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| | | A. Mark Wilburn wrote in message ... (...) box. I have to disagree with you on this point. I have a four(almost five) year old boy and the mini set bags make it easier for him to build the sets. He gets frustrated when he can't find the parts. This (...) (24 years ago, 5-Mar-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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| | | | | Re: What Kids really want. Not Juniorization. —Mike Petrucelli
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| | | | | (...) I fully agree with this. If the design quality is up to par I don't care how it is packaged. -Mike Petrucelli (24 years ago, 6-Mar-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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| | | | | Re: What Kids really want. Not Juniorization. —A. Mark Wilburn
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| | | | | (...) Ok, obviously I confused you (and Doug, and Mike). No, I don't hate the bags at all; I've heard comments to the effect of some people really don't like them (I can't remember who said this, but I've seen many posts that say something to the (...) (24 years ago, 6-Mar-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | Re: What Kids really want. Not Juniorization. —Selçuk Göre
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| | | | | | (...) I really can't understand why you (not only you but other people who also said that) are so upset with current (I mean old) way of packaging. If you just open the bags to make piles of each individual bag, instead of a big common pile, I (...) (24 years ago, 29-Mar-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | Re: What Kids really want. Not Juniorization. —A. Mark Wilburn
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| | | | | | (...) Guess I'm weird that way; I'm almost insulted when I get a Town Junior set that's pre-seperated for me (but oh well, not like I can't just dump it all out) yet when I get a larger set I'd like some sort of sorting. Yes, you're right, if I had (...) (24 years ago, 30-Mar-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | Re: What Kids really want. Not Juniorization. —Tim Courtney
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| | | | | | "A. Mark Wilburn" <amwilburn@iname.com> wrote in message news:GB1B51.DzJ@lugnet.com... (...) Why be insulted? I think that separation is a good step for keeping kids' attention spans, and if they're separated it makes it a faster build for you too. (...) (24 years ago, 31-Mar-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | Re: What Kids really want. Not Juniorization. —Aaron West
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| | | | | | (...) Oh, they do still. But you have to go to a specialty store for them. Examples are the Velux house, all the 2000 Shell sets and probably some others that escape me right now. The problem is not that kids want something easier to build, but what (...) (24 years ago, 31-Mar-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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| | | | | Re: What Kids really want. Not Juniorization. —Michael Horvath
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| | | | | I don't remember caring much what kind of bags they were in. As long as they ended up looking like what was on the outside of the box when the building was done! I think I actually preferred the items sorted by type, as opposed to sub-assembly (...) (24 years ago, 12-Mar-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | Re: What Kids really want. Not Juniorization. —Rose Regner
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| | | | | | Mike Horvath wrote in message ... (...) your (...) complicating. Lego has stated that they believe kids don't want to spend as much time building and this was a reason for Jr. sets. The separate bags also speed up the buillding process, but the (...) (24 years ago, 12-Mar-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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| | | | | Re: What Kids really want. Not Juniorization. —Paul Gyugyi
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| | | | There have been many times in life (College, Grad School, PhD, Jobs, Kids, etc) where I've been acutely aware that the _only_ reason I was able to persevere through and solve problems was due to the patience and methodical search approach I learned (...) (24 years ago, 14-Mar-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | Re: What Kids really want. Not Juniorization. —Roy Gal
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| | | | Lou's original post, on the current state of Lego, made me pretty sad. I'm now 28, so I grew up as a kid playing with sets from ~1978-1990, a truly wonderful time for Lego. Thankfully, I saved everything I had and they are now part of my collection. (...) (24 years ago, 14-Mar-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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