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Re: Catalog nostalgia
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lugnet.general
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Sun, 16 Jan 2000 00:12:13 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Tobias Möller writes:
> Take a look at theese two catalog scans from BrickShelf:
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> http://www.brickshelf.com/scans/catalogs/1985/c85eu/index.html
> http://www.brickshelf.com/scans/catalogs/1985/c85nl/index.html
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> Now, compare them to todays catalogs.
> While the 2000 catalog has a drawn boy with sunglasses, these catalogs have
> real children in them.
> There are a lot of text boxes saying how creative you can be with LEGO.
> And in the later catalog, there are these minifigs saying something in dutch
> and holding up bricks. I don´t know what they say, but I think it´s
> something like " all bricks fit together" and "the best toy is the one you
> build yourself".
If you're interested in what the minifig says while holding the bricks (mainly
in the BASIC section):
"... tomorrow I create something different" (pag 10)
"Al your other Lego parts fit together!" (pag 12)
"[Kids] invent the best toys themselves!" (pag 13)
"Great to have some spare parts!" (pag 14)
Most other comments are comments to the scene showed (like "I'm here to bring
a secret message" page 18 Castle theme)
> Compare this to the "Destroy! Build! Transform! Collect!" texts in the 2000
> catalog.
I really miss the "quiet" displays in todays catalog. It seems like the pages
have to make a lot of "noise" towards the reader. Big logos, giant letters
etc. Besides the sets I collect the catalogs, fliers and other advertisements
but they get less subtle over the years.
> And take a look at the town and space pages...
> Not only are the sets better, compare this *real landscape* with todays
> computer-drawn backgrounds.
Sigh...
-Frank
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| You collect Lego catalogues and fliers and stuff? Is there anything you're looking for? As a kid, I never threw any of it away so I still have stuff going back to '83 or so. -- Paul Davidson Frank Buiting <frank.buiting@infopulse.nl> wrote in (...) (27 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| Take a look at theese two catalog scans from BrickShelf: (URL) compare them to todays catalogs. While the 2000 catalog has a drawn boy with sunglasses, these catalogs have real children in them. There are a lot of text boxes saying how creative you (...) (27 years ago, 15-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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