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Re: TLG investigation 1st answers
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lugnet.general
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Mon, 22 Feb 1999 16:03:23 GMT
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On Mon, 22 Feb 1999 12:30:42 GMT, "Eric Brok" <brok@fcjsvc.hvu.nl>
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> BTW, when complaining about poor quality of recent sets, please don't say
> the designers are stupid. From the past, we know what they are capable of;
> they must be being held back by marketing regime.
Or the good ones (ie, master lovers of the brick) all retired.
But I suspect marketing pressure (particularly the push to shorter
time-to-market, shorter product cycles, more products in market, and
(oh, yeah!) the push to appeal to building-challenged kids) are the
greater culprits.
Steve
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| (...) I wonder what effect this has on the designers who are still there. The saddest thing of all would be to see a great designer quit in frustration and be replaced by an average designer who is more interested in designing sets which please the (...) (25 years ago, 22-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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| Just want add one perspective to the dumbing-down debate. To my preference, not all toys *should* appeal to *all* kids (let alone adults). Kids have different talents. This means some talented 7-year olds may be able to build the Technic Space (...) (25 years ago, 22-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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