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Re: TLG investigation 1st answers
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lugnet.general
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Mon, 22 Feb 1999 20:05:14 GMT
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In lugnet.general, blisses@worldnet.att.net (Steve Bliss) writes:
> > 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.
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> Or the good ones (ie, master lovers of the brick) all retired.
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> 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.
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 marketing regime than in designing sets which please
kids and have true versatility and lasting play/construction value.
I suppose Nintendo is the culprit only to the extent that it stands in TLG's
way of becoming the strongest brand among families with children. If, like
Eric suggested, TLG remained a smaller company focused on its original values,
we might see more of what we used to enjoy. I really just hope the attrition
rates aren't on the increase there.
--Todd
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| (...) 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 (...) (25 years ago, 22-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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