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Re: Is LEGO killing off the very concept of a Theme?
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lugnet.general
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Wed, 4 Oct 2000 14:15:15 GMT
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Aaron West at maniac@vol.com wrote:
> If I may jump in here with a thought of my own... All of the new subthemes
> have too short a shelf life and try to throw too much in a single set ( who
> among us can afford ALL of the larger sets?) which seems to destroy the idea
> of LEGO building. The old TOWN theme, CASTLE and SPACE had mostly sub $40 USD
> sets designed to be combined in sort of modular play. Each one had something
> special that you may want without blowing the whole wad on one box.
Yes! I love the concept of making sets with li'l technic-pin connectors so
you can buy a few of them and rearrange them into a larger, more varied
castle, space base, pirate hideout, etc. etc. I wish they'd get back to
this.
> They
> revolved around making up your own little LEGO world for these cute yellow
> headed people to live happily in (honestly didn't they just look so happy?).
> When did all this change? LEGO began to change this with the introduction of
> firearms in the Pirate theme (a personal favorite, and very popular).
> Suddenly LEGO people were begining to show battle scars and a loss of appetite
> for peaceful life. Only the Imperial Trading Post had ANY sort of day in the
> life value, and how many of us purchased a Pizza Restaurant just to get some
> village parts and a wench who wouldn't steal your gold (hearts, maybe).
I don't mind the "grumpy" looking characters, but I think they should have
been mixed in with the happy ones so you get variety, not replacement.
> LEGO,
> reintroduce some daily life to the themes, cut out juniorization, more sets at
> lower prices with more pieces, blend themes together for cross purchases and
> stop discontinuing sets and themes after only one year! LEGO just needs a
> town or a rest stop between battlezones. Pizza anyone?
I agree. I'm really disappointed with the lack of regular folks. There sure
are a lot of Police, Fire, and Construction dudes running around, tho. :^/
~Mark
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Mark's Lego Creations
http://www.nwlink.com/~sandlin/lego
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