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Ideas for new sets?
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lugnet.robotics
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Thu, 29 Mar 2001 20:37:48 GMT
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John Barnes <barnes@sensors.IHATESPAMcom>
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I have a very basic question, on the subject of new sets and
themes and so on;
If technic "was" a viable medium for kids with latent engineering
skills to learn with, why are those kinds of sets not still available?
If Lego were selling to the same customer base, they would have
to continually renew their offerings, but they're not. They're have a
never ending supply of new customers all the time!
So if "we", the ones who have been lucky enough to have gained
the benefits of some very creative set design in the past, maintain
an interest in the product because of its earlier appeal, who of the
new generation of bionicle builders will be wistfully thinking of how
wonderfully rich and functional those sets had been?
I guess what I'm asking is; why isn't the technic concept of a
highly flexible mechnical building toy still valid?
JB
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Message has 2 Replies:
 | | Re: Ideas for new sets?
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| (...) Basically what you're asking is, "Why has LEGO completely lost their mind?". I think the "Technic concept" is still valid. I think it's just being re-marketed under the Mindstorms product line. Who knows what LEGO was thinking when they came (...) (24 years ago, 29-Mar-01, to lugnet.robotics)
| | | Re: Ideas for new sets?
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| (...) What exists in the real world and what exists in the minds of some marketing personnel is often radically different. The play and educational value of Technic IS still present, but isn't valued as much by the marketing people at Lego. I (...) (24 years ago, 31-Mar-01, to lugnet.robotics)
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