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Re: Help The Homeless In Legoville!
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lugnet.dear-lego
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Wed, 3 Nov 1999 16:20:48 GMT
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On Tue, 2 Nov 1999, R2 wrote:
> I agree. I think if Lego would offer some standard town buildings they
> would attract more girls. As well as have a happier town of minifigs. I can
> build my own buildings, however the special parts would make it more
> attractive.
This is what I told the guys in the PNLTC when I expressed my disgust at
pink bricks. They asked me what LEGO should make to attract girls, and I
said "Houses, libraries, schools, that sort of thing." Lately LEGO has
focused on action action action to the exclusion of all else, and that's
fine for young boys, but young girls tend to want stability and
commmunity. When I was very young and first started playing with LEGO, I
gave all the wheelsets to my brothers and I built houses (and spaceships,
but that's another story).
> Please don't provide more pink themes, I find it rather insulting. I beleive
> that it, (the pink, Scala, Belville) provides a barrier to the other sets
> rather than providing a bridge to the other sets.
Exactly. When I first saw the pink LEGO, all I could think of was
"AHHHHHH!!!! LEGO IS GOING BARBIE!!!! YUCK!!!!!!!!!!"
Yeah, pretty much those exact words, as I recall. It's funny. The guys
in the PNLTC have no problem collecting pink LEGO, but I won't touch them.
I think the pink is an insult to women: We can't figure out how to market
to you, so we'll just make everything pink, then you'll love it. LEGO,
you market to girls by creating sets that girls will find fun, by showing
GIRLS in your commercials, by acknowledging that girls are every bit as
creative as boys, and don't need horrible Barbie-wannabe sets to enjoy
your product.
LEGO provides plenty of sets that are perfect for building part of the
infrastructure of a LEGO town, but only part. There are no houses, no
stores, no libraries or schools. And I think that's a shame. They are
ignoring a great part of what LEGO was in the past, and in the process
cutting their audience in half.
-Laura Gjovaag
*** It wouldn't even have to be an *evil* sponge! ***
-Zan, Cartoon Network
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| You obviously don't visit FL much ;-) Pink is very popular there, boys or girls (Remember Miami Vice? No, they didn't paint the buildings those colors just for the shows ;-) ) I think what they need is MORE of the pastels, so proper FL architecture (...) (25 years ago, 4-Nov-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| Laura Gjovaag wrote in message ... (...) cities (...) basic (...) make (...) basic (...) have to (...) There (...) I agree. I think if Lego would offer some standard town buildings they would attract more girls. As well as have a happier town of (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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