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Theme longevity? (Was: Wild West ?!)
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lugnet.general
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Thu, 4 Nov 1999 22:21:12 GMT
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(jsproat@)NoSpam(io.com)
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Daniel van Berkel wrote:
> What do u think of the way Lego creates a new theme evry 3 years?
> If only they would go for a few themes and dig into them a bid further....
> Like town, space and some early theme .
What I'd like to know is around when the 3 year period came about. Certainly
some time after 1987, when Blacktron, among the first official themes, was
introduced. Also, not every series is limited to teh 3 year itch. One that
comes readily to mind is the Star Wars theme -- it's ready to go another six
years!
What I'm trying to lead up to is: how concrete of a policy is TLG's 3 year
period? Does anyone else feel that it's liable to change without warning?
Cheers,
- jsproat
--
Jeremy H. Sproat <jsproat@io.com> ~~~ http://www.io.com/~jsproat/
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 | | Re: Theme longevity? (Was: Wild West ?!)
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| (...) well actually it is a 2 yrs period.. with some exceptions. but 2/3 dont bother it is still too short for some sets.... Starwars...it would be a shame if the x-wing dissapears within' 3 years and don't think TLG would make a mistake like that (...) (25 years ago, 4-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
| | | Re: Theme longevity? (Was: Wild West ?!)
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| (...) Hmm, I can't say when the trend started - it was in my dark ages. :/ (...) I think TLG has/is sticking to it pretty closely - although the rotation period seems to vary a bit - Adventurers seems to be a one year cycle, for example. But we have (...) (25 years ago, 4-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
| | | Re: Theme longevity? (Was: Wild West ?!)
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| (...) I assume this is referring to three-year "theme" (Adventurers, Wild West, etc.) cycles, not "sub-theme" (Cowboys, Indians, etc.). I don't think three years is an accurate assumption: Wild West had two years ('96 - more cowboys/soldiers (...) (25 years ago, 5-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Wild West ?!
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| Too bad noone liked the theme.....if they did, it could have been a nice and big theme with nice trains and wagons, which btw would not look bad in every town, a nice station. What do u think of the way Lego creates a new theme evry 3 years? If only (...) (25 years ago, 4-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
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