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| | | (...) But you just said yourself why juniorization is here-- because of video game kids with short attention spans. So your little experiment should be *against* a video game (use any LEGO set you want. The idea is to get the kid *playing* with the (...) (23 years ago, 5-Dec-01, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | Re: Question: Does the market realy want junorization? —Stuart Immonen
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| | | | | (...) <snip> (...) I agree with this entirely, and my own son, who shares with me tens of thousands of regular (ie stackable, if not rectilinear) bricks, _loves_ Bionicles, and has asked for nothing else (lego-wise) for Christmas. He has a separate (...) (23 years ago, 5-Dec-01, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | Re: Question: Does the market realy want junorization? —Allan Bedford
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| | | | | | (...) The success of Bionicle is not the success of LEGO. It is the success of a line that is closer to action figures than building bricks. It's a sad day, not one to celebrate. (...) Do I read you correctly? You're saying he's asked for nothing (...) (23 years ago, 6-Dec-01, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Question: Does the market realy want junorization? —John Neal
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| | | | | | | (...) Pardon me, but TLC offers something *better* than buckets-- bulk packs! I know folk like to rail on about the slowness of this service being expanded, but step back a moment. Three years ago we all would have killed for the possibility of such (...) (23 years ago, 6-Dec-01, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Question: Does the market realy want junorization? —Allan Bedford
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| | | | | | | | | (...) I was speaking for the kid in me who still likes going into a store and buying a new bucket of LEGO bricks. He's very sad these days. The bulk packs (and all the other LEGO Direct stuff) may be great for some, but for me it's done nothing. (...) (23 years ago, 6-Dec-01, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Question: Does the market realy want junorization? (or were they such good ol' days?) —Kerry Raymond
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| | | | | | | | (...) Absolutely. I was into Lego as a kid in the 1960s. One of my last sets before the commencement of my Dark Age was: (URL) I thought this was a pretty neat set at the time. I must have built that set again and again and again, because I liked it (...) (23 years ago, 6-Dec-01, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Question: Does the market realy want junorization? —Stuart Immonen
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| | | | | | (...) hmm. I don't think anyone is actually celebrating this, although ther does seem to be a faction that supports savvy market decisions as long as there is a percieved benefit to them personally. ie: bulk packs, advanced model sets alongside (...) (23 years ago, 6-Dec-01, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | Re: Question: Does the market realy want junorization? —Richard Marchetti
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| | | | | (...) This is really apples and oranges, and isn't worth pursuing. This is like saying that because I want pornography TLC should test market their bricks next to a tv with a porn DVD playing on it (late 80s Christy Canyon, please). Same with the (...) (23 years ago, 5-Dec-01, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | Re: Question: Does the market realy want junorization? —Pedro Silva
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| | | | | | | In lugnet.general, Richard Marchetti writes: (snipped) (...) Richard, I disagree with you on this. The Legoland parks are something worthwhile, which I knew virtually nothing only five years ago. I happened to visit Windsor's in '97, and let me tell (...) (23 years ago, 5-Dec-01, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Question: Does the market realy want junorization? —Richard Marchetti
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| | | | | | | | (...) Not likely. I have the Ult Lego Book and all the fantastic models it contains infuriate me because I can't even begin to amass or in ANY way acquire some of the elements available to the Legoland Master Builders in the making of those models. (...) (23 years ago, 6-Dec-01, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | Re: Question: Does the market realy want junorization? —Mike Walsh
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| | | | | | | "richard marchetti" <blueofnoon@aol.com> wrote in message news:Gnw4u0.6Hv@lugnet.com... (...) [ ... snipped ... ] (...) [ ... snipped ... ] If you look closely at your latest S@H catalog you will notice that the Pirate sets are labeled "Hard To (...) (23 years ago, 5-Dec-01, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | Re: Question: Does the market realy want junorization? —Allan Bedford
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| | | | | | | (...) How sad that it takes them 3 tries to get juniorization right. Maybe if they went back to making the sets they make best... the ones with square and rectangular bricks in them... they'd have more success out of the gate. (...) Please give them (...) (23 years ago, 6-Dec-01, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | Re: Question: Does the market realy want junorization? —Kerry Raymond
