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Howdy!
LEGO is simply not interested in cornering the building toy market, or at
least can't figure out how since 1997s slide into tepid product. Fisher
Price, Mega Blocks, Best Lock and a myriad of other companies are stealing
what should be TLCs (LEGO) core group of customers. Set design, lack of
builder inspiration, poor price points, over-Officially-Licensed products
and abandonment of core themes is what makes LEGO suck nowadays. Your
perceptions are correct, though a bit slow to realization.
Here's to hoping LEGO does not become a "What ever happened to.." product.
-Aaron-
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| Yeah, I knew this question was going to be asked sooner or later, so I guess I'll have to ask it now. You see, I took a trip to my local wal-mart the other day to pick up some school supplies (and hopefully some extra sets to stock up on), when I (...) (22 years ago, 9-Aug-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.space, lugnet.castle, lugnet.town)
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