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I really like the direction that Lego is going with producing licenced material, ie. Star Wars, Disney, and now Harry Potter. I think it will introduce a whole new crowd into the world of Lego. However I don't think that anyone has mentioned the (...) (24 years ago, 11-Jul-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I don't. Licensing is not what LEGO is about. (24 years ago, 11-Jul-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Well. Licensing is not what Lego *was* about. I think it's a good thing, though, mostly because Lego's recent self-designed sets have... been somewhat lacking, in my mind. The Star Wars sets (not just the UCS, but the System ones as well) have (...) (24 years ago, 11-Jul-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) line. I agree. Licensing is not inherently a bad thing. It could lead to a general loss of creativity but the Star Wars line doesn't suffer from that at all. I think what's important is that they choose licenses not for their popularity but (...) (24 years ago, 11-Jul-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Alright, but what about Scott's point? Isn't it better to introduce lego to as many people as possible? I have a friend who thought lego was too childish and never bought any, even as a child. Until it conformed with his own intersts (big Star (...) (24 years ago, 11-Jul-00, to lugnet.general)
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XP .castle (...) True. I'm not completely happy about the trend of licensing, but the SW sets were better than the rest of the system sets (like Eric mentioned) and brought a lot of great new pieces, many of them multiple uses. (...) Sorry, gotta (...) (24 years ago, 11-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle)
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(...) Aye, there's pieces in the SW line that I'd been wishing for ever since I can remember, both new pieces and old pieces in new colors. And the minifigs are the best I've seen yet; especially the face design. I hope that they continue this (...) (24 years ago, 11-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle)
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(...) Our minister recently did a service on Harry Potter. Her original intent was to counter the religious opposition, assuming that most religious conservatives were against the books. What she discovered was that while there was a vocal minority (...) (24 years ago, 11-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Yeah, looks like I am going to have to read the books too, or at least the first one, if only so I'll know what to expect. Where are you going on vacation that you wont be reading lugnet (24 years ago, 12-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle)
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(...) Well, you won't be *suffering* from it, I'm sure. ;-) (...) Israel. I will be reading, just not very often. -Shiri (24 years ago, 12-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle)
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(...) Ahhh...A return to the golden age of castle when the sets were all modular, and you connect them all to make a huge structure (sniff) I miss that... :) (...) Still have to pick up 4, 1-3 were very good. I like reading a book that makes me (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jul-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle)
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Well, I must admit that I was baffled when I heard that TLG picked up the Harry Potter lisence. I looked it up on here a was enlighted to the story, I might go pick up the first book now, it sounds interesting! Wizards, castles, ect... However, my (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jul-00, to lugnet.general)
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