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Re: LEGO Group and Disney Consumer Products Announce Building Sets Inspired by Pirates of the Caribbean
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lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.pirates
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Sun, 5 Dec 2010 08:54:09 GMT
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In lugnet.mediawatch, John P. Henderson wrote:
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True, but similar comments could be made of any theme.
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And they often are. How many times have you seen complaints about how the Town
theme largely consisted of a 3-year repeating schedule of police, fire
department, and hospital stuff? Only in the last couple years have they started
to really branch out into civilian stuff like they used to do 20ish years ago.
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The truth is, how a tall ship is trimmed makes a notable difference, as it
would have in the real world.
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True, but I recall at least one ship in the original Pirates line that looked
like someone had stolen half the sails. And to a parent, one ship is not that
different from the next, which can kill a theme.
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Also, like with Castle, Pirates could be so much more than a few ships and
islands.
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Also true, but it never really was. Did they ever once do a straight merchant
ship, or were they always pirates and soldiers? It’s not that there weren’t
possibilities, just that they always stuck to the few core elements until they’d
beaten them into the ground.
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The recent (and arguably expensive) Medieval Market set was an example of
a “civilian” set for Castle. Pirates could always do well with similar
merchant ports... Though I don’t expect a POTC theme to include such.
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Tortuga Island filled with minifig hookers doesn’t do it for you, huh?
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