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Re: End of Year Thoughts
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lugnet.general
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Sat, 1 Dec 2001 02:43:00 GMT
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> In lugnet.general, William R. Ward writes:
> > "Allan Bedford" <apotomeREMOVE-THIS@altavista.net> writes:
> > So what you're saying (if I may paraphrase) is that if the sets were less
> > trashy and were better designed, you might buy more of them and at regular
> > price, rather than waiting for blowout sales?
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> No, but they would sell more generally.
Yes, my point exactly. Sorry, I meant to make the paraphrase more generic,
and not speak for you directly.
> > I think the moral here is that the company needs to start designing sets
> > again that are as good or better than anything folks can do at home.
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> I don't think they ever did that.
Bill, of course they did. Look back. Look way back. During the 70's and
early 80's the best sets were what was coming out of the company itself. I
think they had some phenominal designs. My complaints are with the
company's history, but rather with it's present state of affairs.
> There are too many economic and
> marketing restrictions hampering the Lego designers' talents.
O.K. you've got me stumped. What sort of 'economic and
marketing restrictions' are you referring to? At the moment it can't be a
limitation of how many themes they can work within, since the company is
currently offering more than 20 distince themes.
It can't be # of pieces... just look at the new sculptures or the Blockade
Runner.
It can't be colors... look at the Harry Potter stuff.
It can't be subject matter... they've got everything from Darth Maul, to a
bi-plane, to the Statue of Liberty, to the Bionicles... whatever they are.
The only thing that seems to be restricted, in my mind, is the ability of
the folks running the show to look at their own history... and learn from it.
Regards,
Allan B.
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| (...) Are you sure that's not just nostalgia? I can remember even when I was a kid, back in that time frame, thinking "Man, what an ugly set - but at least it's got some good pieces"... For example, <set:6929 Starfleet Voyager> or <set:6882 Walking (...) (23 years ago, 3-Dec-01, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) No, but they would sell more generally. (...) I don't think they ever did that. There are too many economic and marketing restrictions hampering the Lego designers' talents. But they can sure do a whole lot better than a lot of what they've (...) (23 years ago, 30-Nov-01, to lugnet.general)
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