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Re: Dark Ages story
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lugnet.general
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Tue, 14 Sep 1999 17:49:34 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Thomas Main writes:
> I wonder if most people entered their dark ages gradually, without
> really noticing that Lego was becoming less and less important to them
> or whether people remember making an abrupt decision to stop using
> Lego.
I've had two distinct Dark Age periods; the first lasted from 1988 to 1992,
which coincided with high school and my thoroughly time (and money)-consuming
interest in the opposite sex. Although I did not buy any new sets during this
period, I secretly kept a closet-interest in Legos. I came alive from this
dark
period in 1992 when I fell in love with, and purchased, my (still) favorite
set,
Whirl & Wheel Super Truck (# 5590) in September of 1992. However, for some
inexplicable reason, I put the legos away again until March of this year, when
I
discovered the Star Wars series on the Internet. I imediately ordered the Tie-
Fighter and Y-Wing, and the X-Wing, and quickly bought the Snowspeeder, and
Landspeeder (May the classic trilogy forever live!) My only regret? That Lego
waited, oh, about two decades to produce these models. I'm confident that my
Dark Ages are finally and eternally over. I've set about rebuilding my Lego
collection, and I will never treat my collection with such disregard again
(Prior to my last Dark Age, I had about 15,000 pieces; today, about 1,500.) I
do have a complaint regarding the quality of design that I have observed in the
newer sets (this complaint does not include the Star Wars line - which I am
extremely happy with): There are entirely too many specialized parts in the
newer sets. I am disturbed by how many set designs replace 5 or 10 traditional
bricks with one large BURP or similar mega-piece. These pieces are not the
Legos that I grew up with and loved. I think that Lego is doing a great dis-
service to children who are being introduced to Legos; larger all-purpose
bricks
do not require as much imagination or inventiveness in play. I profoundly
regret having missed so many of the sets of the early-nineties, and I sincerely
hope that this disturbing trend in Lego set design will end.
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| (...) The word BURP... does it stand for anything specific? or just the AFOL word for such pieces? Has LEGO officially said why they have chosen to use such pieces in more and more sets? I have two thoughts.. I would suspect that such pieces are (...) (25 years ago, 15-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)
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| I wonder if most people entered their dark ages gradually, without really noticing that Lego was becoming less and less important to them or whether people remember making an abrupt decision to stop using Lego. For me, the former was true. I do (...) (26 years ago, 11-Mar-99, to lugnet.general)
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