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In lugnet.general, Richie Dulin writes:
> In lugnet.general, Deidre Rushton Brumby writes:
> > In lugnet.general, Arne Lykke Nielsen writes:
> > > It has just been annonced on the Danish News, that Lego has stopped making
> > > DUPLO. A new concept for the 2-6 year old children, Explorer, will be
> > > introduced this autumn.
> > > No more DUPLO?!? My 3 year old niece will be devastated, she loves her DUPLO!
> Although the compatibility of Duplo with System has been emphasised by LEGO,
> in practice, they are seperate entities. Next to no Duplo elements appear in
> System (there's a Duplo cradle in 2002 Belville IIRC), and no System
> elements appear in Duplo. How many MOCs feature Duplo & System components?
> (Well, there are a few that use the duplo 'egg', or the dog, I guess...)
>
> My daughter (4) has generally grown out of her Duplo now (though it
> occassionally gets played with), as she grew out of Primo before that. It is
> disappointing to see such good quality (and high priced) toys neglected -
> LEGO must get some negative feedback from it.
> The thing I find saddest will be the loss of the Duplo building areas at
> World shows etc, where you can build big and quickly, and only have to share
> bricks with the very little kids!
>
> Cheers
>
> Richie Dulin
Hmmm. I don't think I'm in the majority of afol's who get the Duplo for
themselves... Yes it's sad that Duplo is being 'discontinued' but it's not
being wiped off the planet. Second hand stores and some soap is a great way
to get Duplo. Was there this fuss when Duplo introduced those big clunky
bricks and then switched them to Primo and now Baby or whatever? At least
they still make them and it's all completly compatible with Lego. It just
has an age appropriateness stigma attached to it. I made a variation on
Holger's 1592 project in Duplo which you may find interesting:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=15676 (his site)
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=16860 (my site)
With my kids we have fun divying up the latest loot of Duplo. They get all
the people, chairs, animals etc and I get all the green and white stuff.
Right now I'm trying to combine Technic and Duplo and everything in between
in my current moc Collusus.
cheers Joseph
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