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Re: End of Year Thoughts
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lugnet.general
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Fri, 30 Nov 2001 01:10:25 GMT
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"Hendo (John P. Henderson)" <hendo@valyance.com> writes:
> In lugnet.general, Richie Dulin writes:
> > > Without some sort of Town or City sets designed for an older age
> > > bracket (6-12), then they have simply designed a way to go nowhere.
> > No, they've designed a way to go somewhere other than town.
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> True, in that they don't have to bridge to Town, or at least not Town as we
> think of it. But I fail to see the "bridge" from Jack Stone to anywhere
> else either. I still do not see how these themes-for-younger-children
> somehow lead into collecting later themes. How do themes like Jack Stone
> bridge a gap between Duplo and, say, Harry Potter? To Star Wars? To LoM ?
> To Studios? To Soccer? To Adventurers? ...I'm not seeing it...
Playing devil's advocate here: kids like to feel artificially "big".
Switching from Town Jr. to Star Wars is a "big kid" kind of thing.
Switching from Town Jr. to regular Town sets doesn't have that kind of
prestige. A smooth transition doesn't let the older kids feel superior.
I think Town sets would be great to have more of. But I am not
convinced that kids would want them nearly as much as adults.
--Bill.
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William R Ward bill@wards.net http://www.wards.net/~bill/
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