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Re: Theme longevity? (Was: Wild West ?!)
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lugnet.general
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Thu, 4 Nov 1999 22:38:42 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Jeremy Sproat writes:
> 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 .
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> 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!
Hmm, I can't say when the trend started - it was in my dark ages. :/
> 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?
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 yet to see if TLG will stick to the rotation with Star Wars - it
may well be (un-freakin-likely, in this reporters opinion) that after two
years, we won't see any more Ep4 or Ep1 sets. In any case, I think Star Wars
can be considered an exception to the rule. All the other ones seem to be
following the rotation.
Western seems to be an example of a 'system' that didn't work, so it got
retired after one 'sub'theme', as opposed to say, Castle, or Adventurer's
which both appear to be entering a new 'sub-theme' in '00
$0.02
James
http://www.shades-of-night.com/lego/
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