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Re: What TLG set "revolutionized" your building?
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Wed, 30 May 2007 16:26:00 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Dave Schuler wrote:
   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...)

Ewe know that punning only goats me on! Now bleat it, or wool have to get shearious with you, Dave!
  
  
   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.

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.

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

Oh, I’m a rich tapestry, all-rightie!

Spin me another yarn, Dave!

JOHN



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  Re: What TLG set "revolutionized" your building?
 
(...) The greatest tragedy in all of this is that I was staring right at a perfect double pun and totally flubbed it: "lamenting" should have been "lamb-minting." Way to miss the easy one, Dave! (...) Sure, in the absence of another term, I'd agree. (...) (17 years ago, 30-May-07, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, FTX)

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(...) Feeling sheepish? (Lamenting your reply even as I type that...) (or is that lamb-menting your reply instead? Hmm...) (...) Micronauts, I'd say! But as far as the juniorization argument goes, I'd suggest that the pre-formed elements (head and (...) (17 years ago, 30-May-07, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, FTX)

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