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And here I thought that Town Junior was a pejorative terms coined by an early LUGNET or RTLer? If that is the case then TLG must read these newsgroups after all... Imagine my surprise when I looked at this page: (URL) read that TLG is now proudly (...) (25 years ago, 6-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Wow indeed! Mind you, what is even more telling about Lego and their attitudes is the fact that according to them, only boys do Technic. And both boys and girls stop playing with Themes (ie, Adventurers, Castle etc) at 9. Glad my daughter (...) (25 years ago, 6-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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The age ranges go from 0 - 9+ I have no problem with this. However, mindstorms is listed as being suitable for "all children". I'm not sure what my 11 month old would make of that. Scott A (25 years ago, 6-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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If I recall, the term appeared in when Town Jr. first showed up in 1996(?), in some European literature from TLG. Ben Gatrelle <ben.gatrelle@nospam...gfoot.com> wrote in message news:FJ5xno.LG0@lugnet.com... (...) early (...) (25 years ago, 6-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Actually, mes amis, "Town Jr." was first coined as an attempt to upgrade the LEGO Duplo line and give it its first theme. This is why the new Duplo figures have legs and crude new vehicles with working patrol lights. They also have slopes and (...) (25 years ago, 6-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) It was. The term "Town Jr." appeared in RTL long before "Town Junior" ever appeared on the TLG website. (...) Pretty amazing! Kinda makes ya wonder... (...) I thought it was coined by Lou Zucaro in late 1996. Can someone check DejaNews? --Todd (25 years ago, 6-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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