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Re: my biggest beef with the new product is...
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lugnet.general
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Thu, 6 Dec 2001 18:00:05 GMT
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Dave Schuler wrote:
> That's indeed a clever use, but there's a considerable difference between
> a shovel for which one finds another role and these pieces, for instance:
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> http://guide.lugnet.com/partsref/search.cgi?q=30200
> http://guide.lugnet.com/partsref/search.cgi?q=30299
> http://guide.lugnet.com/partsref/search.cgi?q=30149
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> I can't think of many other ways in which these parts might be employed,
> whereas a series of smaller, less specialized parts could be used in a
> number of combinations.
Ok, how about these:
http://guide.lugnet.com/partsref/search.cgi?q=4180
http://guide.lugnet.com/partsref/search.cgi?q=590
http://guide.lugnet.com/partsref/search.cgi?q=2878
http://guide.lugnet.com/partsref/search.cgi?q=3229b
http://guide.lugnet.com/partsref/search.cgi?q=3230a
http://guide.lugnet.com/partsref/search.cgi?q=3229a
http://guide.lugnet.com/partsref/search.cgi?q=3230b
http://guide.lugnet.com/partsref/search.cgi?q=3231
9v curved track
9v straight track
9v points
9v crossing
12v points
12v crossing
12v conductor rails
How many things can you build out of them? (note that I left out the
4.5v/12v straight rail since I have seen some good non-train uses for
it). Where would the one theme which has gotten us the most attention
out of direct communication be without these parts? I tell you, there
isn't very much use I can put these parts to in my castles and pirate
ships.
Now it is true that highly specialized cockpit pieces quickly become
old, but remember, one of Frederick's points was look at the kid who has
a relatively small number of pieces. To that kid, each of those pieces
(none of which can be built with pre-existing parts) may be a highly
desireable part. There are definitely some parts in the history of LEGO
toys which I will pay handsomely for my first or second instance of, and
then will start passing on.
--
Frank Filz
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Work: mailto:ffilz@us.ibm.com (business only please)
Home: mailto:ffilz@mindspring.com
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| (...) **snip of some modular but essential train elements** (...) True, but since LEGO Trains have mostly been niche market (that is, they've never had as widespread a retail presence as SYSTEM (though Train is of course the best longitudinal (...) (23 years ago, 6-Dec-01, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) If I may add to Richard's sentiment, I think the problem is that TLC often includes a juniorized shortcut part instead of a series of more broadly useful parts, and the apparent intent is to reduce production costs (NOT retail price) at the (...) (23 years ago, 6-Dec-01, to lugnet.general)
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