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Re: Say it ain't so...
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Sun, 11 Aug 2002 16:37:28 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Matt Hein writes:
> In lugnet.general, Bradley Dale writes:
> > In lugnet.general, Matt Hein writes:
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> > Bionicle has been confirmed to continue beyond 2004. I don't know how long
> > exactly. Check it out here: http://www.maskofdestiny.com ("BrickTalk: The
> > End?")
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> My god, I just took a look at Mask of Destiny,and I found some grave news.
> Guess that bit about the bionicle movie is true, and that's the scary part.
> Does anyone here think the new bionicle flick will be a massive cinematical
> failure? I bet they'll launch some massive promotion by giving out bionicle
> figures to each person to see the movie, casting them as 'unique collectables'
> and buy them out like suckers. They did the same thing with pokemon.
You don't like it, but my five year old and every kid I bump into in Target,
Wal-Mart, TRU etc. loves it. I think the movie will be more successful than
you realize. If Pokemon was not successful, why then did it stay for so
long? Why were there so many movies? Because kids liked it and it made
money. LOTS. I'm going to see the Bionicle movie with my son. So there :)
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> > Are Galidor figures even made of ABS? They're made in China, not the usual
> > LEGO factories.
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> Who knows, but I'm not going to buy one and find out. Chinese lego? No, this
> isn't right at all, I thought all LEGO components were manufactured and shipped
> out of denmark. Whatever idiot came up with the idea to make these should be
> shipped to china, on permanent leave, banished from lego forever.
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> But, if they're going to take the megablock approach to cheap production,
> by use of chinese manufactures, I'm just hoping they don't take this whole
> process to the rest of Lego's product line. (yeah, I know it's scary, that's
> why I hate Gaildor)
Would you rather that LEGO has expensive production? The reason companies
have their product made in China is because there is local expertise there
and the costs and restrictions are much lower. Your LEGO sets will likely
cost less to you if LEGO does what they can to reduce their own costs.
Manufacturing in Europe is more expensive. Besides, if you are going to
make an action figure, why not have the action figure experts of China work
on it. American car companies have design studios in major art centers like
LA, while they build elsewhere on the globe, and parts come from many
places. Globalization reduces costs and increases product quality. As long
as the formula for the LEGO brand of plastic is the same and the quality
control specialists review the factories all we need for perfection is good
set design and part availability.
LEGO is a toy, kids like toys. Toys are made for kids to play with.
Which is why my wife does not understand my hobby fully :)
-Aaron-
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| (...) Yeah, it's an effective was to weasel money out of the kids. Just say 'We're giving out free action figures to anyone who comes to see this movie', and you end up getting some really small action figure that has no real function except a (...) (22 years ago, 11-Aug-02, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) If Galidor manufacturing was moved to China to keep the cost down, why do these sets still look so expensive? They're nearly a dollar per piece, which is much more than European LEGO, and I don't think the prices would compare well with other (...) (22 years ago, 11-Aug-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.galidor)
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| (...) My god, I just took a look at Mask of Destiny,and I found some grave news. Guess that bit about the bionicle movie is true, and that's the scary part. Does anyone here think the new bionicle flick will be a massive cinematical failure? I bet (...) (22 years ago, 11-Aug-02, to lugnet.general)
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