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Re: This is stupid... I can't tolerate this *juniorization*...
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Sat, 11 Aug 2001 03:02:41 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 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!
Dan... if that makes you sad, just take a look at the style of buildings
that LEGO used to put into their sets. These are the kind of buildings I
got to enjoy as a kid:
http://guide.lugnet.com/set/370
It's got proper walls, doors and a roof. It's got vehicles and yes, even
armless minifigs. But you know what? When I was a kid and a minifig needed
to get into a car (that had no doors) the minifig simply needed to touch the
vehicle and they were inside. Then I set them aside (imagining they were
inside) and drove the car around. It worked very well. But the best part
was that the cars, the building.... everything was made of basic bricks
which could be rebuilt into a million other things. Can you make anything
else out of the Jack Stone Police HQ?
> 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.
I think Bionicle is proof that a 5th column is at work inside the LEGO company.
> 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.
Bless your heart. I thought I was the only one thinking these thoughts when
I saw the Jurasic crud.
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> One additional comment before my extreme rage burns out...
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> 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.
Dan... it is my sincere hope that some brave employee at LEGO takes your
original posting, prints it out, and takes it to the big cheese of the
company. Someone needs to answer as to why you and I are so disgusted by
the catalog that went out. We are more than 20 years different in age, but
our reactions were oddly similar. Who does this catalog appeal to?
Allan B.
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