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Subject: 
2006 sets
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Date: 
Thu, 6 Oct 2005 12:36:03 GMT
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I was on brickshelf and saw this:
http://brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=148078

I looked at the new airliner sets and had a question that I wanted to present to
the AFOLs of the world.

Is Lego attempting to phase out the minfig and make the Jack Stone type figure
the new figure? Or is the JS size being phased out, but the pieces are being
used in new sets? Or even a third question is Lego attempting to allow consumers
to use both their normal mini figures and their JS figures at the same time?

What does everyone think?



Message has 3 Replies:
  Re: 2006 sets
 
(...) I think that Lego are trying to use the pieces in new ways (which is what Lego is all about really). Those sets are most definitely minifig scale. If you look closely, they do actually have a mix of large, one-use parts and small, normal (...) (19 years ago, 6-Oct-05, to lugnet.market.shopping, FTX)
  Re: 2006 sets
 
(...) I am wondering if they simply might be taking an 'easy build' approach as they did with last seasons large dump truck. "Easy build, quick play". It doesn't really matter to me, though. I haven't built a lego set in quite a long time and don't (...) (19 years ago, 6-Oct-05, to lugnet.market.shopping)
  Re: 2006 sets
 
(...) They seem to be moving toward a more realistic scale for their vehicles. (A good move in my opinion.) The problem is that in doing so, Lego added a lot of "juniorization" in the process. Lego, why do we have to choose between having to choose (...) (19 years ago, 7-Oct-05, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.town, FTX)

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