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Re: Bad Policy #2 (Why all the secrecy, LEGO Direct?)
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lugnet.lego.direct
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Mon, 14 May 2001 20:17:27 GMT
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In lugnet.lego.direct, Tony Priestman writes:
> On Mon, 7 May 2001, Dave Schuler (<GCz263.2B8@lugnet.com>) wrote at
> 15:39:38
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> You may have to think slightly out of the box for this one, but have you
> looked at Playmobil themes recently? They have excellent Castles,
> Pirates, Space and Construction sets. So good in fact, that if I had
> children, I would be giving them serious consideration.
I do consider Playmobil to be a major competitor of LEGO's, in terms of
idea space if not in terms of marketshare, and there certainly is a
lot of similarity between certain Playmobil themes and LEGO themes.
I think the "borrowing" may go both ways, but to some extend I think it's
the natural result of both toy companies covering similar ground.
Pirates and castles are a natural for any minifigure-based toy company
to model. And while some of the lines are strikingly similar, I
don't see much room for "direct rip-offs" to occur between the
companies. Playmobil has been making plastic knights on horseback
for a LONG time. It's LEGO that has moved closer to Playmobil
rather than vice versa, in my opinion, as LEGO has wandered away
from its contruction-toy basis to being oriented around the minifig
to a very significant degree.
--
Jeff <jthompson@esker.com> "Float on a river, forever and ever, Emily"
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