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Subject: 
Re: TLG and "Seeding"
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lugnet.general
Date: 
Wed, 28 Feb 2001 19:36:59 GMT
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"James Simpson" <jsimpson@rice.edu> writes:

>  I'd say that comparing 6407 to 672 is comparing 2 sets that were
>  marketed to the same demographic group a generation apart.

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 bracket as 672.


>  All things being equal, the newer set is less satisfactory because
>  it does not make good use of two-decades worth of development and
>  craft in designing a model.

Yes, I wholeheartedly agree.  But I'd say that all things are not
equal in this case.


>  So where do I go if I want to build in Town?

With the parts selection available from other themes and the bulk and
service packs, can you not build some town MOCs?  I don't know, as I'm
not into town myself.  But after all, LEGO is a pretty versatile toy,
so I would find it plausible that it is possible to build some town
MOCs from this source.


>  My beef is that I can't buy non- juniorized Town sets.

Yes, this seems to be correct.  There does not appear to be any
non-juniorized Town sets to buy at the moment.

Fredrik



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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 (...) (26 years ago, 28-Feb-01, to lugnet.general)

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