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Re: Question: Does the market realy want junorization?
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lugnet.general
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Wed, 5 Dec 2001 23:28:38 GMT
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"David Eaton" <deaton@intdata.com> writes:
> 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?) alternative model instructions and very few ideas. Now look
> at K'nex. Slews of ideas. It's marketed more as a BUILDING toy, and less of
> a 'set'.
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> Result? Kids buy Lego for the model, not for the building toy. LOTS of kids
> buy Lego for the set, build it, then promptly leave it built forever.
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 build anything but what the instructions
said.
And this was in the mid-1970's.
--Bill.
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William R Ward bill@wards.net http://www.wards.net/~bill/
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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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| (...) 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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