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Re: Architectural Wonders theme
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Wed, 12 May 1999 19:27:40 GMT
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In lugnet.dear-lego, Kevin Wilson writes:
> Steve Jaquot wrote:
> > I like this idea, but these might not be such hot items at TRU,
> > certainly not the next Star Wars. On the other hand, they might sell
> particularly well in museum shops/catalogs, where high priced toys for
> adults are the norm.
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> I think that's a good idea, though the volume of a set for a specific
> niche (eg Monticello) might not be high enough to justify production.
> What got me thinking was that those Puzz-3D things are genuinely
> mass-market. _Someone_ is interested in Famous Buildings of the World.
> And a Lego version would be a lot longer-lasting and versatile than the
> Puzz-3D one.
Not that I don't think this is a good idea - I do - but 3-D puzzles have a
distinct advantage over Lego in the "famous building" catagory - size &
detail. A puzzle can print it's detailing, and be more-or-less whatever size
markets best. A lego building needs to be a certain size to get any kind of
decent detailing (maybe not quite miniland scale, but I'm not sure minifig
would cut it), which makes most of the popular buildings horribly unfeasable.
"Oh look! They have a Lego Tower of London in the gift shop! Only $1499.99,
too!"
I'd still buy one, though. Maybe even two, if it had a good parts selection.
;-)
James
http://www.shades-of-night.com/lego/
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| James Brown wrote in message ... (...) Yep, they'd be very pricey. And if you watch the non-selling Lego sets carefully you'll see that there is a correlation between cost and sales - the more expensive sets sell very poorly. Things like the big (...) (25 years ago, 13-May-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| (...) That's true about the puzzle size. However, I'm not so sure about the building size in a lego set. Look at the difference between Karim and others' tiny SW models and Lego's minifig scale SW models. The microfig models still capture the (...) (25 years ago, 13-May-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| (...) I guess if you were copying a famous building exactly, you could run into problems getting the proportions and detailing correct. And in that sense, a scale larger than minifig may be needed. But I disagree with "A LEGO building needs to be a (...) (25 years ago, 17-May-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| (...) I think that's a good idea, though the volume of a set for a specific niche (eg Monticello) might not be high enough to justify production. What got me thinking was that those Puzz-3D things are genuinely mass-market. _Someone_ is interested (...) (25 years ago, 12-May-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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