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Subject:	Re: Item suggestions for the 200x LEGO System Collection.
Newsgroups:	lugnet.dear-lego
Date:	Thu, 23 Sep 1999 20:51:50 GMT
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In lugnet.dear-lego, Kevin Wilson writes: > James Jackson wrote: > > Based on what I found out from > > other Lego fans on the Internet, The LEGO Group (TLG) released models with • less > > detail and bulkier parts to make items simpler for small children in Europe. > > However, it teaches the children of North America that we have to decrease • our > > standards and limit ourselves based upon (from my understanding about • European > > education) what European children should have already understood. > > Where did you get this from, James? IMO, juniorisiation is more likely > to have been prompted by the US market - children who have very short > attention spans due to too much TV and too many video games. Actually, THIS ( http://www.lugnet.com/pause/town.html#TownJr ) is where I got it from. Read the whole vignette and see if you understand where I'm coming from. > > Actually they probably did it not because of children from any area > being a particular way, but to appeal to younger children generally, > worldwide. It's just a pity that they didn't keep the previous "Town Sr" > sets _as well_ as producing juniorised ones. > > Kevin It is a shame and that is why I say they should re-release specific items, such as Lionel Trains, Inc. has recently done. They've recently put out about 30 or so steam and diesel locomotives and other rail equipment from 1945-1960 over the past 2 years. (The only difference being the fact that the railcar's date (ex.: "NEW 5-79") has been replaced with the letters "PW" for Post-War collection. I tried to get the FX-Star Patroller on EBay and the price got too far away from me. I say they should re-release older sets in a newer box. This was done with 7-stud gray straight & curved road plates when the transition was made from LEGOLAND to LEGO System. James J.

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		Re: Item suggestions for the 200x LEGO System Collection.
(...) Oh, I think you may be misinterpreting. The quote says "LEGO publicized the fact that these sets are intended for younger, less-experienced builders in their catalogs in Europe, but not in the U.S. The lack of explanation has turned off a (...) (25 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)

		Re: Item suggestions for the 200x LEGO System Collection.
SO this is the piece you were referring to, James: (...) This is a bit ambiguous, and I read it to mean that TLG publicized and explained the rationale in catalogs in Europe but not in the US, not that the younger and less experienced builders (...) (25 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)

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		Re: Item suggestions for the 200x LEGO System Collection.
(...) Where did you get this from, James? IMO, juniorisiation is more likely to have been prompted by the US market - children who have very short attention spans due to too much TV and too many video games. Actually they probably did it not because (...) (25 years ago, 23-Sep-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)

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