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Re: Whoosh, There they go!
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Sun, 15 Sep 2002 03:56:53 GMT
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Personally I am really disappointed at the new lego catalogues. They don't
feel very organised, and don't detail the sets properly. I believe that the
booklets from the years 1993-1998 (which are the only others that I have)
are excellent, with little boxes and descriptions of all the sets in
production that year. This one feels more like an ad to me, and as a child
I can't imagine spending hours porring over every page, like I did to the
aforementioned '93-'98 booklets. It's sad that even the booklets aren't as
high quality nowdays.
It seems to me that the only saving grace for lego at the moment is the Star
Wars line (although I don't mind the Alpha team line either).
Stephen Hurn
In lugnet.loc.au, James Howse writes:
> In lugnet.loc.au, Jon Palmer writes:
> > Catalogue?! You mean shop at home or the normal version?
> > Scans perhaps? At least tell us about the new stuff in it (if it's the new
> > yearly version)
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> The normal version. August-December 2002
> Sorry, no scans though. Summary follows.
> 76 pages.
> Creator 4-5
> Belville 6-7
> Jacks Stone 8-13 including new sets that have alread been released.
> Football 14-16
> Dinosaurs 17
> Adventurers 18 (Jungle 5975,5935)
> Island Extreme 20-21
> Alpha Team 22-24
> Trains 24 (So much for, "No we're no longer stocking these")
> Harry Potter 26-31 (incl new sets released November)
> Racers 33-39 (F1 Williams 8461, IR and Radio Remote controlled cars 4589 &
> 8475, Bump and Go motor in 8472 and two other sets, Two track system sets)
> Studios 40-45
> Star Wars 47-53
> Bionicle 54-59
> Technic 60-61
> Spybotics 62-65
> Mindstorms 66
> Softwear 68-69
> Legoland (why do they bother for an AUSTRALIAN catalogue?!?) 70-71
> Lifestyle (watches, clothes, backpacks) 72-73
> Lego.com 74-75
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> Also includes assorted kids playing with own creations with inspiring
> messages like
> Boy pictured sleeping with Large Robot standing by the bed and text "why
> sleep with the lights on when my guard can see through the darkness?"
> Perhaps this looses something in translation from whatever it's composed in.
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> The text is uneven throughout the whole thing. Some sets (mostly newer ones)
> have up to two paragraphs of info on functions and characters. Others just
> list set name/number and age group.
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> There is nothing new in the whole thing, though it's nice to see larger pics
> of the HP sets (close as I'm going to get to castle).
>
> James (who was all excited until he sat down and dissected the thing...)
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| Well, you should see the catalogues from the 1960's...general info about lego for half the catalogue, then pictures of the sets, and set name with no description...after all, why bother describing a set when lego was designed for children to use (...) (22 years ago, 15-Sep-02, to lugnet.loc.au)
| | | Re: Whoosh, There they go!
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| (...) One thing I've learned on LUGNET is that things are always better 5 - 10 years ago! ;-) (...) There's more: try a Vampire Crypt ((URL) or a Werewolf Ambush ((URL) Both excellent sets, and better value on a cents-per-part basis than Star Wars. (...) (22 years ago, 16-Sep-02, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| (...) The normal version. August-December 2002 Sorry, no scans though. Summary follows. 76 pages. Creator 4-5 Belville 6-7 Jacks Stone 8-13 including new sets that have alread been released. Football 14-16 Dinosaurs 17 Adventurers 18 (Jungle (...) (22 years ago, 15-Sep-02, to lugnet.loc.au)
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