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Re: Lego in Fastcompany magazine
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Sat, 18 Aug 2001 00:30:32 GMT
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Kevin Wilson <kwilson_tccs@compuserve.com> wrote in message
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> Lawrence Wilkes wrote in message ...
> > Lego Direct are trying hard to safisfy us brick builders (as opposed to • set
> collectors), but who knows if they will be
> > successful as Lego seeks new paths. And where is the next generation of • AFOL who value bulk bricks etc? Not any of the
> > kids in my neighbourhood.
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> The kids I worked with at my daughter's school in the last few years were
> classic Lego maniacs - build the model from the box, then take it apart • and
> rebuild their own stuff; spend hours at a time building; always want more
> pieces - definitely some AFOL's in the making there. One is at 17 still • very
> active in our local Lego club (the others are too young for the club).
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> > I though one of the points of the article was that the open ended play • value of Lego was increasingly diminished - kids
> > want to build the set exactly has it is in the instructions.
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> It's not always the kids. I know of parents who glue the set together
> because they are tired of the bits falling off the model. And I've • overheard
> parents in the toy aisles discussing how the won't buy the kid any more • Lego
> because he doesn't keep the set model together, he keeps taking it apart • and
> using the bricks for other things. They just don't get it...
This is very interesting and a bit Sad...Perhaps LEGO is going about it all
wrong, they need to educate the parents, not the children...
Perhaps every set should include a self help booklet for those parents..
Maybe a title like "So your child is a LEGO builder! " :-)
or perhaps
" Builders Anonymous - A parents guide" :-)
Maybe if parents got more involved with their childrens LEGO building they
would learn to appreciate the Creative aspect of building with Lego. I am
sure i would have been a very different person Today if I had not had LEGO
as a child. How about everyone else?
The Slogan says it all doesn't it.
LEGO - Just Imagine
--
Jason King
LugNet #665
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| Lawrence Wilkes wrote in message ... (...) collectors), but who knows if they will be (...) AFOL who value bulk bricks etc? Not any of the (...) The kids I worked with at my daughter's school in the last few years were classic Lego maniacs - build (...) (23 years ago, 17-Aug-01, to lugnet.general)
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