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Subject:	Re: What TLG set "revolutionized" your building?
Newsgroups:	lugnet.off-topic.fun
Date:	Wed, 30 May 2007 15:44:03 GMT
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In lugnet.build, John Neal wrote:

In lugnet.build, Dave Schuler wrote:

Scoff, you purists,

Okay: Baah!

Feeling sheepish?

(Lamenting your reply even as I type that...) (or is that lamb-menting your reply instead? Hmm...)

The 9701 and its fellow Dinobloks sets preceded the bulk of LEGO’s departure from (mostly) primary colors (at least in terms of my collection), so once I got my hands on the broader palette, I was hooked.

Yes, but they also pre-dated TLG’s cursed foray into juniorization as well. I mean, look at those feet! If that isn’t Galidor foreshadowing, I don’t know what is!

Micronauts, I’d say!

But as far as the juniorization argument goes, I’d suggest that the pre-formed elements (head and feet) are meant sort of as accessories, since they can’t really be reproduced using regular bricks. Juniorization IMO suggests the pointless combination of several regular elements into a single piece that may be cheaper to produce but which doesn’t enhance one’s enjoyment of the building experience.

I’m not sure what the term should apply to large-ish elements that can’t be broken down into smaller basic bricks, but I don’t think juniorization is quite right.

You are truly a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma, Dave!

Oh, I’m a rich tapestry, all-rightie!

Dave!

(Don’t forget to visit the extremely cool Bloks Forum for all your clone-brand information!)

Message has 1 Reply:

		Re: What TLG set "revolutionized" your building?
(...) Ewe know that punning only goats me on! Now bleat it, or wool have to get shearious with you, Dave! (...) I see your point, and yet I can't come up with another term for it. I believe both ideas are encompassed by the term. (...) Spin me (...) (17 years ago, 30-May-07, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, FTX)

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		Re: What TLG set "revolutionized" your building?
(...) Okay: Baah! (...) And for that I will curse the day that that set designer's mother was born:-) (...) Yes, but they also pre-dated TLG's cursed foray into juniorization as well. I mean, look at those feet! If that isn't Galidor foreshadowing, (...) (17 years ago, 30-May-07, to lugnet.build, lugnet.off-topic.fun, FTX)

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