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Shiri Dori <shirid@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> In lugnet.fabuland, Sheree Rosenkrantz writes:
> > > Looks like I'll be getting some sets this time... (unless you're up for • a
> > > trade, Sheree? ;-)
> >
> > Can't trade what I don't have. :-( Seriously, I will probably one of • the
> > last people to get these sets when they come out. Everytime I start • putting
> > aside money for them , I decide to go after the real thing instead. • Poof,
> > my money is spent...
>
> Tell me about it... I just spent all my cash at the brickfest. There go
> my "savings" toward flight to .il next year. Oh well, who cares... lego is
> better than friends, no? ... <sigh>
>
> > Has anyone seen the new MMsets referred to by Lego as Fabuland. I • haven't.
> > They have revived some of the elements from Fabuland (thank you Lego!), • and
> > have changed some of the other elements from FL, but MM seems to have • many
> > elements from other themes too. I see some nonFabuland derived • Belville,
> > Freestyle, and the cake is Scala. Maybe the MM sets will need/should • have
> > their own group. They are not really Fabuland. And of course the • figures
> > are new.
>
> Hmm. I see your point. On one hand, the Pooh sets where embedded in the • duplo
> range, but that doesn't mean that MM is automatically FL *or* Duplo. Or
> system. Aaaah!!
> Well, I guess we'll hafta wait and see... I guess there isn't too much • info
> about them yet.
IMHO, MM is Lego size as Baby M is Duplo size as Pooh is Duplo size. Size
is probably the wrong word , but it will work for now?
I think Pooh is a subset of Duplo and Baby M will also be a subset of
Duplo. The 2 of them together may constitute a larger Disney subset of
Duplo.
MM, I think of as a subset of Lego much as I think of Belville being a
subset of Lego. I do not see MM as a subset of FL.
Maybe I too would benefit from some sleep....
>
> > That is the most positive thing that I can think to say about them
> > at this time. I dearly love the real FL figures (especially the one with
> > hats and funky clothes...). For me, Mickey and Minnie just aren't as • sweet
> > or fun.
>
> :-)
> That's because they're over-marketed and, well, non-legoish. IMHO.
Yes, also to me, part of it is because they are too distinct. Who can
Mickey be other than Mickey, even if he wears different clothes , he is
still Mickey. The Fabuland figures are more generic. Two elephants,
Elmer and Elton , look virtually the same, yet one can easily project
different personalities onto each. One may even be renamed as Elizabeth and
be believable if one chooses. Renaming Mickey, Robert ,wouldn't change
people thinking about him as Mickey. And to change him to Mary would be
even less believable. Wouldn't Disney just love that....
>
> > I have very contrary feelings about these sets. Sometimes I am very • excited
> > about them and other times their appearance only makes me mourn for the
> > demise/loss of the real FL. Never was I more sure that Fabuland is dead
> > than when I first really looked at pictures of these sets. Still, I will
> > buy these sets. Who knows, maybe more better MM sets will follow. The
> > firetruck is good, very like the original. I do so like ladders...
>
> Well, I never really had any FL sets, so I don't really know. But I have • seen
> a few, and my cousin has gave me her refrigerator (wowzers!) and other • various
> things, and I must say I like them a lot.
The Catherine Cat's Kitchen (3646) has wonderful pieces, particularly the
frig and sink are at the top of my most desired list. I have only seen
them in pictures on the internet. Enjoy them! Do you have the sink and
faucet? the food tiles? the booklet? any figures? I hope so... Having
someone else appreciate them is almost as good as having them for myself.
Almost ;-) . . .
sheree
>
> > I think you are very right about this.
> > There are some duplo MMsets too, but I think they are mainly Baby Mickey • and
> > Baby Minnie and not the ones you are referrring to.
>
> Oh, right. Didn't notice them. Well, they're not really duplo, more like • Primo
> (or Baby, as they're now called).
>
> gotta sleep some...
> -Shiri
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