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Re: Is LEGO killing off the very concept of a Theme?
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Date: 
Tue, 3 Oct 2000 20:39:45 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Bradley Dale writes:
> I've noticed some disturbing trends.
> 
> 1.  Theme logos are no longer used- the old Castle flag, the red & white TOWN
> roadsign, the word SPACE in white against a starry background.  Very familiar
> logos I'd like to see brought back.  Now we just have subtheme logos, and a • lot
> of them.
> 2.  Many favourite Themes have been killed off already- Pirates, Western,
> Aquanauts, and Space are history.  Star Wars (new), Adventurers (new), Town,
> Castle and Trains are the only ones left.  The fate of Underground is • uncertain
> at this point, but it won't last to 2004.
> 3.  Themes will often feature only a single subtheme at a time.  New subthemes
> seem to requrie the discontinuation of old ones.  There is very little overlap
> between figures in different subthemes, and the theme lack a sense of unity.
> 4.  Subthemes that are switched annually and run for very brief periods of
> time, making the theme look worse as a whole.  I hate this.  Why can't we have
> a Green Ninja Fortress in 2000?
> 5.  Box changes that seem out of the theme.  A Knights Kingdom box doesn't • look
> like a Castle box, and that is just wrong.
> 
> Are we going to have only subthemes in the new century?

Hear hear. This is about the smartest and most insightful thing I've heard in
a long time. Somebody should write TLG saying this. I just want to say I'm in
total agreement here. Thank you, Mr. Dale!
     -dead



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I've noticed some disturbing trends. 1. Theme logos are no longer used- the old Castle flag, the red & white TOWN roadsign, the word SPACE in white against a starry background. Very familiar logos I'd like to see brought back. Now we just have (...) (26 years ago, 3-Oct-00, to lugnet.general) ! 

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