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Sure, I'm not too happy about the change of greys, though I think in the long run the new greys will prove to be a better color. But I wanted to offer a little reality check here... If Mattel suddenly changed Barbie's hair or eye color, would they (...) (21 years ago, 13-May-04, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.color)
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| | Re: The Bar Does Not Go Down
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Not only is Playmobil creatively generic, but the boxes only picture the contents in a variety of ways. The pictures, as they say, speak a thousand words. I find myself saddled with a huge LEGO collection, but often wishing I had invested the money (...) (21 years ago, 13-May-04, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) I think that's why most of us loved the sets from the 80-90s period. There were only a handful of themes (Castle, Town, Technic, Space, Train, Basic) and there was so much room for creativity. Not saying that we can't be creative now, but (...) (21 years ago, 13-May-04, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) You're right, but that's not quite the point-- An Alpha Team set can still be integrated into the rest of your collection. An onion dome piece can still be used as an engine on a space ship. And a Harry Potter head can be any other figure with (...) (21 years ago, 13-May-04, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Ah, would that this were true. EA publishes the Lego software. We do not develop it. I wish we did!!! .Steve "Attack life, it's going to kill you anyway!" (21 years ago, 13-May-04, to lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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(...) I mostly agree with your post, but you omit to mention that Crunch isn't always gonna be crunch... It can be a pair of legs for another Minifig, a torso with different arms for a spec. ops. cop in your city, a head for a thief in your castle (...) (21 years ago, 13-May-04, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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"David Eaton" <deaton@intdata.com> wrote in message news:HxKEsp.tHy@lugnet.com... (...) know how (...) audience (...) there (...) reacting (...) <Snip some exellent points> (...) I agree with you totally on this . I think one of the reasons the (...) (21 years ago, 13-May-04, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Depends where you look. In Western PA, sales appear to be steady, but not overwhelming. I understand that the Power Rangers and other Bandai licenses not yet available in North America are selling quite well in Asia. But Aaron is a little (...) (21 years ago, 12-May-04, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: From the mouth of babes
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"Ken Nagel" <knandjn@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:HxID5M.1C8M@lugnet.com... (...) My little brother, 11, reacted in a simular way. Once he'd found out, he simply said "That's stupid." Now, instead of buying LEGOs, he had saved his money to (...) (21 years ago, 11-Apr-04, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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well, I'm certainly glad that your company was asked by LEGO to do it's software games!! -Scott Lyttle (21 years ago, 11-May-04, to lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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