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Re: Criteria for a good toy (was RE: Fabulous Lego Drawings)
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lugnet.fabuland, lugnet.general
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Fri, 1 Sep 2000 19:40:43 GMT
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Say, these 10 items are the ones that Ole Kirk Christiansen (founder of LEGO)
used as his criteria for creating LEGO back in the late 40's/early 50's!
Gary Istok
Bram Lambrecht wrote:
> sheree rosenkrantz writes:
> > http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=1224
>
> My Dutch isn't excellent, so I didn't read the whole thing. However,
> bullets (or in this case a numbered list) always tends to catch the eye. So
> here is my translation of the list of criteria for a good toy:
> (http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=12873)
> (http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=12872)
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> 1) It must provide limitless possibilities for play.
> 2) It must be for girls and boys equally.
> 3) It must be fun for all ages. [AFOLs?]
> 4) Children must be able to play with it peacefully and safely.
> 5) Children must be able to play with it year round.
> 6) It must not bore quickly; it must remain absorbing for hours.
> 7) It must encourage planning, fantasy, and creativity.
> 8) The more of it you have, the more fun it must provide. [Business side?]
> 9) There must be extra (loose) components avaiable. [Bulk ordering?!?]
> 10) The quality must be perfect down to the tiniest details.
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> I'm not sure of the translation of #9 (and even if it is correct, it could
> very well apply to consumer affairs as well.)
> --Bram
>
> Bram Lambrecht
> BXL34@po.cwru.edu
> http://home.cwru.edu/~bxl34/>
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