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Re: Anyone Minifig Complete?
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lugnet.general
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Sun, 4 Feb 2001 22:17:05 GMT
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"Jake McKee" <jacob.mckee@america.lego.com> wrote:
> > Did I miss something?? When/how did the rumor start that TLC is doing away
> > with the minifig??
In lugnet.general, Tim Courtney writes:
> Silly unfounded speculation on behalf of the release of the Creator fig.
Unfounded? We have:
-- the release of Creator, in at least two "themes" (basic/town, and Jack
Stone)
-- the disappearance of System town
-- the increasing stylization of the mini-fig over the last few years, which
pretty much cries out for a larger form-factor in order to be more effective
-- the ongoing "action-figure-ization" of Technic
-- add in a general disbelief (on my part) that both a large number of Creator
themes and a large number of System themes could co-exist
While it's certainly speculation (and I'm happy to repeat, this is PURE RUMOR),
it seems pretty well-founded to me.
> All the more reason to keep the communication lines open, and for us on
> the AFOL side to take a big chill pill. I meant no harm by the minifig
> comment, but now see that such an emotional outburst may have been
> damaging. I'm sorry.
As I said in an earlier posting, personally I don't think TLC will make a
comment either way, and even if they did I wouldn't expect them to hold to it if
marketing forces indicate otherwise (i.e. if Creator takes off).
I wouldn't worry about feeling responsible-- the marketing death of the mini-fig
was pretty much the first thing that popped into my head when I first saw the
Creator sets. Seems obvious and somewhat inevitable, to me.
Kevin
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| "Jake McKee" <jacob.mckee@america.lego.com> wrote in message news:G893q1.FIL@lugnet.com... (...) Silly unfounded speculation on behalf of the release of the Creator fig. Rereading threads this week shows me (sorry, my HTTP is down now for some dumb (...) (23 years ago, 4-Feb-01, to lugnet.general)
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