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Re: American LEGO culture different than German LEGO culture?
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lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.de
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Tue, 6 Jun 2006 14:58:51 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Marc Nelson Jr. wrote:
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As for myself, this American kid always put the model togther first, then
took it apart after a few days. What “culture” is that?
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I guess I can’t agree with the analogy, unless they’re driving at something very
different. American kids do NOT want to go build their own things. They follow
the instructions, and they’re done. True, I think the model often comes apart
when it’s time to “put that away now” or something (since it seems a very
American trend to have a little bucket of loose Lego bricks). But the focus for
American kids is still to build the featured model.
But perhaps the difference they’re going for is that it’s put away afterwards in
the American culture, but not in Germany? IE that German kids keep their models
together forever, and need a new one to build, versus American kids who move on
to something else?
I do agree with their conclusion, though-- German culture seems to focus more on
organization, neat-and-tidy, being modular, efficient. And I think that creates
an attraction to Lego as a toy. Basically, Lego appeals to the values of
organization, orderly grids, variability, etc., which German society cares about
more than American society. Not so much in how the models are actually built,
but where the enjoyment is in them.
I guess the image I would expect is that the German kids are *building* with
Lego to get their enjoyment, and the American kids are *playing* with what they
already *built*. In other words, a focus on the finished product (in America)
rather than the construction process.
DaveE
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