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Re: TLG investigation 1st answers
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Sat, 20 Feb 1999 03:57:46 GMT
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Jim Wissner <jimbodean@netscape.net> wrote:
> Re: peoples attitudes here
> Having only been following lugnet for a few months now, I hate to make enemies
> so soon... but I just have to comment. It is striking how bitter the tone is
> from the majority of people here (or is it perhaps that the contented people
> are not posting?). Is anyone out there happy? How about some perspective.
> Are you employed? Healthy? Hopefully yes.
Employed - yes. Healthy - not at the moment.
Yes, Lego is a toy. But it isn't JUST anything. I don't spend
thousands of dollars each year on things that aren't important to me.
So yeah, since I've seen it decline quality-wise in the relatively
brief time since I came out of my dark ages (and especially since my
youth) - yeah, I'm a little bitter. Since I OUGHT to be considered a
valued customer who is spending dozens, maybe hundreds of times what
TLG's "average" customer spends on its products, it ticks me off to
see myself and people like me be ignored by a company that I'm helping
to make money.
"Lego develops for children, not for adults." Well, wake up Lego.
Because those children don't have any money and, in some cases at
least, they don't make the buying decisions. At least a few other
people have mentioned how influential they are among their friends and
families when it comes to toy purchases. I bet we can all say the
same. Keep it up, Lego. Keep it up and watch the group of people who
could be your most devoted advocates turn into your most vocal
detractors.
> Lego is just a toy. We all seem a little too serious to me. Calling kids
We do seem very serious, and sometimes we probably sound fanatical.
Like I said, though, I don't spend thousands of dollars on something
that isn't important to me. And I can't be quiet when I see something
I'd love to keep spending money on and love to keep recommending to my
family and friends gets steadily driven into the ground by people who
evidently just don't get it. Did you read about the experience Larry
had with the idiot at the Mall of America? It's people like that who
are driving Lego into the ground.
So yeah, maybe we are a little serious. Funny, though, that out of
all of the people sitting in my office one day, about 10 I suppose,
every one of them had a fond Lego experience to recall and yet every
one of them also commented on the current LACK of quality in the sets
they were seeing their younger relatives playing with. It's so
strange to hear the same comments we get used to seeing on RTL and
here, comments we probably think come from some sort of Lego dementia
we all share, spring forth unaided from the mouths of "normal" people.
> "Nintendo punks", and brats, and dumb, all seems cynical, extreme and generally
> ridiculous to me. Such a blanket statement! If my memory serves me correctly,
> kids didn't have stainless-steel attention spans in the '70s either. I seem to
> remember that after playing for an hour or two with Lego, I would promptly set
Dunno about everyone else, but I'd be hard pressed to find anything
besides Technic or Mindstorms in the current lineup that could keep a
child occupied for an hour or two.
> In short, I think the TLG investigation here is a positive thing. What will
> come of it? Who knows. But I think we should show a little more appreciation
> and respect towards, at the very least, Jeroen - who in even broaching the
> subject here has taken on a large task. Some of the responses that he has
> received suggest that maybe a stroll outside through the park is in order for
> some of us.
I haven't meant any disrespect for Jeroen as an individual. I have
very little respect for the company he works for, mainly because it
has none for me.
> Happy with the Lego that I have,
> and optimistic that there will be More Good Lego to come,
> and hopefully not banished from the group, =)
Differing opinions are good. I would find the world a very boring
place if everyone agreed with everything I said. The world would run
smoothly, but it would be boring.
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| Mike Stanley skrev i meddelandet ... (...) Mike, don't forget - for You, the _building_ is the thing, for kids, _playing_ is the greater part. OK, my oldest boy (11), really liked to put 8880 (Supercar) together, and the alternate model too. It took (...) (25 years ago, 20-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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| Mike Stanley wrote in message ... (...) Amen. Unfortunately, the economy is too good for poor business practices to be punished too much. Jesse ___...___ Jesse The Jolly Jingoist Looking for answers? Read the rec.toys.lego FAQ! (URL) in Deja News! (...) (25 years ago, 23-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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