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Re: The realization of juniorization sets in...
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Fri, 31 Dec 1999 16:33:13 GMT
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> > A large 1-piece dump-truck POOP.
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> This piece looks a heck of a lot better on a dump truck than in the rock
> raiders sets. It also has a complex shape which would be hard to make out • of
> bricks, and the thin wall nature of it would be extremely difficult. • Another
> SPUD not a POOP.
I would like to have seen this piece (and the Mixer) made from several
sections, so that it could be expanded or compressed to make different size
models.
( Like in the good old days on the 378 (farm tractor and wagon) for example,
where there were two end sections and you could put what ever size plates on
the sides)
Cheers
Oliver
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> While this set is over priced, I wouldn't say it is ridiculously • overpriced.
> I would be quite happy to pay $8-10 for a service pack which came with a
> pair of road sections, and $5-6 for a service pack which came with 2 • support
> columns (and I wonder how many people would buy those JUST for the pair of
> 4x18 bricks which would be included?).
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> I would have to say that this is one of the most exciting sets of the 2000
> sets, because it takes LEGO town construction to a new dimension. I • strongly
> suspect we will see another set use these new road pieces, and I think • many
> of our LEGO town councils will buy up these sets (James B - thought about
> re-building your large bridge with these....)
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> Frank
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> > etc. etc.
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> > And a handful of real Lego pieces for detailing.
> >
> > --
> >
> >
> > Paul Davidson
> >
> > Frank Filz <ffilz@mindspring.com> wrote in message
> > news:386BD713.6113@mindspring.com...
> > > Paul Davidson wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Well, I walked into Zellers last night and saw the big town set with • the
> > > > elevated roads for the first time. I almost gagged to see how • juniorised
> > > > the set was -- it doesn't even look like Lego on the shelf, it's much • more
> > > > like some Playmobil clone with a few very large, simple plastic • pieces
> > that
> > > > have no other use whatsoever. Yikes.
> > >
> > > I don't know, this set is still very much LEGO. Sure, it is a little
> > > juniorized, but the biggest parts pretty much need to be that way to be
> > > useable, without the set being a $200 set. How many bricks would it • take
> > > to make that roadway work if it wasn't made of big road sections. Those
> > > crane legs would disintegrate the first time you touched the crane if
> > > they were made of bricks. The only real gratuitous piece of
> > > juniorization is the 2x4x3 bricks in the road support towers.
> > >
> > > I just hope there is a service pack for the road sections, and that • they
> > > add intersection pieces (a wider curve radius would be extremely neat,
> > > but probably won't happen).
> > >
> > > --
> > > Frank Filz
> > >
> > > -----------------------------
> > > Work: mailto:ffilz@us.ibm.com (business only please)
> > > Home: mailto:ffilz@mindspring.com
> >
> >
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