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| (...) In this discussion the Star Wars sets have been generally regarded as exceptions to the rule. Your 673 example is more on target but still overlooks the dreadful state of design in more recent Lego sets. Compare, for example, set (URL) from (...) (24 years ago, 28-Feb-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars)
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| (...) Indeed. Outside of the minifig, it it not that great. Both of them really lack the entusiasm as the 1980's early sets. (...) Town Junior has some good parts, which can make for better MOC's, Chris Leach does a good job, among others. I think (...) (24 years ago, 28-Feb-01, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Ugh! I have been forced to buy them because I wanted to get the ball-and-socket joint where the ball has an axle hole instead of a throwbot/bionicle leg attached to it. I was complaining loudly about how foetid the sets were and how I felt bad (...) (24 years ago, 28-Feb-01, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) I agree with your points here, but I would still say that the 6407, being a Town Jr set, is aimed at a different crowd than the 672. That makes them difficult to compare. It's a bit like comparing a Duplo set with a System set. Not quite, but (...) (24 years ago, 28-Feb-01, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) I'd say that comparing 6407 to 672 is comparing 2 sets that were marketed to the same demographic group a generation apart. All things being equal, the newer set is less satisfactory because it does not make good use of two-decades worth of (...) (24 years ago, 28-Feb-01, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Well said. Let's review: Someone asked about seeding or using "spotter" parts, questioning the accuracy and or legitimacy of the explanation given by TLC (which explanation, I reiterate, I agree with as being accurate and legitimate. I have (...) (24 years ago, 28-Feb-01, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Good point, but the 602 would probably retail for $2.99, vs. $4.95 for the 6407. At the same time, using the "standard" of about a dime per piece, the 672 would come in at about six bucks, even with the ladder, and that's essentially the same (...) (24 years ago, 28-Feb-01, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) I would be a fool to say I know this for sure, but I would say that Town Jr is marketed to kids younger than the 672 was, while some of the other playthemes (such as Req-Q and Ninjas and what not) are marketed towards roughly the same age (...) (24 years ago, 28-Feb-01, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) I for one have no problem getting spotter parts if they are tactfully concealed within the model and don't detract from the design. No bashing from these quarter. That said, Jake voiced opinions (that were not limited to spotting) which I (...) (24 years ago, 28-Feb-01, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Well spoken, James. Clearly I support LEGO in that I buy their product. If I *truly* wanted to bash TLC, I would simply cease to buy any modern LEGO set... an option that I would find frighteningly easy to excercise. My LEGO budget can easily (...) (24 years ago, 28-Feb-01, to lugnet.general)
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| In lugnet.general, James Simpson writes: <snipped well taken points> (...) Or for sticking up for it when it's unfairly maligned, for that matter. OK, here's a question to the audience, then... which group is a good one for discussing the theory of (...) (24 years ago, 28-Feb-01, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Let's duke it out in the .primo group--it doesn't see a lot of traffic. 8^) Dave! (24 years ago, 28-Feb-01, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) And so you should. As should we all, and as *do* we all, or most of us. I just don't see the value in Standard Product Rants like this particular Town Jr. one, at least not on the 99th repetition. (granted, the retail anecdotes are new (...) (24 years ago, 28-Feb-01, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) There will always be new users who have not participated in the rant before. Gived that it is something of an Accepted Truth that older models had better parts selection, better design qualities, etc- especially in the area of Town- its a rant (...) (24 years ago, 28-Feb-01, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) True, though part of his assertion was that the alternate models have become more sophisticated, which I take to mean that the designs have become more elaborate, which in general they have not. Your point about the broader palette is correct, (...) (24 years ago, 28-Feb-01, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Larry (et. al), sorry to take so long to get back to this thread. I have been in all day meetings. Yes, that was exactly my point. I truly apologize for kicking off Standard Rant #1 (Town Jr. discussion). I really would like to discuss this (...) (24 years ago, 28-Feb-01, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Since I was the one who leveled that accusation, I'll step up to the plate. The problem comes not from your expression of your own ideas, nor from your professional expression of TLC's ideas, but rather from an apparent inconsistency in (...) (24 years ago, 1-Mar-01, to lugnet.general)
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