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| | | | | | (...) nor (...) Well, I admit to having 4 Lego watches and I think they are great and am almost always wearing one. I love mixing and matching the coloured links, faces, and so on. I have a couple of minifig keyrings too. Now, I freely admit that I (...) (23 years ago, 6-Dec-01, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Question: Does the market realy want junorization? —John P. Henderson
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| | | | | | | (...) Coffee mugs ? -H. (23 years ago, 6-Dec-01, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Question: Does the market realy want junorization? —John Neal
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| | | | | | | | (...) Not only that, but personalized with your name on it! -John (23 years ago, 6-Dec-01, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | | | RE: Question: Does the market realy want junorization? —Bram Lambrecht
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| | | | | | | | (...) Yah, if your name is John...(or any other "normal" American name) Kind of hard to find one that says "Bram" on it... --Bram Bram Lambrecht bram@cwru.edu www.bldesign.org (23 years ago, 6-Dec-01, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Question: Does the market realy want junorization? —John P. Henderson
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| | | | | | | | | (...) Well, my real name is John, even if I rarely go by it. But what the heck are we talking about? I haven't seen any mugs. Not that I buy a lot of the non-Lego items, but as was said an occasional one makes a nice conversation piece. -Hendo (23 years ago, 6-Dec-01, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | | | | Re: Question: Does the market realy want junorization? —Maggie Cambron
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) They have these personalized mugs you can buy at Legoland and also at LIC from the sound of it. My mug, from LL Carlsbad, depicts minfigs in construction gear moving bricks around. It says Legoland California and has my name in block (no pun!) (...) (23 years ago, 7-Dec-01, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Question: Does the market realy want junorization? —James Brown
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| | | | | | | | | | | (...) My "James" mug is my mug at work, used for coffee and conversation-starting. LLC didn't have a "Lara" or a "Raven" that I could get my wife, though. :/ thanks, James (23 years ago, 7-Dec-01, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Re: Question: Does the market realy want junorization? —Mike Walsh
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| | | | | | | | | | "Maggie Cambron" <mcambron@pacbell.net> wrote in message news:Gny72w.4I6@lugnet.com... (...) [ ... snipped ... ] (...) from (...) gear (...) (no (...) the (...) Margaret. (...) I too was surprised that "Travis" was unavailable but it wasn't a one (...) (23 years ago, 7-Dec-01, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: Question: Does the market realy want junorization? —Mike Walsh
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| | | | | | | | "Bram Lambrecht" <bram@cwru.edu> wrote in message news:000501c17e7d$e4...1681@bl... (...) The Orlando-LIC used to personalize mugs with whatever name you want on it. It took 24 hours (order it and pay for it and pick it up 24 hours later or have it (...) (23 years ago, 6-Dec-01, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Question: Does the market realy want junorization? —Mike Walsh
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| | | | | | "Kerry Raymond" <kerry@dstc.edu.au> wrote in message news:GnxBDw.7yt@lugnet.com... (...) [ ... snipped ... ] (...) my (...) and (...) [ .. snipped ... ] This isn't completely true - the GMLTC has a clock tower that uses LEGO watches. (URL) Walsh - (...) (23 years ago, 6-Dec-01, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | Re: Question: Does the market realy want junorization? —Allan Bedford
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| | | | (...) Are today's Adult fans to be the last generation of LEGO fans? At the rate the company is going, they are doing a fine job of creating new Star Wars fans, Harry Potter fans and Bionicle fans. But currently, they are not producing any new (...) (23 years ago, 6-Dec-01, to lugnet.general) !
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| | | | | | Re: Question: Does the market realy want junorization? —Richie Dulin
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| | | | (...) Are today's adult fans the *first* generation of LEGO fans? ...and shouldn't we expect some evolution between the first and subsequent generations? Cheers Richie Dulin (23 years ago, 6-Dec-01, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | Re: Question: Does the market realy want junorization? —Allan Bedford
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| | | | (...) Yes, evolution is good. What we are faced with is extinction. How many Meccano fans do you know who are in their early 20's? The reason for this is that the company failed to market effectively to both their adult fans while at the same time (...) (23 years ago, 6-Dec-01, to lugnet.general)
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