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Subject: 
Re: Introducing LEGO Direct
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lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego
Date: 
Sat, 11 Dec 1999 04:47:39 GMT
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Leanne Opaskar wrote:

> > I may be wrong, but I think that their market research has discovered that girls
> > would rather play with midi and maxifigs, rather than minifigs.  Boys would rather
> > play with the space ships and vehicles *for* minifigs.  Witness the unsuccessful
> > Paradisa line.  The only people who seem to like it are Art Deco and Miami Vice
> > fans;-)
> 
> Gotta call you on this one, man. (: I *love* Paradisa. I wish I hadn't
> been in my Dark Ages while it was available. I wish I could get ahold of
> it -- I need the pieces-parts to build my town, Southern-California
> style, but there's no way I can afford them now.

They weren't all that cheap then, either.  I liked the theme as well, but I think
overall it was a flop ie no one bought it.

> And dang it, it had huge piles of female minifigs! ARGH! I want more
> chick minifigs! (:
> 
> As for girls preferring midi- or maxi-size figs, I don't know if that's
> a truth or not. I can say for certain that I played more with my smaller
> dolls when I was a child because it was easier to cart more of them
> around with me. (: But I'm weird.

You have a point.  I'm thinking of Polly Pockets.  Now they were downright tiny, and my
daughter loved them.  We have tons of them.  But they were cute and a fad; a better
example of a toy standing the test of time is Barbie or, more recently, the American
Girl Doll phenomenon.  They are big so that one can play with the accessories as
well;-)

-John

> 
> 
>                 ==Leanne
> 
> ----------------------------------------------------------
> Leanne Opaskar                         lopaskar@san.rr.com



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  Re: Introducing LEGO Direct
 
(...) Gotta call you on this one, man. (: I *love* Paradisa. I wish I hadn't been in my Dark Ages while it was available. I wish I could get ahold of it -- I need the pieces-parts to build my town, Southern-California style, but there's no way I can (...) (27 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)

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