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> More accessory packs of basic stuff -- {and slopes in particular}. We • still
> need a lot of slopes in the basic building colors of red, blue, black, • grey,
> white, and yellow. I am speaking specifically of inside and outside • corner, as
> well as regular sloped bricks in all dimensions: 10, 18, 33, 45, 65, and • 75
> degrees. Capping slopes, double convex, inverted, and even slopes that • could
> transition from one angle to another would also be very welcome. I am • fairly
> pleased with the newer curved slopes that have been released but there too • we
> need greater variety of available colors. And maybe it's just me, but I • think
> of the curved slopes as being too modern or too stylistically eccentric to • be
> used in place of the traditional flat planed slopes we are used to and • that
> better facilitate the modeling of real world structures (e.g. common
rooftops).
I couldn't agree with you more on this one, Richard. The continuing lack of
convex and concave corners of any kind (other than 3x3 low-slopes in black)
is completely baffling to me. We have regular slopes out the yin-yang, but
corners for the most part are STILL as rare as hen's teeth. There's gonna
be a lot of barn roofs in Legoland until this shortage is corrected! As far
as the new curved slopes go, I love 'em too and I think they're doing a
pretty good job with the colors. So far we've red, white, gray, dark gray,
orange, light orange, black, green, and brown. Not bad considering now new
these pieces are. Just give 'em time Richard!
> Lastly, I make a plea for more coherent advertising and packaging of sets. • I
> hate it when the images of sets are tampered with as they are on pgs. • 30-31 of
> the Summer catalogue. Some of the images are just simply blurry, others • have
> "speed" lines added in. Some of the sets are regularly rendered or • photographed
> with strange lighting effects that make the identification of element • colors
> quite difficult. I understand why and how this is done, but shouldn't • there also
> always be a very clear image of what is included in the set? This might • seem
> like a minor complaint, but I have purchased some sets thinking I was • getting
> elements in colors other than what ultimately turned out to be the case. • That's
> annoying. I should think TLC would be proud to advertise its products with • as
> much honesty as part of the process as possible.
Total agreement on this point as well. In my Summer catalog on pages 34-35
are advertised the new snowboarding and skateboarding sets. It's obvious
that some of the images have "stretched" or otherwise distorted, making some
bricks appear to be sloped even though they are not. Two of the set
pictures are cropped, so you have no idea what the entire set looks like.
Additionally, the pictures that do show the entire set are 2 to 3 times
smaller, making it much more difficult to tell which pieces they contain.
Finally, the #3585 Snowboard Super Pipe appears to have one of the large 1/4
bowl pieces in white like the blue ones used in the big Basketball court
set, but in the smaller picture touting another arrangement of the set, this
piece is not visible. Is it in the set or not?!
TLG has taken a giant step forward with the new Designer and Inventor sets
by returning their emphasis to the best play value of all: your own
imagination. I would really be pleased to see them apply this principle to
their advertising as well. If they did, I don't think that they'd have to
resort to all these photographic effects to suggest the playability of the
set. I think most kids would be able to look at an undoctored picture of
the set and be immediately inspired by it to come up with their own
action-oriented ideas.
Dave
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