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Re: Next year
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lugnet.general, lugnet.castle, lugnet.technic, lugnet.sports, lugnet.town
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Tue, 12 Sep 2000 19:46:24 GMT
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He also gave me a scoop (I guess) about TLC plans for the coming years. More
Star Wars (we already knew).
Castle will be around for a couple more years,
then it might go away again.
Castle didn't go away, it just swung halfway around the world.  I like the
Ninja sets.  I haven't really bought much Knights Kingdom, is it like Castle
Jr. or something?  A new subtheme would be great.  I hope its the next
genration of forestmen.

No news about pirates.
That's bad, I wanted Pirates to come back.

Soccer might be around for a few more years, with new sets next year.
That surprised me.  I thought there would be other Sport subthemes, like hockey
and maybe golf.

Technic seems to be "in". It will be expanded (no word on how).
Funny, I haven't seen much of it around in stores.  I haven't gotten any for at
least four years.

Arctic seems to be a big flop. They haven't sold much (Look forward to great
sets on discount!).
The three medium-sized Arctic sets were the first 2000 sets I got.  I knew they
wouldn't last- just look at RES-Q, Outback, Space Port, and all of those other
"Sorry for the Town Jr., this is Town-like, okay?" themes.

He also told me that the reason TLC has juniorised its sets is that they are
marketing the toys toward a lower age group- 3 to 5 years
THREE TO FIVE??? That is awful.  Five to eight is awful.  Are they keeping
anything above ten?

- and that kids are
more impatient these days.
No, TLC is more impatient these days!  They can't wait for a kid to turn seven!

He said that trends change every 10 years,
generally. (only six more years of junior!)

Kevin Z
#142



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(...) You know what I wished they'd do, is to make sets like Guarded Inn, etc, where it's just like a building from a medieval village. They put way too much emphasis on catapults, trapdoors, etc. They need more realism! (...) hockey (...) Well, its (...) (24 years ago, 12-Sep-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle, lugnet.technic, lugnet.sports, lugnet.town)
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(...) Castle Jr would be a VERY ACURATE description of Knights Kingdom. I won't buy it or town jr. (...) hockey (...) at (...) they (...) UCS Star Wars-14+, Mindstroms 12. (...) seven! (...) Altoguh take a look at the Racers line. That is defintly (...) (24 years ago, 12-Sep-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle, lugnet.technic, lugnet.sports, lugnet.town)

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Hello all, I went to TRU this morning to see if I could get the UCS X-wing. They had one left but the box was opened and taped and generally looked bad. I asked an employee, that was restocking the Lego shelves a few feet away, if they had another (...) (24 years ago, 12-Sep-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle, lugnet.technic, lugnet.sports, lugnet.town)

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