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Re: TLG investigation 1st answers
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lugnet.general
Date: 
Fri, 19 Feb 1999 19:25:53 GMT
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Mike Stanley wrote in message ...
> set quality TLG _used to_ produce and that if you put a 700 pc Castle
> set in front of one of an _average_ kid today he'd probably lose
> interest and go back to his Nintendo 64 or the Power Rangers, whereas
> if you put a 350 pc set in front of him with huge pre-formed pieces
> that an average monkey could put together, he might stay focused on it
> long enough to put it together before he goes back to the video games.

Now there's a scientific study waiting to happen: can monkeys put together
lego sets if given the instructions?

Jesse

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(...) I'd be curious to see what would happen, given an infinite amount of monkeys, with only Town Jr. sets, if they could produce a diarama of all of Shakespeare's works. The Air Force could even donate a few, since they're retiring their Space (...) (28 years ago, 19-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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(...) I know you won't be able to provide numbers to us, but I'd be curious to see how the newer Jr-ish style of sets sell in comparison to the older sets which were, unarguably, of better quality. As for "kids have developed as well" - if by that (...) (28 years ago, 19-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)

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