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Re: Advent Calendar: 4124 vs. 4524
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Fri, 20 Dec 2002 04:54:59 GMT
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In lugnet.lego.direct, Matthias Jetleb writes:
> I had a thought today on my drive home:
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> While I agree that it is dissappointing that Lego made the two
> calendars identical, I wonder just how many possible, reasonably
> recognizable models can be built with fewer tan 12 pieces?
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> I suppose this would make it tough to come up with a truly new
> calendar every year without duplication.
Then perhaps it's time to change the design of the calendar. What about one
small model on the first day (sticking with today's type of designs) but
then the pieces on the 2nd day are additional elements that are specific to
day 1, making a larger model of 20 - 30 pieces. In other words, the pieces
on day 2 don't make much of a model on their own, but supplement the pieces
the kids have already received on day one. Then you repeat the process
every other day... or even every third day.
> I think it would be interesting though, for someone to create a
> brickshelf folder for "micro-models". Literally just start a
> collection of models containing a dozen pieces or less. I just wonder
> how many reasonable possibilities there are?....
Fantastic idea.
My first LEGO set had only 13 pieces. I've always been convinced that more
pieces doesn't necessarily mean better models.
> P.S.: I'm not trying to excuse Lego's repackaging of an existing
> product and calling it "new", just trying to call everyone's attention
> to the fact that our expectations (which I shared until this evening)
> of a new and different calendar every year might be difficult to
> obtain.
Unless the current system/design isn't working. I'm a big believer that
just because something is a certain way, doesn't mean it has to stay that
way. The company can make changes to the way the calendar works if the
current way it works is causing customer complaints or dissatisfaction.
All the best!
Allan B.
(Who is delighting in watching his wife open her first ever Advent
calendar... which just happens to be the LEGO one.) :)
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| (...) Now THAT is a great idea! I hadn't thought of it beyond 24 individual models, but a cumulative method has tremendous potential. They could, in fact, model a small town (and maybe include a baseplate shrinkwrapped to the back of the calendar). (...) (22 years ago, 20-Dec-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| I had a thought today on my drive home: While I agree that it is dissappointing that Lego made the two calendars identical, I wonder just how many possible, reasonably recognizable models can be built with fewer tan 12 pieces? I suppose this would (...) (22 years ago, 20-Dec-02, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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