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Subject:	*Re: This is stupid... I can't tolerate this juniorization...*
Newsgroups:	lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego
Date:	Fri, 10 Aug 2001 04:06:02 GMT
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In lugnet.lego.direct, Tim Courtney writes: > In lugnet.lego.direct, Victor Knight writes: > > > The solution to TLG's woes isn't Bionicle or juniorization, I think the > > solution is lowering prices, which we all know could be done. Bionicle has some interesting features to it that could make it popular with a different crowd. I won't say anything against it till it has had a chance. > And pieces for towns don't come as readily now as they did back in the day. > I can't remember the last time I saw a car door, and ... Shell is selling gas station sets that have car doors. I've bought enough now that I can let everyone know. > LEGO needs to improve town for older kids and AFOLs. Especially since LTCs > are growing more popular - they need good parts availability for layouts, > and the people getting back into LEGO because of an LTC need to see good > stuff to build with themselves. I think Lego see adults building with Technic, Mindstorms, and Trains, but they don't understand that I like to build towns with my train sets. I also like mindstorms, but I use it to build moving towns. Jonathan D.

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		Re: This is stupid... I can't tolerate this juniorization...
(...) Umm, yeah, they're trying to do the pokemon/Magic:the Gathering formula. (...) Adults can;t have fun with architecture or castle or Pirates? (23 years ago, 10-Aug-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)

		Re: This is stupid... I can't tolerate this juniorization...
(...) Bionicle (and the whole Throwbot/Roborider/Droid theme) is revitalizing Technic in the same way that 1979 space revitalized town. I remember getting a few space sets, and I kept them in a separate box from my police station and windmill. They (...) (23 years ago, 10-Aug-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)

		Re: This is stupid... I can't tolerate this juniorization...
(...) From what I see, Bionicle is doing great. Whoever is buying it (kids who would never have otherwise played with LEGO, or kids already captivated by LEGO, but looking for something more than building yet another fire station), it has a positive (...) (23 years ago, 10-Aug-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)

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		Re: This is stupid... I can't tolerate this juniorization...
(...) While I agree to an extent - I'll semi-defend LEGO here. AFOLs don't have all the facts in front of them (as an employee or two have pointed out to me a couple times when I've mentioned price). There are factors like cost of the plastic (tied (...) (23 years ago, 10-Aug-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)

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