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Re: Is LEGO killing off the very concept of a Theme?
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Wed, 4 Oct 2000 14:14:37 GMT
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Jake, I agree with you completely. As long as the parts are great (and in great
colors), I can build my own creations at will. But it does seem that AFOLs are in
two camps. One camp that wants to build basically whatever sets come out (they are
the ones complaining (and rightly so)). The other camp (where I'm at) just wants
LEGO to release new parts, or parts in colors that haven't ever been released yet
(or are exotic colors). This camp is the MOC camp.
Gary Istok
Jake McKee wrote:
> According to an article in ID magazine, March/April 2000, Lego posted its
> first loss since the companies founding in the 1930s. The article contends
> that this is due in part to the widely expanded theme product line.
>
> Honestly, is this really a big deal? I am most interested in getting cool
> parts to make cool custom creations...
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> jake
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> In lugnet.general, Bradley Dale writes:
> > I've noticed some disturbing trends.
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> > 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?
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