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Re: American LEGO culture different than German LEGO culture?
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lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.de
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Tue, 6 Jun 2006 23:23:12 GMT
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Well lets see there are a few things missing from this Doctors discussions....
1) Most Lego sets from 1955-65 had one thing in common.... the picture on the
box top had nothing to do with what was inside the box!
2) Until around 1965 most sets didn’t have instructions! You had to look on the
inside lid of the box, or on the bottom of the box to find diagrams of what you
could build. And then they rarely gave you any indication on what the back of
the buildings or creations were supposed to look like! And in the case of all
the basic sets the diagrams on the bottom of the box were very disappointing
compared to the beatiful buildings and beautiful scenes shown on the box tops!!
3) In USA, Samsonite was the licensee for Lego.... and they sold Lego like the
way they sold Luggage... which is why their license was revoked in 1972.
OK.... now maybe that Doctor had better start again with his/her hypotheisis....
because in the 1970’s... when the box tops all matched what was inside the box,
and the instructions were detailed and usefull... Lego sales soared in the USA!
Gary Istok
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