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(...) wife (...) it. (...) girls (...) rather (...) unsuccessful (...) Vice (...) Well, the midi / maxi -figs part for girls might be true, but unsuccessful paradisa line? Maybe it's just me, but I was between the 7-12 range when Paradisa was (...) (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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Hello Brad, (...) Your message could not have come at a better time for me personally. It was just this week that I was wandering through the busy stores wondering what's going on with LEGO. The shelves seem somewhat cold and empty compared to your (...) (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) wife (...) the (...) it. (...) I'm a boy and I like building interior more than exterior (you'll see some of that in Seaborn Brick) I once built a recreation of the dinning room in the movie "THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE" Down to every (...) (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) That's okay....She's *15*. The sets are geared toward 7-12 year olds. (...) lol Good for her. Anything beyond the classic smiley is too much, IMHO:-) (...) It *is* interesting. Girls and boys *are* different. Is that so surprising or sexist? (...) (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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Dear Brad (I'm a little verklempt right now.... talk amongst yourselves..... OK I'm back now, with tears welling up in the corner of my eyes). WELCOME!!!...!!! And thank you for the best Christmas present that that many of us have had in a long (...) (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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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 (...) (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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Steve Bliss <blisses@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message news:PjVROBTCF0KtBWC...4ax.com... (...) Steve, What's up with this annoying large type? -John Van (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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Brad Justus <legodirect@lego.com> wrote in message news:FMHtE5.Kp2@lugnet.com... (...) of (...) day. A new day, indeed! (...) set, (...) I consider myself all of the above (well, it's not actually the _first_ DUPLO set I've purchased, but . . .) (...) (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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On Fri, 10 Dec 1999, Selçuk <teyyareci> (<FMIn6q.EDs@lugnet.com>) wrote at 08:21:01 (...) At the risk of sounding like a me too post, I'd like to go right along with Selçuk on this one. *Please* don't forget the rest of the world in your initiatives. (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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Eric Kingsley wrote: <snip> (...) 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 (...) (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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