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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 (...) (21 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 (...) (21 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 (...) (21 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 (...) (21 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, (...) (21 years ago, 11-May-04, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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