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Re: Top Ten Toys on A&E
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lugnet.general
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Tue, 2 Nov 1999 16:26:59 GMT
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Paul Baulch wrote:
> Ian Sinclair wrote in message <381f598e.4939656@mail.cadvision.com>...
> >
> > A&E has taken both barrels from dozens of LEGO fans posting their
> > disbelief that LEGO was not in the Top Ten; even #1 in many people's
> > opinion.
> >
> > What were the criteria these people used to pick the top ten? They
> > have obviously goofed big time, based on all the comments. And I
> > think it's regular viewers posting, not AFOL even... After all, we
> > just heard about it. :-)
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> Apparently the toys had to be an American invention. With the apparent
> exception of the yo-yo. And that's probably only because they stuffed up
> their research and thought that it was an American invention, too.... How
> this crtierion could be an educational one is beyond me. What are they
> trying to teach people? That the rest of the world doesn't make good toys?
> *scoff*
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> Paul
I agree, how Ameri-centric of them. I saw the show, and thought for sure that
LEGO would be #1. Play-doo beat out LEGO, get real. Lincoln Logs beat out
LEGO? Yeah, when was the last time Lincoln Logs could build any thing except
a Log Cabin?
I thought it was pretty cheezy. At least some toys not in the top 10 were
mentioned. But not one mention of LEGO. 3rd rate cable station!
Gary Istok
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| (...) hmm.. we need horizontal log bricks so we can build log cabins.. shouldn't be too hard to make, and they'd be useful for all sorts of things (unlike lincoln logs) i had lincoln logs and tinker toys when i was young, but you don't see me using (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| Ian Sinclair wrote in message <381f598e.4939656@ma...on.com>... (...) Apparently the toys had to be an American invention. With the apparent exception of the yo-yo. And that's probably only because they stuffed up their research and thought that it (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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