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Re: New vs. old (was Re: More 1999 Figs... ?)
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Sun, 25 Oct 1998 10:33:50 GMT
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Various people wrote:
> > > I couldn't disagree more. Lego should go back to simplified
> > > minifigs, they look much better. I think it is a mistake for them to
> > > go away from the classics they built their toy empire on.
I like the variety of newer faces for lego minifigs, but in some cases,
I think TLG's gone too far*. I mean, printing a very intricate face on
the standard yellow LEGO head seems a bit like putting a spoiler on a
Model-T IMO. That's not to say that they should switch to realistic
flesh-toned heads with noses and such, but a strict return to classic
smiley faces is also a mistake, I think. Moderation is the key.
*See bottom for funny story.
> > I do like the classic minifigs, but I do like a lot of the new ones
> > too.
Like I said, _moderation_
> > I'd love to see a re-issue of classic sets <snip>
AMEN!
> I don't see much in Insectoids. The main reason is that they have so
> many specialized pieces.
I agree. The whole point of lego is to build anything you want with
universall elements. Doesn't seem to be much room for creativity with
the new insectiod elements. I'd take three classic 2x4 bricks over a
Big-Ugly-Leg-Piece any day.
> I would like to see (though I am a Christian) big Chinese templish > things with the pointy roofs built out of individual bricks, enclosed
> except for the back, like classic sets. If they built an oriental
> community with various buildings and the Dojo (isn't that what they
> call the Ninja training places?), that would be really cool. <snip>
Sorry to nitpick, (I prefer to think of it as _illuminating_) but ninja
are Japanese(not Chinese.) Sort of the antithesis of the Samurai. The
dojo is a school or place of training for Japanese martial arts, such as
karate or judo.
When I heard about Ninja, I had hoped for a Shinto (the indigeneous
Japanese religeon) temple set, too.
*okay, now the funny story. I was sitting in my living room with my
girlfriend and mother today, sorting some LEGO I had recently purchased.
I happened across a Timmy figure and said, "Want to see the universally
hated minifigure of all RTL'ers?" and handed it to her. She looked at
it, then proceeded to laugh. LOUD. For FIVE MINUTES. When she
recovered, she asked if she could keep it, to cheer her up when she was
feeling down. I said sure.
Take care.
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| (...) I don't see much in Insectoids. The main reason is that they have so many specialized pieces. If they built the same shapes with the pieces they had five years ago, I would be all for them. Lego can't really go anywhere with Ninja, what other (...) (26 years ago, 25-Oct-98, to lugnet.general)
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