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Re: Question: Does the market realy want junorization?
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Thu, 6 Dec 2001 05:03:02 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Allan Bedford writes:

But they aren't.  And that's what folks like me are railing against.  They
have produced Bionicles and Harry Potter and Jack Stone etc. etc. at the
exclusion (or so it would seem) of traditional brick-based sets.  As well,
try to find a simple bucket of bricks on the toy shelves of my local Zellers
store... it can't be done, and it's less than 4 weeks to Christmas.

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 a service to become reality!  And now we have it.  And we have the ear of
LD.  And we are getting some of the most popular sets ever released *rereleased*
.  And we are in the middle of the release of the most popular theme ever (SW).
And, as I'm told, we haven't seen anything yet!

Forget about juniorization-- think of it as Duplo senior and let it go.  What's
coming down the pike is going to be awesome


-John



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  Re: Question: Does the market realy want junorization?
 
(...) 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)
  Re: Question: Does the market realy want junorization? (or were they such good ol' days?)
 
(...) 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?
 
(...) 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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