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Re: HP Lego on Local Fox News
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lugnet.mediawatch
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Wed, 4 Dec 2002 18:03:19 GMT
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"David Eaton" <deaton@intdata.com> writes:
> In lugnet.mediawatch, Harvey Henkelman writes:
> > I think that most of us went through a period of time in which we took up
> > interest in other toys instead of LEGO®, this is known as 'The Dark Ages'.
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> Oh, my sadness was just because the ONLY kids they mentioned and showed
> playing with Lego were 4-6. Kids that were 7-12 were off playing with other
> stuff. And I remember those being my PRIME Lego years as a child, just
> before my dark ages. Actually, not really at age 12, but 7-11 was probably
> my prime Lego age, IIRC. It saddened me not because older kids weren't
> playing, but that it's more as I feared-- the Juniorized sets attracted ONLY
> younger kids. Lego's move to include the 3-5 age gap between Duplo and
> System resulted in closing *that* gap, but in opening another gap around age
> 9-12, between System and Technic.
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> Of course I know 20 kids hardly represent the average populus, but it still
> struck me as kinda sad :(
Perhaps LEGO has written off the kids that are currently in the 7-11
age range, and the juniorized sets are meant to attract those who are
currently 4-6.
But as those kids grow up I predict LEGO will grow up along with them.
I think we're already seeing that - Jack Stone is fading into the
background and the new Lego Island Extreme Stunts sets are filling the
void, and they're not as juniorized. And I think that as those kids
age, new LEGO sets will come out to appeal to their level.
At least if they're not doing that, they should be...
--Bill.
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William R Ward bill@wards.net http://www.wards.net/~bill/
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| (...) Oh, my sadness was just because the ONLY kids they mentioned and showed playing with Lego were 4-6. Kids that were 7-12 were off playing with other stuff. And I remember those being my PRIME Lego years as a child, just before my dark ages. (...) (22 years ago, 19-Nov-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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