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In lugnet.loc.au, Eric Joslin writes:
> If they didn't have to contend with competition, would they be dumbing down
> their sets, or would they be producing high-quality, high-part-count sets
> still?
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> Or is it competition from video games and TV that are driving LEGO to
> juniorise?
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> What kind of sets do you think LEGO would produce in a total competition
> vacuum?
(assuming it's an open question...) Could you ever have a total, _total_
competition vacuum? Because if there's a market, there's kids, and if
there's kids there's no vacuum since they can always make up their own games.
And if they couldn't make up their own games they wouldn't like Lego, so it
would be Juniorised crud anyway.
But if you were trying to sell Lego to kids with imagination, I'd hope you'd
do the decent thing and make some bloody good sets. Because if you didn't
<insert Lego ain't what it used to be rant here>.
--Dave
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| (...) I don't really think so, no. Because to have a total competition vacuum assumes that you're talking about a company that makes boxes full of elements and hands them to kids in a round grey room with absolutely nothing else to do. I guess a (...) (24 years ago, 8-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Are they the only thing keeping LEGO from complacency, or are they driving LEGO to juniorise the heck out of everything? If they didn't have to contend with competition, would they be dumbing down their sets, or would they be producing (...) (24 years ago, 8-Nov-00, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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