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Re: TLG investigation 1st answers
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lugnet.general
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Fri, 19 Feb 1999 19:54:17 GMT
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Hi Duane,
Someone once said:
It is a wise man that knows when the gorilla of life has eaten all of his
bananas,
It is a fool who expects to be left the peels.
Such is life in the late 90's WRT nintendo.
Mark
Duane Hess wrote:
> Jeroen Ottens writes:
>
> > To begin with the last:
> > Lego develops for kids, not for adults. Kids have developed as well through
> > the years. Old sets simply don't sell. If you ask for better sets, you ask
> > for bigger sets with smaller (unprinted) bricks for yourself. My question
> > is: Does Model Team fill that need (if only partial)? I mean is that a good
> > direction?
> > This question is more for my own curiousity and understanding, I can't
> > promised feedback from the Model Team team (see above).
>
>
> I don't collect Model Team, so this does not help me. I am a Space/Town
> junky so this would not be a good direction for me.
>
> > Bulk piece ordering/better service packs are not be commented on by me.
> >
> > Rerealese of old sets. I my opinion that is a setback. It would be better
> > to increase the appeal of new sets, than to rerelease old sets, but maybe
> > collectors don't agree with me on that one.
>
> I think it would be a good thing to re-release old sets, but I won't hold
> my breath. I can't see the logistics of it and don't expect TLG to FIND the
> logistics.
>
> >
> > Acknowledgement of the AFOL community. I think this the pivotal point.
> > Without acknowledgement nothing will change. I will try to get that message
> > through within Lego. Of course I can't promise anything. Lego is just a
> > company that has to make profit and fact is that there are more kids
> > playing with Lego than adults.
>
> Two comments here.
>
> First, I think that LEGO cannot ignore the AFOL community. It is becoming
> too large to ignore. Besides, what better marketing tool is there than
> LUGNET, since most of use have been playing with LEGO for years (decades?)
> and know what TLG is capable of producing vs. what it actually IS producing.
>
> Second, who buys the LEGO for the kids? When buying LEGO products, many
> people come to me, an AFOL. After all, I have been playing with LEGO for
> 20 years and should know SOMETHING about the product. I usually recommend
> the more complex sets. Ones I know they will be able to use to build their
> own creations out of later.
>
> >
> > If anyone has comments about these statements, please feel free to respond.
> >
> > Happy building
> >
> > Jeroen Ottens
>
>
> As a side note, I purchased a Technic set about 3 years ago and never got
> around to putting it together. I decided that my 9 year old nephew might
> benefit from it more than I, so I gave it to him after he scored an "A" on
> his Science project. Several times while trying to put it together, he said
> to me, "You do it. It's too hard." My response was, "Make it look like the
> picture in the instructions." After about an hour, he was able to build it
> himself with no intervention on my part. I was proud like an uncle should
> be - until he put it down and went back to the Nintendo.
>
> Duane Hess
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