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| (...) 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. (...) (24 years ago, 12-Sep-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle, lugnet.technic, lugnet.sports, lugnet.town)
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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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| (...) I believe the last time there was a library was in 19- oh wait, they never have. So, are you trying to say that a real town isn't chock full of rescue and construction things while being totally devoid of any houses or retail stores? Kyle (...) (24 years ago, 13-Sep-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle, lugnet.technic, lugnet.sports, lugnet.town)
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| (...) it? (...) Whoa, would anybody do this? Rob (24 years ago, 13-Sep-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle, lugnet.technic, lugnet.sports, lugnet.town)
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| (...) Me & a friend were discussing the new town sets once. We both agreed that what we need is a subtheme called "Real Life". The town sets look to happy. The happy looking construction workers apperently love their jobs, the PRISONERS in the (...) (24 years ago, 13-Sep-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle, lugnet.technic, lugnet.sports, lugnet.town)
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| (...) As much as I like the idea of a LEGO library, I doubt that they'll ever release anything like that (or stores or museums or other sedate structures) outside of Belville. Rescue units and construction units are exciting to pre-pubescent boys (...) (24 years ago, 13-Sep-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town)
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| (...) ...and girls. Generally, girls seem to like these kinds of toys better than the race cars and action-packed police chases that little boys like. Ben Roller (24 years ago, 13-Sep-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town)
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| Hey Ben- Wanna borrow my asbestos suit? <gotta go>...INCOMING!!!!! :-) --John (...) (24 years ago, 13-Sep-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town)
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| (...) Steve, Now this is odd because I agree with everything you had to say but I still feel a need to play devils advocate. I will admit that I could care less what model is created out of a certain set of parts packaged as a set. All I care about (...) (24 years ago, 13-Sep-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town)
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| (...) If you want Town LEGO(R) do this: Buy a boatload of bricks, some from retail, some specialized pieces from LEGO Direct. Don't forget to get some widows and doors. Assemble them is interesting ways. Bingo: Town! Ta DAA! Isn't that sort of the (...) (24 years ago, 13-Sep-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town)
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| (...) I can't find the thread, but there was a large discussion on this about a year ago (maybe a little less, I forget exactly). At any rate, several different propositions were made including the meta-boycott of juniorized sets, boycotting ALL (...) (24 years ago, 13-Sep-00, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) More (...) Castle (...) abut (...) it? (...) But what about the more specialised parts in town? at the moment the bulk seems to only be the 'very' basic bricks. Perhaps I lack imagination? I would like to see Jr remain but not soley. Perhaps (...) (24 years ago, 13-Sep-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town)
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| (...) Perish the thought! And I'm working on an article. Art takes time, you know... :-) SteveC (URL) (24 years ago, 13-Sep-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town)
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| (...) Hey, it's all good. You are still using your imagination to design with the greatest toy on earth. Besides, what do you do if you have a wonderful idea that makes extensive use of a part you don't have too many of? You use Ldraw or MLCAD or (...) (24 years ago, 13-Sep-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town)
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| (...) Not really - if they want to make inroads to female sales, they need more buildings. Girls tend to gravitate towards building more permanent structures (just read through all the posts here on Lugnet, you'll see it's basically true). -- | Tom (...) (24 years ago, 14-Sep-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town)
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| (...) for (...) You probably didn't recognise it as being Technics. All those Roboriders and Slizers are supposedly Technics sets. I guess it is "Technics Junior". (...) I think 14+ for UCS Star Wars is a "marketing device" to suggest they have a (...) (24 years ago, 14-Sep-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle, lugnet.technic, lugnet.sports, lugnet.town)
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| (...) And TLC/TLG?Futura needs tomove way from the pale pink/lime green of the Belville era. IMO I feel that range was misguided.- Lego(R) has never been Mattel or one of any of others of 'fad' US toy manafacturers. Lego(R) in the 1980's early (...) (24 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town)
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| I think the ELC (Early Learning Centre) find it cheaper to purchase Megablocks in bulk than Lego, also Lego is expensive compared to Megablocks - also its a hit with parents on low income. -- Michael - - - Please reply on medwards@ukonline.co.uk - - (...) (24 years ago, 16-Sep-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.town)
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