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Re: `Why Britain needs more Meccano and less Lego'
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lugnet.technic, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk
Date: 
Mon, 9 Jul 2001 15:50:20 GMT
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Johannes Keukelaar wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> This is sure to cause some controversy and stir up some discussion on
> this forum:
> http://www.lineone.net/telegraph/2001/07/08/news/why_46.html
> 
> More discussion of this over on /.:
> http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/07/08/221215&mode=nested
> 
> Now I'll just sit back and watch the sparks fly, I think.

Hmm, it's wandered into a discussion of juniorization, here's an
interesting quote from a parent:

> Re:Lego Dumbs It Down (Score:1)
> by k-run on Monday July 09, @09:29AM EST (#234)
> (User #74865 Info)
> 
> My son has a collection of these "custom lego sets" . He simply puts them all into one big box
> and creates his own designs with all available parts. Initially I tried to get him to keep the sets
> apart, but soon found that this way is much better!

(The previous post was talking about juniorized sets and calling them
"custom sets.")

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  `Why Britain needs more Meccano and less Lego'
 
Hi all, This is sure to cause some controversy and stir up some discussion on this forum: (URL) discussion of this over on /.: (URL) I'll just sit back and watch the sparks fly, I think. Cheers, Johannes. -- It's a good thing money can't buy (...) (25 years ago, 9-Jul-01, to lugnet.technic, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.uk)  

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