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In lugnet.general, Richard Marchetti wrote:
> Hey:
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> The serious compatibility problem "Clikits" elements have in relation to
> regular lego bricks and plates has largely already been explained
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> What was not emphasized enough was the extreme importance of the element
> described by Mark as a "clickee," but that I would probably call a "female
> snap."
I haven't actually opened my Toy Fair preview pack (doesn't appear to be an
actual retail set), but just looking through the clamshell packaging, there are
multiple "female" pieces. The one you mentioned is the one designed to allow
compatability with System bricks, another type is matched to the primary pieces
and has a groove to accomodate the necklace/bracelet cords, and a third is the
plate style that's designed for, well, things that need plates of some sort
(like the picture frames, I guess).
> Trippetta bought a set of Clikets (#7508) and I immediately recognized that
> the set did not come with many of the female snap elements -- frankly, only
> four of them, and two of them were of the less useful trans-orange color.
Since the flowers are largely restricted to the orange and pink colors, the
orange converters aren't as useless as you suggest. I don't see them being used
expansively as floral decorations, as they're a bit on the cartoonish side, but
the point is that they _can_ be used for floral landscaping, if you're so
inclined.
> It did come with two in trans-clear, which are obviously more useful because
> they are color neutral. TWO!!! Of the many Clikits elements that could be
> used in conjunction with regular lego ONLY VIA THE FEMALE SNAP ELEMENT one
> would only have access to as few as 4 with this set even though many more
> male snaps were included. That's just crazy in terms of marketing, in my
> view. What were they thinking?
That girls wouldn't be as interested in System compatibility. History
and/or marketing research has shown them that regardless of all attempts to make
girl-friendly System sets, the core audience is still heavily skewed towards
males. Still, it would have been nice if the standard Clikits bases were sized
to attach to anything that will accept a basic stud (I recall reading that they
aren't), just to increase their compatibility.
> Mark commented elsewhere that these Clikits sets might be a good source of
> flowers for builders, but I think not. Unless some other Clikits set has a
> plethora of the clear female snap elements these sets are not going to be
> very useful to traditional lego builders at all. One way to correct this
> problem might be for S@H to offer up an accessory bag of clear, or possibly
> other neutral colored, female snap elements -- that might make a big
> difference to builders. If there were greater access to the female snap, I
> would actually suggest that the set was a good deal -- but as it stands, it's
> not a very good deal at all.
The primary purpose of Clikits is not to be used directly with System
bricks, but to make jewelry, picture frames, tote bags, and such. It's a good
deal if that's what you're looking to buy. It's a mediocre deal if you're
looking to plant a garden around one of your MOCs. In Mark's defense, I believe
he was suggesting that some people might be interested in using them to
supplement the existing limited floral selection, not that they'd be looking to
use these to supplant the traditional LEGO tri-stalk flower. They're all still
transparent flowers, which will probably be more of a turn-off than the fact
that they'd be expensive sources for flowers. Right now I count a grand total
of 24 System conversion Clikits on Bricklink, all Used, all sold for $0.20 from
the same store (well, at least you can save on S&H, but you'd still be $5.20
short of the minimum order...), and with colors including the three Clikits
primary shades and clear.
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