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Re: Attention Lego Group: Children don't like juniorization, either!
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Thu, 20 Jan 2000 18:50:55 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Colin R Gutierrez wrote:

Paul Baulch wrote:

Perhaps, in some cases, not so much "juniorised" as "prefabricated". Hmmmm,
still sounds a bit derogatory.

       Maybe we need more than one term.  Parts like "juniorized" walls
could
be called prefabricated, but I think "over-specialized" is more acurate
for things like Insecturds legs and pre-printed Egyptian sloped walls.

The terms you're looking for are POOP and SPUD.

POOP: "piece out of pieces" -- prefab, juniorized
SPUD: "special-purpose, unlegoish/useless/ugly, decorative" -- over-specialized

Steve



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  Re: Attention Lego Group: Children don't like juniorization, either!
 
So a BURP is a POOP and the Leg of a Bug is a SPUD. Gotit. :] --Colin (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)

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(...) I'm fairly sure he didn't. Even if he did, it's apples and oranges. I don't think liking other types of toys invalidates a person's particular views on Lego. I personally have several CyberPowerMegaDemonP...sherZords, I think the intricacies (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)

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