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Re: 2000 Scans are Online!
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Date: 
Tue, 9 Nov 1999 04:28:59 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Damian Garcia writes:
Jason Brown wrote in message <382739DC.77E70887@mines.edu>...
Did you notice the age on the "Ultimate Collector's Series"  from 16 years?
Has Lego listed an age 16 or above?  They look expensive to me...

That does sound like really good news - I assume these are pretty
much the first Lego sets for which the suggested age range is basically
an adult range.

What puzzles me though is *why* they are marked as from 16. They don't
look especially hard to build - certainly no more so than sets like
the technics space shutttle, which was sold as being for I think about
age 11.

Simon
http://www.SimonRobinson.com



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  Re: 2000 Scans are Online!
 
Simon Robinson wrote in message ... (...) My guess would be to charge more. They figure if they market to adults, they can charge adult prices (as if they don't already). (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
  Re: 2000 Scans are Online!
 
(...) Well - if they are limited edition, then they'll sell-out, which is good. But not as good as if they weren't limited and they sold out as well! Ie - by limiting the numbers TLG will never *really* know how popular they would be. (...) Blame (...) (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)
  Age range 16+ (was: Re: 2000 Scans are Online!)
 
(...) My guess, FWIW, is that TLC is still reticent to admit that the products they sell actually appeal to very, very wide age ranges. IOW, if they'd marked it "from 11 years," then they'd be admitting that what 11-year-olds play with is also what (...) (25 years ago, 10-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars)

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  Re: 2000 Scans are Online!
 
Jason Brown wrote in message <382739DC.77E70887@m...es.edu>... (...) :) Anyway, (...) Did you notice the age on the "Ultimate Collector's Series" from 16 years? Has Lego listed an age 16 or above? They look expensive to me... (25 years ago, 9-Nov-99, to lugnet.general)

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