| | Re: What makes a cool kid cool? (was: Re: A new area of LEGO.com: the Build section)
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(...) I can see a problem with the specific word "cool" (if it means the same thing today that it did 20 years ago). I certainly was not "cool" when I was 8, but that meaning does not fit the context of the LEGO page. The page doesn't give any (...) (24 years ago, 9-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: What makes a cool kid cool? (was: Re: A new area of LEGO.com: the Build section)
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Kevin Loch wrote in message ... (...) same (...) when (...) I suspect (though I don't know*) that giving an alternative interpretation to "cool" was part of the intent. (Actually kids around here don't say "cool" now: they say "Sweeet!" instead). (...) (24 years ago, 9-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: What makes a cool kid cool? (was: Re: A new area of LEGO.com: the Build section)
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In lugnet.lego.direct, Kevin Loch writes: <SNIP> (...) I think this is what needs to be done, us adults can say what we think all we want, and be 100% wrong. I would be interested as to the feedback outside of Lugnet to this "cool kids" section. I (...) (24 years ago, 10-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: What makes a cool kid cool? (was: Re: A new area of LEGO.com: the Build section)
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(...) I think it's the special-kid/not-special-kid aspect that rubs me the wrong way rather than the precise meaning of the word "cool." (...) When LEGO Direct announced the area[1], it was described as being "profiles of amazing kids." Now, I don't (...) (24 years ago, 10-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: What makes a cool kid cool? (was: Re: A new area of LEGO.com: the Build section)
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(...) [...] (...) (URL) here: (URL) being the producer for Cool Kids, probably did a much better job of succinctly describing her project than I did in my four-word blurb, quoted above. I mentioned it as another example of a "cross-product-line" (...) (24 years ago, 10-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: What makes a cool kid cool? (was: Re: A new area of LEGO.com: the Build section)
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(...) But ther *are* special kids! My parents told me I was special when I was a kid. Of course every parent should do that from time to time because all kids are special and amazing in their own way. Wether it's a parent, LEGO or their friends, (...) (24 years ago, 10-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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