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Subject: 
Re: Introducing LEGO Direct
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lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego
Date: 
Fri, 10 Dec 1999 19:31:40 GMT
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JOHNNEAL@USWESTihatespam.NET
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Kevin Wilson wrote:

> John Neal wrote:
> 
> > Your spin on TLC's marketing to girls is interesting.  Although you and your wife
> > find it objectionable, I and my daughter don't.  In fact, I would say that the
> > vast majority like it, or otherwise TLC wouldn't have invested so much into it.
> 
> OTOH, my daughter (now 15) looks with scorn on the "girls" Lego sets.

That's okay....She's *15*.  The sets are geared toward 7-12 year olds.

> She likes space themes - realistic ones, not sci-fi. In fact she also
> scorns the Lego female faces, calling them "lipstick babes".

lol Good for her.  Anything beyond the classic smiley is too much, IMHO:-)

> (She also
> scorns Barbie and other "girls stuff" and always has, although I
> wouldn't call her a tomboy). Interestingly, though, when she builds her
> own spaceships, she's far more interested in building the interiors than
> the exteriors, and they are exploration ships, not fighting ships.

It *is* interesting.  Girls and boys *are* different.  Is that so surprising or
sexist?  Not to me (not implying to you, either.  Rhetorical, really)  Sounds like
you have a great daughter:-)

-John

> 
> 
> Kevin
> 



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(...) OTOH, my daughter (now 15) looks with scorn on the "girls" Lego sets. She likes space themes - realistic ones, not sci-fi. In fact she also scorns the Lego female faces, calling them "lipstick babes". (She also scorns Barbie and other "girls (...) (27 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)

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