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Re: Are you paying attention, LEGO?
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lugnet.general
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Mon, 30 Oct 2000 21:26:11 GMT
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> From: "Bradley Dale" <dinosauria_ca@yahoo.ca>
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> Actually, its a choice between a Blockbot or two Bionicles.
What kid do you know that chooses the smaller toy with fewer wowie-zowies?
> And we don't know
> if the Bionicles have transformed modes or alternate models, I don't know if
> anyone is sure what they do at all. They could be used to make vehicles
> though.
Maybe they could... but my point is that transforming robot/vehicles are a
proven winner with kids. It just amazes me that TLC hasn't made anything
like this yet.
Throwbots have their uses, and might look cool in their own category, but
they don't really look like anything else unless you squint real hard.
~Mark "Muffin Head" Sandlin
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Mark's Lego Creations
http://www.nwlink.com/~sandlin/lego
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| (...) And transforming robot/animal toys are hot too (and I think they'd be cooler, especially if we got some BIG dinosaurs). Many people have built their own LEGO transformers, so it does work. But even if Bionicles have to be completely taken (...) (24 years ago, 31-Oct-00, to lugnet.general)
| | | Re: Are you paying attention, LEGO?
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| In lugnet.general, Mark Sandlin writes: <snip> (...) Taking your words a little out of context, but actually (without contradicting the point of your post) TLC did release a robot/vehicle <set:8852> back in 1987. - David (24 years ago, 31-Oct-00, to lugnet.general)
| | | Re: Are you paying attention, LEGO?
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| (...) But that's always been my impression of transforming toys--you have a robot that looks like a car transforming into a car that looks like a robot. TYCO had a line of this sort some years back, and they're okay, but not great. MegaBloks (...) (24 years ago, 31-Oct-00, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Are you paying attention, LEGO?
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| (...) Actually, its a choice between a Blockbot or two Bionicles. And we don't know if the Bionicles have transformed modes or alternate models, I don't know if anyone is sure what they do at all. They could be used to make vehicles though. (24 years ago, 30-Oct-00, to lugnet.general)
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