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Re: A fan no more
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lugnet.general
Date: 
Fri, 9 Jul 2004 02:22:29 GMT
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Snip lots of good analysis

In lugnet.general, David Eaton wrote:
Lego just figured their new idea
was better.

Or the patent protection on it would last longer than the older versions it
replaced.



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"Larry Pieniazek" <larry.(mylastname)@...areDOTcom> wrote in message news:I0KBxI.1qn6@lugnet.com... (...) it (...) I postulated the same thought some time ago. (URL) Mike Walsh - mike_walsh at mindspring.com (URL) - North Carolina LEGO Train Club (...) (20 years ago, 9-Jul-04, to lugnet.general)
  Re: A fan no more
 
(...) Perhaps this is why we're not seeing real technic any more. The new technic sets put into question what defines Lego. They have none of the features of a 2x4 brick accept for the fact they're made of ABS. Technic has evolved into a separate (...) (20 years ago, 10-Jul-04, to lugnet.general)

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(...) Well, I was more or less responding to your bit on the fact that you thought Lego seemed to think kids were stupid and needed to be spoon fed. However, I suppose the color change and the set design issues are related to what I'm talking about. (...) (20 years ago, 9-Jul-04, to lugnet.general)

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