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Re: High praise for Designer Set #4100
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Sun, 13 Apr 2003 17:07:26 GMT
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Much snippage. I too cannot say enough great things about the Designer
series. These are roots LEGO(r) sets and they rock.
In lugnet.dear-lego, Allan Bedford writes:
> A couple of final observations:
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> Another major aspect of the Designer Set series that really caught my eye
> was the attention to color schemes. The 4100 set, for example, is primarily
> red, white, and dark and light grey. This works on two levels. First, by
> itself, the set makes some nice models with consistent colors. Second, as a
> parts pack, it nicely adds quantities of similar colored parts to your
> collection. The color co-ordination seems to more or less carry through the
> other sets in the series also.
This is one of my favorite features of the sets as well. MichLUG had a draft
from the aircraft set last weekend and I didn't participate because I was
thinking to myself, why bother getting more of some and less of others? I
wanted ALL the parts from the sets.
> Also, the selection of pieces appears to have been a careful process. This
> isn't just a bunch of parts tossed into a box and called a set. It appears
> to have been a deliberate attempt to find parts that work well together and
> yet also work well apart. A delicate balance and one that speaks volumes
> about the attention to detail that obviously went into this series.
My only beef, mentioned elsewhere, is with the use of click hinges. I like
the older 2-3 fingered plate hinges better.
> Finally... along with the Designer sets I bought, I also picked up all four
> of the Star Wars minis. While putting together the bonus ship, I wondered
> if a similar bonus couldn't be applied to the Designer series. Not more
> parts in the sets... but rather a 'Master Designer's Idea Book'. Something
> that could be sold as a separate product and would offer further ideas and
> models that could be accomplished using all of the sets from the series.
> What a good way to not only share more building ideas with fans, but to also
> encourage more sales from this wonderful line of sets.
This is an absolutely awesome idea. Done right it would be hundreds of
pages, though... wonder if there would be a market for it. I'd buy one though!
> Thanks again to LEGO for such good work.
Indeed, and thanks, Allan, for sharing your detailed review. It's awesome
when TLC gets something really really right. Here's hoping these sets are
around for a long time, along with more of the same next year.
++Lar
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| (...) I would agree, though I would characterize it just *slightly* differently. I would say that these sets draw from the roots of LEGO, but that they are more fully formed branches... off the same tree. In my original post I suggested that the new (...) (22 years ago, 13-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
| | | Re: High praise for Designer Set #4100
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| (...) Both have their place, but I think the click hinges are definitely better for younger kids for two reasons: * click hinges are easier to manipulate for younger children due to their more limited strength and dexterity * although not able to (...) (22 years ago, 18-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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