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| | | My mad scientist friend (we've all got them, haven't we?) - a PHd student in robotics and robot design and college lecturer in Maths - had this to say after we were comparing the classic 691 Rescue Helicopter (my first set) with the pap that Lego (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | Re: To quote a scholar —Mark Tarrabain
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| | | | | (...) Well, I agree about LEGO becoming more "toy" oriented than "construction" oriented. When I was a kid, LEGO sets that built specific models were far and away the exception -- not the norm. Now it is completely inverted. "Freestyle" sets, as (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | Re: To quote a scholar —Matthew Bates
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| | | | | (...) Lego seems to trying to play toy-world domination recently at the expense of their core product line. Some examples... RC Car - LEGO takes on Tyco & Nikko Znap - LEGO takes on K-Nex Duplo Winnie the Pooh - LEGO takes on various Disney (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | Re: To quote a scholar —Fred Carcanague III
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| | | | | | I agree that TLG is spreading itself too thin. The CD games are marginable from what I've read about problems installing and playing them. Z-Nap is a flailing attempt to debunk Kinex (something they have always wanted to do). TLG should just stick (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | Re: To quote a scholar —David Zorn
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| | | | Steve Anderson wrote in message ... :I have noticed that lego has lost the "construction toy" lead. A lot of :the sets seem to be toys in themselves, rather than a mechanism for a child :to learn about construction. The sets are intended to be used (...) (25 years ago, 13-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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