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Re: Dear Lego, if you must license, how about the Dragonriders of Pern
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lugnet.dear-lego
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Tue, 7 May 2002 00:49:32 GMT
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What, pray tell, would be the point of licensing a PG-13 movie to make
toys for the under-12 market? They picked the right one. Going with
Harry Potter was a much better business decision for LEGO than LOTR
would have been.
(BTW, the book is irrelevant - licensed toys are based on visual
media, not books. If the visual medium is based on a book, then
that's another marketing tie-in, no more. Until there is a
blockbuster Pern movie, you can forget that idea, too.)
Making AFOL's happy is not what LEGO is about, except perhaps for some
of the Shop at Home exclusives.
What I want to see is a licensing deal with the movie that is
currently in production based on Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey/Maturin
novels. Realistic ships of the Napoleonic wars... They wouldn't even
need to make many new molds; they can just use the Pirates parts for
much of it.
--Bill.
"David Brandes" <ab1102@attbi.com> writes:
> Just remember, (J.K. Rowling)No other fantasy series while the almighty
> "Harry Potter" is around. If they could have made more than one we'd be
> seeing Lord of the Rings Lego. Just think what they could do with that!
> Dave.
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> In lugnet.dear-lego, Kevin Wilson writes:
> > I think the Pern series would make a great Lego theme, and many
> > of the parts already exist. You already have dragons (although they
> > are a bit small for the Pernese dragons compared to the size of
> > minifigs) and many people would welcome them in more colors
> > (mmmm, gold and bronze dragons!), while the new parts required
> > would be useful in other themes (musical instruments, for example).
> >
> > Kevin
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William R Ward bill@wards.net http://www.wards.net/~bill/
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