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Re: Some disturbing news
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lugnet.general
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Tue, 26 Oct 1999 16:00:54 GMT
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In lugnet.general, John Neal writes:
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> Jonathan Wilson wrote:
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> > You give a kid of today a 5571 giant truck or an 8880 supercar and say here
> > are the instructions and here are the bits. see if you can put it together.
> > do you think that we would get a perfect 5571 or 8880?
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> ILYK Today is my son's 10th birthday and he's getting the 8448-- I wouldn't
> bet against him, though;-)
But, does this come down to one simple fact: Parent involvement? John Neal
actually *enjoys* Lego bricks - I can personally vouch for that! Some parents
nowdays just buy their kids toys and that's the end of it - they just tell the
kids to "go and play", and don't get involved... John and his kids play
together, build together - maybe that's why his kids can actually follow the
directions and build sets properly.
I *worked* for LEGO for almost 7 years, I quit in June. When people ask why I
quit my "dream job", I tell them "The direction LEGO as a company is going is
NOT something I want to be part of anymore..." When they ask "What direction
is that?", I just reply "Down"....
I still love the product, I still buy bricks, but I seriously wonder if the
company is going to be around much longer... <sigh> The sets are getting
worse, service packs are apparently going away, what's next??
JohnG
(yes, remove ".nospam" to reply...)
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| (...) The semi-tractor's base in the helicopter transport semi (URL) I bought solely for the tr-red slopes) is so juniorized and in need of being several separate parts that the single part TLG use *is* indeed 2 parts *glued* *together*. More of (...) (25 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) What's next? Hmmmm.... (1) The continuation of prostituting of the Lego brand by putting it on everything from bedsheets to lousy computer games? (2) More and more commercial tie-ins to the point where there will be little or no original (...) (25 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Absolutely. Children benefit from adult guidance, support and assistance. With LEGO and most things, more in the beginning, less later on. It's also great quality time with your children. In my case it was my little brother, and now my nieces. (...) (25 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Some, not all. My kids couldn't tell the difference between nintendo or tenelevendo;-) (...) ILYK Today is my son's 10th birthday and he's getting the 8448-- I wouldn't bet against him, though;-) (...) I think TLG knows that kids are (...) (25 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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