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Re: Questions about creator
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Tue, 9 Jan 2001 23:02:20 GMT
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Nicholas Allan wrote:
> "Jonathan Lill" <jonathanl@myriadweb.com> wrote in message
> news:G6x0M1.J6s@lugnet.com...
> > Well since we now have pictures of the 2001 German catalog
> > see: http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=2690
> > I want someone to explain the new Lego Creator line to me. On one hand it
> > seems to be positioned to replace Lego Basic. Yet the new minifigures
> > compete with the scale of the current minifigures and offer more detail
> > (printed detail on the legs for instance) and more realistic proportions
> > which should make them more attractive to older children.
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> I can't decide whether or not I like these minifigs. Although it is a shame
> to that they aren't like normal minifigs the additional detail gives a fig
> more character. Mind you, the figs would probably loose there character if
> you had loads of the same one (is there more than one of each sex?). On the
> other hand, the classic minifigs didn't look real which meant that it Lego
> seems more of a toy and a fantasy playworld than an attempt to accurately
> recreate reality. Also, these new figs fine detailing looks funny compared
> to the clunky, chunky nature of Lego which is why the normal minifigs look
> better.
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> > Also the sets seem
> > to come with videos and idea books as if a key to the line's identity was
> > their multi media aspect.
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> This is a worrying trend. I was never happy when Lego started having the
> instructions on CD for certain Technic sets; it just seemed to be trying to
> make up for the sets not being interesting enough (not a problem with
> Technic sets). The inclusion of videos seems to be another attempt to make
> up:
> a) the sets
> b) Lego's perceived imagination deficit in children today.
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> Nicholas Allan
Just a reminder/warning about European video tapes. They are a different
format than USA tapes. I made the mistake about 11 years ago of taking a family
videotape to Germany. They are the same size, and look identical. But you
cannot play European and USA tapes on each others VCRs! (Well you can, but
there is no picture or sound, it looks like playing an empty tape).
Gary Istok
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| (...) It is possible to get VCRs in the US which can read European tapes (PAL and I think SECAM is another format?). I think these especially started to become popular when the anime genre really started to take off. FUT: lugnet.off-topic.geek Frank (24 years ago, 10-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| "Jonathan Lill" <jonathanl@myriadweb.com> wrote in message news:G6x0M1.J6s@lugnet.com... (...) I can't decide whether or not I like these minifigs. Although it is a shame to that they aren't like normal minifigs the additional detail gives a fig (...) (24 years ago, 9-Jan-01, to lugnet.general)
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