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Re: Best & Worst LEGO Themes
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lugnet.general
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Thu, 10 Feb 2000 21:02:16 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Mark Koesel writes:
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> "Barbara Sproat" <BSproat@Novell.com> wrote in message
> news:FpqBsE.4LA@lugnet.com...
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> > The Worst: I'd have to say Throw Bots!! I mean, has anyone come up
> > with a good use for these parts???
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> The designers of the (almost universally agreeably) excellent 800x
> Technic Droid line seem to have found some good uses for these.
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> Other technic sets have demonsrated novel uses of these also.
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> > What's your vote?
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> I don't think it's about themes at all. I think that the general
> 'dumbing down' of Lego across the board is a problem. I do agree
> however, that it has plagued some themes (Town) more than others.
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> Mark
> (who loves the Throwbots, one of Lego's best selling lines last year)
I think the Throwbots are way out there, nothing special. The Cyberslam
series is kinda corny also. But the king of em all. The worst of the worst
is the Time Traveler, aka extra pieces series. I have seen pre-school kids
make more realisic things than those.
Jeff
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Message has 2 Replies:
 | | Re: Best & Worst LEGO Themes
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| (...) I guess it depends if your only criterion is realism. I like to build realistic things, but my first lego set after my dark ages was the flying time vessel, and I loved it! It was just so cool (and crazy, but who cares). And all those sets are (...) (25 years ago, 11-Feb-00, to lugnet.general)
| | | Re: Best & Worst LEGO Themes
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| (...) worst (...) Actually, I like the Time Cruisers because they *do* things. Flapping wings, bobbing heads--they're neat. Can't say that I've left 'em built for any length of time, though.... Brian (bbq) Sauls (25 years ago, 11-Feb-00, to lugnet.general)
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| "Barbara Sproat" <BSproat@Novell.com> wrote in message news:FpqBsE.4LA@lugnet.com... (...) The designers of the (almost universally agreeably) excellent 800x Technic Droid line seem to have found some good uses for these. Other technic sets have (...) (25 years ago, 10-Feb-00, to lugnet.general)
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