
| | | | | | | Re: A Parental Perspective on Juniorisation and Being the Strongest Brand —Deidre Rushton Brumby
|
| | | | | | (...) You'd certainly need the extra money for the Lego! :) Seriously, I wonder though how things such as salary compare (not asking personally), what standard that home, location etc etc (I presume that is $1120 US) BTW what's 900sq ft in metric? (...) (24 years ago, 18-Jul-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.au)
|
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | Cost of Lego vs. Cost of Living (was: A Parental Perspective) —John J. Ladasky, Jr.
|
| | | | | | | (...) That's about 84 square meters. I don't know where Mark lives, but with rents like that, he probably lives in some place with decent jobs. For comparison, I was renting out a 2 bedroom 2 bath condo of the same size as Mark's house, for $1275 US (...) (24 years ago, 19-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.au)
|
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | Re: Cost of Lego vs. Cost of Living (was: A Parental Perspective) —Deidre Rushton Brumby
|
| | | | | | | | | (...) is (...) Sorry, I meant that $175 a week for a house (or Lego) is a lot to spend if you are an average Australian family on 1 income. The average income per household per week (before tax) across Australia in 97/98 was $658 ($34,216 pa), the (...) (24 years ago, 19-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.au)
|
| | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | Re: Cost of Lego vs. Cost of Living (was: A Parental Perspective) —James J. Trobaugh
|
| | | | | | | | (...) Valley. (...) $1600 (...) Ouch that's pretty pricey. I guess I know why so many people are moving to Atlanta. I have a 3bed/2 bath 1800sq ft home for about $680 a month. I live about 25 miles from my office in Atlanta, closer I get of course (...) (24 years ago, 19-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.au)
|
| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | Re: A Parental Perspective on Juniorisation and Being the Strongest Brand —Mark Sandlin
|
| | | | | | (...) I'm not sure how salaries compare. I'm a graphic designer, so it's not like I make the big bucks. :^) My home is about 20 miles north of Seattle, WA, and most of the housing prices are severely overinflated here because of all the Microsoft (...) (24 years ago, 19-Jul-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.au)
|
| | | | | | |
| | | | | | Re: A Parental Perspective on Juniorisation and Being the Strongest Brand —Rachel Kingston
|
| | | | (...) groceries (...) OK I know that this is a little off topic but I am curious...maybe some hints from Dierdre will give me more money for Lego! Wow Dierdre, you have a much healthier budget than mine! I don't know what you guys eat, but I cannot (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jul-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.au)
|
| | | | |
| | | | | | The Cost of Living VS Lego (Was Re: A Parental Perspective) —Deidre Rushton Brumby
|
| | | | (I've removed dear-lego from the headers.) (...) Of course it all varies depending on how and where you live! :) I was trying to put those Lego prices into some sort of frame that would let overseas types understand just how expensive Lego is, (...) (24 years ago, 19-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.au)
|
| | | | |
