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Re: Introducing LEGO Direct
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lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego
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Sat, 11 Dec 1999 04:47:39 GMT
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johnneal@uswest.+AvoidSpam+net
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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;-)
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> 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! (:
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> 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
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> ==Leanne
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> Leanne Opaskar lopaskar@san.rr.com
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| (...) 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 (...) (24 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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