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Re: New 2000.2 catalogue - sexism rules OK?
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lugnet.loc.au
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Tue, 20 Jun 2000 04:17:25 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.au, Peter Callaway writes:
> Go to the index page http://user.tninet.se/~hbh828t/ideabook/ and check out
> some of the other images. It looks like they're using pre superfast wheeled
> Matchbox cars in the town scene on page 4a (and where did the road plates come
> from?). They could make some pretty cool stuff back then without the need for
> BURPS, POOPS, CRAPPs and SPUDS [1](even the younger kids if you believe the
> pictures), so what's changed?
What's changed is that TLC believes (perhaps correctly, perhaps not) that kids
nowadays have short attention spans, and will not be interested in building a
big, complex set over, say, watching TV or playing the computer.
> And tell me, do they look like clear macaroni bricks on page 5a on the red
> tram/train? Does anyone recall them in any particular set? They'd have to be
> rare as!!
Yep, that's what it is, and they are rare. Ask Gary Istok, he'll tell ya. :-)
> [1] See Shiri's most excellent Acronym FAQ page for explanations
> http://www.lugnet.com/~88/acronym_faq/
Aw... <blush> thanks!
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| (...) Argh! Having just said the road plates were not Lego, I took a closer look at the next picture and they are Lego after all, studs and all. Oh well, I never saw anything so sophisticated here in Australia in my childhood. Kerry (24 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| (...) Go to the index page (URL) and check out some of the other images. It looks like they're using pre superfast wheeled Matchbox cars in the town scene on page 4a (and where did the road plates come from?). They could make some pretty cool stuff (...) (24 years ago, 20-Jun-00, to lugnet.loc.au)
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