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In lugnet.loc.au, Dave Schuler writes:
> In lugnet.loc.au, David Low writes:
> > I wonder how many clone fans would be truly heart-broken if Ritvik went bust?
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> I would be greatly upset, and I think (though I can't speak for him) that
> Richard would likewise be upset. And you should be, too; Ritvik is LEGO's
> primary competitor and as such provides the only protection against LEGO's
> complacency.
Are they the only thing keeping LEGO from complacency, or are they driving LEGO
to juniorise the heck out of everything?
If they didn't have to contend with competition, would they be dumbing down
their sets, or would they be producing high-quality, high-part-count sets
still?
Or is it competition from video games and TV that are driving LEGO to
juniorise?
What kind of sets do you think LEGO would produce in a total competition
vacuum?
eric
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| (...) My take is that LEGO's trend toward Juniorization would continue with or without market competition, since we have evidence of its roots long before any serious competitor hit the market. LEGO can't blame (not that they do) their own reduced (...) (24 years ago, 8-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) (assuming it's an open question...) Could you ever have a total, _total_ competition vacuum? Because if there's a market, there's kids, and if there's kids there's no vacuum since they can always make up their own games. And if they couldn't (...) (24 years ago, 8-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Parts one and three of this argument only hold true if you decide in advance that they're true. If, as a LEGO user, I identify a single brick as "a Lego," why is it grammatically incorrect to refer to several bricks as "Legos?" Forget about (...) (24 years ago, 8-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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