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Re: Scala = why Town will continue to be so poor.
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Fri, 16 Oct 1998 23:29:00 GMT
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Rachael Stanley writes:
> Sarah Heacock writes:
> > On Tue, 13 Oct 1998 17:52:45 GMT, mattdm@mattdm.org (Matthew Miller)
> > wrote:
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> > > http://www.lego.com/professionals/pressspecific.asp?PressReleaseId=47&Year=1 • 9
> 98
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> > > You see, Lego System is for _boys_. And boys like space and castles and
> > > adventures, not building towns. For _girls_, there's Lego Scala.
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> > I would barf but it would make my notebook all messy.
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> > Sarah Heacock
> > sarah@eskimo.com
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> I can't help but think of that SNL commercial "Chess For Girls"
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> Rachael
Hi, Rachael!
While I agree with those that say that boys and girls play differently (1) I do
not really want products that pander to that difference, per se. I have gotten
flamed for this statement on RTL in the past but I really, really, want my
children to be color/gender/ethnicity neutral. Not blind, but not using it as a
decision criterion.
TLG annoys me most when they do this. (and second most when they won't sell me
parts in the exact mix I want, but I *understand* why they do that...)
Leave the pandering to differences to Mattel, thank you.
1 - and vive le difference!
++Lar
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| (...) I'd say that it's not that I want my children (1) to be the same, or gender neutral, but I want them to be free to decide for themselves how they are going to be, without the toy (2) telling them this is for boys and this is for girls. 1 - I (...) (26 years ago, 19-Oct-98, to lugnet.general)
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