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Re: This is stupid... I can't tolerate this *juniorization*...
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lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego
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Thu, 23 Aug 2001 03:02:23 GMT
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In lugnet.lego.direct, Allan Bedford writes:
> In lugnet.lego.direct, Frank Filz writes:
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> > Another line which seems to be doing just fine is the dinosaurs. In the
> > past few days, none of the stores I've been to have had very many on the
> > shelves. The smaller dinosaurs are interesting in my mind. There really
> > haven't been sets in the past which focused on building creatures mostly
> > out of bricks. I'd say this is a _good_ thing. Showing kids that wow!
> > You can build animals from bricks.
>
> Frank.... you must have gotten a different catalog than I did. I'm looking
> at the dinosaurs now and what I see are dinosaurs made out of LEGO pieces
> that are shaped to look like dinosaur parts. Not really LEGO "bricks" as
> such, but rather highly specialized pieces which are intended to be used to
> make something that looks (very much) like a dinosaur.
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> Of course, if the kids get bored with the set, they can always take the
> pieces apart and make.... well... other dinosaurs.
>
> I agree with you, that animals *can* be made out of bricks. But I disagree
> that what are included in those sets are really LEGO bricks. It can be
> done... and it can be done with standard bricks. I just can't figure out
> why they don't work harder at producing sets/models using bricks that can be
> more easily used in other creations.
>
> Just my whining and complaining again, but I find those dinosaurs to be a
> symptom of what's wrong, rather than what's right these days.
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> Regards,
> Allan B.
What Frank is talking about are the smaller Dinosaurs sets-
http://guide.lugnet.com/set/7000
http://guide.lugnet.com/set/7001
http://guide.lugnet.com/set/7002
http://guide.lugnet.com/set/7003
Those mostly have bricks with a few dino specific pieces thrown in (like the
neck, head and tail).
Hope that helps,
~Nathan
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