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I'm a citizen of Legoland travellin' Incommunicado "Jeff Findley" <jeff.findley@rmspam...mspam.com> wrote in message news:HxI8rG.FA9@lugnet.com... <snip> (...) revenue (...) kids (...) could (...) They (...) Good points but you have to appreciate (...) (21 years ago, 11-May-04, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) <snip> No, it shouldn't. I ran a survey just recently as part of my Year 11 Maths studies course (last year, i'm in year 12 now) which ascertained that if people are going to give up lego, they will do it at about 7-9 years of age. This is (...) (21 years ago, 11-May-04, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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I gotta say one thing in favor of flash in the pan fads: LEGO clearances at Target and Wal-Mart. I build up bigtime and don't spend as much as I would have 10-20 years ago. Good for me. :o) (21 years ago, 11-May-04, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) I still remember getting the 6973 Deep Freeze Defender from Santa when I was a kid. That copy is long gone but I have since acquired enough (using parts from the secondary market plus some from the regular retail sets I have bought and also (...) (21 years ago, 11-May-04, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Are you in a completely different universe than the rest of the world? Have you seen the top ten new toy categories for boys, or followed sales at both the retail and customer levels?? Joe and Transformers command far more brand and buying (...) (21 years ago, 11-May-04, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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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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"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 (...) (21 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 (...) (21 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 (...) (21 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. (21 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 (...) (21 years ago, 11-May-04, to lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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(...) Brilliant how you make that sound like an insult to my creativity! Anyway, if what you say is true, how come Lego sets (aside form the designer series last year) almost never have alternate models on the back of the boxes anymore? There a lot (...) (21 years ago, 11-May-04, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) The most important word there is "quality". TLC uses ABS, while MB uses polystyrene. ABS is styrene with a couple of additives that make it a lot stronger, but also more expensive. The higher cost of the sets is partly due to the higher cost (...) (21 years ago, 10-May-04, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) I've said it before and I'll say it again: There is no such thing as a limited use part, set, or whatever. If anything is limited it is the imagination and innovation of the builder. -Orion (21 years ago, 11-May-04, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) This has been a complaint of AFOL's since before Lugnet. Unfortunately, new parts (new molds) is part of Lego's strategy. They can patent new parts and copyright new sets (instructions) so that the competition can't copy them. Besides, every (...) (21 years ago, 10-May-04, to lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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(...) Thanks, I'm glad you appreciate my comments. I hope somebody from TLC will read them as well. Unfortunately, I intended to post this off of the first post in this thread so it would get good exposure and I guess I wasn't paying attention. (...) (21 years ago, 10-May-04, to lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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