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Re: This is stupid... I can't tolerate this *juniorization*...
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lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego
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Thu, 9 Aug 2001 19:33:03 GMT
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In lugnet.lego.direct, Dan Simonson writes:
> Ok, this is going to be a long message.
>
> Just to get who I am straight, I'm Dan Simonson, I'm 13, I've played with
> Legos since I was 3. I got a whole bunch of bricks from my sister, who once
> got them from my brother, who's 30 now. This is where my passion with Lego
> started. I got one of the old dump trucks when I was 3 also. I loved that
> thing. Wish I still had it together. Any way, when I was 5 I got the old
> Spyrius recon robot for my birthday from a friend. Since I was a Space fan
> and later picked up on building a town when I was in 4th grade (about age 9
> or 8). To make a long story short I've played with those theme's, Town and
> Space, ever
> since.
>
> I recently got the Lego summer catalog. I ordered some bulk packs (in my
> opinion way over priced for *bulk*) and a pack of two T-Plates for my town's
> new layout. When I first opened it though I saw this stupid looking thing
> called Jack Stone. I immediately though it was for three year olds, that it
> was a
> duplo set, and was immediately angry. The buildings have nothing to them! It
> reminds me of the old cheap show James Bond Junior from when I was 4. After
> recieving a Mania Magazine about it I think I almost got a headache. There's
> no
> point to it!
>
> Another example of my dislike for juniorization is from when I turned 10, I
> got a construction crew. I was glad I got the set because at the time I had
> no construction crew for my little town. When I saw the directions I
> immediately wanted to write Lego because they were so poor in quality. A two
> year old could have done it with out his parents help. I never got the
> chance to, wasn't that important. Now I have my chance.
>
> I'm now reading the catalog, I'm going to bash everthing juniorized as I go
> along.
>
> Page 1, *Bionicle.* When I first saw Bionicle I thought it was aimed at the
> Japanese market than anything else. It reminds me of the edited Dragon Ball
> Z, a show so watered down and milked up that it's no wonder I don't like it
> any more. One fight between two characters lasted 3-4 weeks.
>
> Page 5, DIONSAURS. The last time I had any interest in Dinosaurs was when I
> was in Kindergarden. I see where it comes in with Jurasic Park III and the
> Lego Studios but do you have to release and waste all that petrolium (yes,
> it's a non-renewable resource) on a hole bunch of dinosaurs we really don't
> even need. And at $10 a piece, what 5 year old can even afford to waste $40
> on them.
>
> Pages 8-9, Great mechs, but the ship and the base make me laugh. What kind
> of base is that! It looks like an Aquanaut base I made once that was made of
> little gobs of bricks that are separated and serve no purpose but to to look
> cool. $80 for that junk! I wouldn't pay $50.
>
> Page 13, Mega Blok, or Lego? When I saw this I was more sickened than when I
> saw Jack Stone. 8 pieces per car!!!!! WHAT THE HELL, TECH DECK SKATEBOARDS
> HAVE MORE LITTLE TINY SCREWS IN THEM THAN THAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>
> Page 16-17, just one more adden to JACK STONE. How can he get away with
> being a cop and fire fighter? To be on the optimistic side of this BS, there
> a blue flame and a black raft. Those are pretty neat.
>
> Page 22-23, Duplo, where Juniorization should stay.
>
> Page 24-27, the best new thing Lego has made in a long time.
>
> Page 47, the leg henges are nice for Mechs.
>
> One additional comment before my extreme rage burns out...
>
> Ok, I remember not long ago Lego sent out this little yellow thing with
> their s@h
> orders about their mission statement or something like that. It said that
> Lego is a creative toy, becuase one day, it can be a submarine, the next it
> can be castle, and the next it can be a spaceship. Many of the things I have
> seen in the last catalog have made that mission statement worthless and
> obselete.
>
> This is Lego's true purpose...
> http://www.nwlink.com/~sandlin/lego/mecha/colossus/colossus01.html
>
>
> --
> Chef/Dan/Bubba Bear
> ICQ:84584424
> AIM: DaGlassAWasta
> http://lostislandofmonkeys.cjb.net
Dan, Lego is really out of their minds for making "Jack Stone". FYI Lego, my
name is Joe Franco, im 16, and I have been playing with Lego for 13 years. I
used to like your sets, because of the challenge of building them. When I
was smaller, I used to wait after school for the mail man to come deliever
our mail in hopes that my Lego S@H or Mania CLub catalog would come. When it
did, I would read and stair at it for a few hours, in awe, at all of the big
sets and great themes that you had in it. Now, when i got my S@H catalog, I
almost cried. Thanks for bringing ack the Guarded inn and making the MOT
train line, but the rest of these sets are juniorized to the point that it
could take only 5 minutes to build a building. Wheres the Challenge in that?
When I got my Pier police set for Christmas, it took me a half hour just to
build the building. I loved the challenge and time it took to watch the
building take shape. That was then. Now, I turned to Page 17, where the new
police station is, and it only has 137 pieces in it. THATS IT. Its heavily
over priced at $70, and it just sucks. I could build it in 2 minutes, the
WHOLE THING. The parts are more simple, and crappier, and there is no Police
station that looks like that- at least not on this planet. The Res-Q theme
looks like a construction theme, and the fire truck looks like its got a
face on the front end. Why are these sets becoming more and more juniorized?
Will we ever see new sets that would take time and EFFORT to build, or is
this what our future generations looking foward too? I've just about had it
with Lego, and I will only buy older sets from 1996-down. The only newer
set(s) I will buy is 2 10001 Metroliners and a few 10002 Club Cars, and
maybe some bulk and train parts. Thats it. Joe
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