 | | Re: Question: Does the market realy want junorization? —David Eaton
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| | | (...) I think there's a couple problems. Lego is marketing itself as a specific kit. What can you build with the Hogwart's Castle set? Hogwart's Castle of course! It uses *all* the pieces nicely with none leftover, and doesn't provide (any?) (...) (23 years ago, 5-Dec-01, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | Re: Question: Does the market realy want junorization? —William R. Ward
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| | | | | (...) That's nothing new. When I was a kid (around 5, I think), my parents invited another kid around my age to come play with me. My mom tells me that I invited the kid to play Legos. His response: "*PLAY* Legos??" It had never occurred to him to (...) (23 years ago, 5-Dec-01, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | Re: Question: Does the market realy want junorization? —Kevin Wilson
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| | | | | | William R Ward wrote in message ... (...) Yes indeed... the rot had started to set in even then. <curmudgeon voice> When I was a lad, we didn't have any instructions. All we had was bricks - and lucky to get 'em! </cv> Seriously though, *any* (...) (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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| | | | | (...) This is what I keep telling myself-- they *must* know what they are doing. They *must* be reacting to some sort of data, because it would seem to me that, on the surface, juniorization would seem to be an expensive move unilaterally (why (...) (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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| | | | (...) Exactly. The worst part is that LEGO used to be the industry leader. Their name was virtually synonymous with *building* toys. (...) Which they wouldn't do if the sets actually contained some basic bricks that they could use to model something (...) (23 years ago, 6-Dec-01, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | Re: Question: Does the market realy want junorization? —David Eaton
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| | | | (...) My younger brother, for one. He complained that they took too long to build. And upon several occasions where I've seen kids playing with Lego (my cousins of varied ages, other family's kids, etc) I've seen kids get frustrated and find the (...) (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 guess I must have been a weird kid. All of these problems are exactly why I enjoyed LEGO so much. (...) Which is why I have been attempting to make such a ruckus. I'm an adult who's having problems with this company and I want them to know (...) (23 years ago, 7-Dec-01, to lugnet.general)
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