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Re: Attention Lego Group: Children don't like juniorization, either!
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Sat, 22 Jan 2000 14:20:49 GMT
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So a BURP is a POOP and the Leg of a Bug is a SPUD.  Gotit.  :]
--Colin

Steve Bliss wrote:
> 
> 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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  Attention Lego Group: Children don't like juniorization, either!
 
On Sat, 22 Jan 2000, Colin R Gutierrez (<3889BCC1.3C57@ultra.ccp.com>) wrote at 14:20:49 (...) Well, not *entirely*, as a BURP only has one wall/side, and is hollow. This makes it more like the thin wall elements, which look like bricks on the (...) (27 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)

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  Re: Attention Lego Group: Children don't like juniorization, either!
 
(...) 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 (27 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)

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