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(...) I'll add my own $0.02 as well. When I was a kid (I'm 30 now, so this would be in the late 70's to mid 80's), there were only a few themes - Town, Space, Castle - that appealed to a 10-ish year old. And these themes persisted for many years, so (...) (20 years ago, 11-May-04, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Excellent! Somebody picked up on the hook I left in my last post. Growing up, there was GI Joe and Transformers. Then they both went away. Then there was teenage mutant Ninja turtles. Then they went away. Then there were power rangers and (...) (20 years ago, 11-May-04, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Hmm... Clearly, since two people have brought up the point, I worded it poorly. I never said (nor did I mean to imply, which I think was the problem) Lego had publicly-traded stock. My point was that long-term performance tends to be one way (...) (20 years ago, 11-May-04, to lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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(...) influence" (...) "influential" to (...) If you mean that Mel has influenced her daughter to be able to think for herself and make wise decisions, then I agree with you. Everything in her post does sound like she has raised her daughter to (...) (20 years ago, 11-May-04, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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(...) I'm definitely not saying that Lego has made wise descisions lately. However, maybe what we're seeing is based on simple economics. Most of the problems I see with sets these days has to do with too few parts, which cause lame designs, etc, (...) (20 years ago, 11-May-04, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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"Orion Pobursky" <orion@dontaddthis.p...ursky.com> wrote in message news:HxIx9M.q1v@lugnet.com... (...) part. (...) with (...) anything is (...) Orion: While true, your statement may be a bit simplistic. I believe the original poster was not trying (...) (20 years ago, 11-May-04, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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"Rocco J Carello" <rogue27@mac.com> wrote in message news:HxIzw6.17uB@lugnet.com... [snip] (...) has (...) and (...) kids (...) probably (...) kids (...) these (...) they (...) In my mind, this actually raises another important question... should (...) (20 years ago, 11-May-04, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) That really resounds with me. When an MOC or a design hailed by many as a work of art, it is not because of the extensive re-working or introduction of a new part. What is important is what you do with what you have, LEGO should be following (...) (20 years ago, 11-May-04, to lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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After describing that whole scenario you honestly believe you had "no influence" on your kids' reaction? Everything you described sounds pretty "influential" to me. (20 years ago, 11-May-04, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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(...) Well, they can patent an infinite number of new sets and instructions with the existing parts. Regarding new parts, they seem to be making as many new molds as possible lately because they don't want to leave any possible shapes available for (...) (20 years ago, 11-May-04, to lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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