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Lego 2000 and Beyond (was Re: Sadly a look at this group...)
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Wed, 10 Nov 1999 21:37:08 GMT
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In lugnet.pirates, Bruce Schlickbernd writes:

Nope, but my prediction was that if Adventurers continued, we would not see a
return of Pirates.  We may never see a return in any case.  One can hope for
2001, but perhaps Pirates is just too out of style, and something hipper makes
more sense to Lego.  I'd like to know the answer just for my own piece of
mind,but they play their cards close to the gravy stains.

A pox on your predictions, Bruce!

A return of the Pirate/Soldier themes is the SINGULAR thing TLG could do to
forever mend the extant rift between it and AFOL.  The new 2000 lineup looks
good, a giant step in the right direction in fact, but its still not quite
fully on target -- the whole target!

I want more 1700s themes, dammit!  If I can't have Pirates and Soldiers, how
about a colonial village, or London in the era of Moll Flanders or Barry
Lyndon, or a Castillian castle and REAL conquistadors?

How about Lego Empire, or Lego Baroque?  Rococo?

Lego Solomon Kane?

Couldn't they just make a series of Soldier accessory packs?  I can't be alone
in wanting to fill a field with soldiers of two kinds and muskets -- and I
guess Blue and Red is easiest (Redcoats and Prussians?).  And of course, this
was a huge missed opportunity in Wild West -- speaking of the Blue and the
Grey conflict...

-- Richard



Message has 4 Replies:
  Re: Lego 2000 and Beyond (was Re: Sadly a look at this group...)
 
(...) makes (...) Don't shoot me, I'm just the piano player! :-) (...) Rock Raiders. Eyuck. I'd love to see those dumped for Pirates, but remember what I said about "hipper". (...) Great for adult displays, not so good as toys for kids. Wish for (...) (25 years ago, 10-Nov-99, to lugnet.pirates)
  Re: Lego 2000 and Beyond
 
Richard Marchetti wrote (...) how (...) alone (...) this (...) Damn, I don't remember writing this, but it sure sounds like I could have written it. I agree, I agree and ummm, I agree. Except for the part about Blue and Red being Redcoats and (...) (25 years ago, 11-Nov-99, to lugnet.pirates)
  Re: Lego 2000 and Beyond (was Re: Sadly a look at this group...)
 
(...) Just an idle thought, but who here would knock over cub scouts and old ladies with a shopping cart to get to: 6299 A 16-wide white/blue three-center four-gun two/three-mast Spanish Armada Galleon? 6298 A big Armada base with TWO Imperial (...) (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.pirates)
  The Blue and the Gray (was Re: Lego 2000 and Beyond)
 
(...) [moving further off topic] Battle of the 'Wilderness', boy could they sell a few tree accessory packs to stage that one. A good civil war set would have to have period trains, lots of horses and covered wagons, at least 15-20 types of (...) (25 years ago, 14-Nov-99, to lugnet.pirates)

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(...) Nope, but my prediction was that if Adventurers continued, we would not see a return of Pirates. We may never see a return in any case. One can hope for 2001, but perhaps Pirates is just too out of style, and something hipper makes more sense (...) (25 years ago, 10-Nov-99, to lugnet.pirates)

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