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Re: Catalog nostalgia
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lugnet.general
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Sun, 16 Jan 2000 01:22:11 GMT
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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.
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Paul Davidson
Frank Buiting <frank.buiting@infopulse.nl> wrote in message
news:FoEJ8D.754@lugnet.com...
> In lugnet.general, Tobias Möller writes:
> > Take a look at theese two catalog scans from BrickShelf:
> >
> >
> > http://www.brickshelf.com/scans/catalogs/1985/c85eu/index.html
> > http://www.brickshelf.com/scans/catalogs/1985/c85nl/index.html
> >
> > 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".
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> 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)
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> > Compare this to the "Destroy! Build! Transform! Collect!" texts in the • 2000
> > catalog.
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> 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.
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> > 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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 | | Re: Catalog nostalgia
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| Paul Davidson wrote in message ... (...) If you have something that's not on brickshelf, can you scan it in? (24 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
| | | Re: Catalog nostalgia
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| (...) I have all catalogs from '76 up to now I think. Most are in dutch, some in danish (brought them from Legoland Billund). If you have any catalog you want to get rid of you can mail me. Maybe there is that catalog out there that could make my (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) 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 (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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