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Re: This is why TLG lost money
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lugnet.general
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Thu, 4 Feb 1999 20:16:27 GMT
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I'm not sure what you mean by Freestyle containing "dopey" pieces? Freestyle is
the mainstay of a lot of RTLers who refuse to pay exhorbitant prices for sets that
contain very few bricks and a bunch of highly specialized pieces that have
no/little use except for what the picture on the box shows. Freestyle sets are
mostly BRICKS, the mainstay of LEGO back in the days when SPECIALIZED PIECES meant
wheels, trees, and roof bricks. Then there's Town Jr. it contains a lot of dopey
pieces.....
John VanZwieten wrote:
<major snippage>
> Why can't Lego come up with a sets which don't contain dopey pieces like
> "Freestyle" (who is that name supposed to appeal to anyway, the 7 yr. old
> snowskiing set?) but allow a kid to build a variety of interesting vehicles or
> buildings--and come with some instructions for doing so?
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> I've pointed her to Lego Dacta, but I fear those sets will be a bit out of her
> price range. So she'll probably end up buying the MBs and get inferior bricks
> but a superior set. (I'll, of course, still get him the real thing.)
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> Sorry for my rant, maybe should have gone in the open letters group.
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> -John Van
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| Then why didn't my friend see the Freestyle sets and say, "Ah, that's what I was looking for"? Maybe because the models pictured on the set look like something that would interest a 3-4 year old. By "dopey" pieces I mean the patterns they slap all (...) (26 years ago, 4-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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| This message is from a good friend who is considering what to buy for her 6 yr. old son, whom I have been introducing to Lego: ---...--- Walked all over Toys R Us last night. You are going to need to work on me more. I was very interested in this (...) (26 years ago, 4-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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