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  Re: This is stupid... I can't tolerate this *juniorization*...
 
I see that some people who gave their thoughts and opinions on this topic have mixed reviews- not a suprise. Everyone's opinions DO count, but it doesnt seem that way to Lego. If Lego was listening to us, they would have probably kept the town/city (...) (23 years ago, 11-Aug-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
 
  Re: New stuff on LEGO.com: Mindstorms redesign, Build updates
 
(...) thanks for the heads up more reading to be done i see (23 years ago, 11-Aug-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
 
  Re: This is stupid... I can't tolerate this *juniorization*...
 
(...) I can't speak for Joe, or Dan, or John, or the LEGO company... I can only speak for me. So here goes: (...) I've said it before and I'll say it again. If there isn't the quality of product being presented to these young kids that they (...) (23 years ago, 11-Aug-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
 
  Re: This is stupid... I can't tolerate this *juniorization*...
 
in article GHu78I.70u@lugnet.com, Dave Johann at hardcoredj@techie.com wrote on 8/9/01 10:29 PM: (...) I dunno, I think all the multi-colored masks are pretty cheezy. I agree that there should have been greater variety and more unique masks in the (...) (23 years ago, 10-Aug-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.technic.bionicle)
 
  Re: This is stupid... I can't tolerate this *juniorization*...
 
On Fri, 10 Aug 2001, Lawrence Wilkes (<GHutoI.2yx@lugnet.com>) wrote at 13:37:06 (...) I agree with Lawrence here. But perhaps that's just where the market is. After all, TLG doesn't make wooden toys any more, either. (23 years ago, 10-Aug-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
 
  Re: This is stupid... I can't tolerate this *juniorization*...
 
I cant believe what Lego is doing to their toy line. First, they kill the town and city themes, second, they juniorized their sets to the point where a truck or car has only 10 pieces, then they introduce Jack Stone, without keeping another town or (...) (23 years ago, 10-Aug-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
 
  Re: This is stupid... I can't tolerate this *juniorization*...
 
(...) I should have been more clear and highlighted the small dinosaur sets. Of course the big dinos do have two 2x2 medium slopes in them... :-) (...) I think we will see more building of animals from bricks. I also won't be surprised to see a few (...) (23 years ago, 10-Aug-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
 
  Re: This is stupid... I can't tolerate this *juniorization*...
 
(...) I want to cry every time I see kids in the Lego aisle oohing and ahhing over the Megabloks. On well more than one occasion I've seen kids in the store ignore Lego the way I ignore Megabloks because they recognize that though Megabloks may be (...) (23 years ago, 10-Aug-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
 
  Farm Yard idea
 
(URL) link is the end of a thread which is largely a rant, but some good points were brought up including this - Farm animals! Pink Pigs, brown cows, tan/white/grey sheep with little black faces, chickens, ducks, etc. And new "farm" foliage to (...) (23 years ago, 10-Aug-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
 
  Re: This is stupid... I can't tolerate this *juniorization*...
 
(...) My son, who was building Red Beard Runners at 6 or 7, likes the Bionicles. Not really much as a building experience, but they seem to capture his imagination. He really enjoyed putting together the Guarded Inn and thought it an excellent set, (...) (23 years ago, 10-Aug-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)


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