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In lugnet.lego.direct, Kevin Salm writes:
> Your ideas are for re-issues of past sets in color variants only. Personally,
> I have other ideas in mind, too. Specifically, variants of past sets that
> have been partially or totally _redesigned_ to be even _better _ than the set
> they are based upon.
>
> So I feel that while re-issues of Pizza to Go, Breezeway Cafe, Guarded Inn,
> Metroliner, Club Car, etc are a good idea, my vision is for these sets to
> be re-created by Lego set designers with the spirit of the original sets
> preserved. I can picture a Breezeway Cafe rebuilt into a little French
> bistro, for example, using the same elements (and possibly more of the key
> pieces). The minifigs can be updated, the piece count can climb, and of
> course the price point for the set would be increased slightly.
These are some good ideas - I don't think there's much potential in simple
colour variants of sets. Using more realistic colours may appeal to adult
builders who are after the parts, but I don't think they'd have the broad
market appeal required to make a success.
I note that in a recent Lego World Club magazine there were instructions for
building the old <set:480_1> Rescue Helicopter from current parts. I would
suggest the update or minifigification* of older sets, like my <set:361_1>
Café update as another route these variants could take:
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/j.j.railton/cafe/
(Sorry to plug my own model when it's done the rounds already, but I haven't
seen anyone else building these).
There is actually a sort of precedent from LEGO itself - the <set:369>
Coastguard was remodelled as <set:575> to take minifigs back in 1977
(although I think this one suffered from regionalisation with the obvious
American motifs).
Jason J Railton
*It's a word now :-)
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