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(...) I *so* agree. I, as a "girl", like the royal family, pegsasii (plural pegasus, right?), and unicorns (1), and would enjoy stuff like that in LEGO. I also like soldiers and guards, and would enjoy seeing a feudal system line of castles, with (...) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.scala, lugnet.general)
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(...) Nope. The message I'm being presented by LEGO is that they don't care enough to proof their text. 'faciest'? Steve (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.scala)
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"Matthew Miller" <mattdm@mattdm.org> wrote in message news:slrn855j5l.1bu.....bu.edu... (...) Hmm, I wonder if the mispelled word was supposed to be "fanciest" or "fascist"? ;) (...) building (...) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.scala)
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(...) Of course. But is that the message you see being presented by Lego? (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.scala)
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(...) LEGO has two obligations - one, to themselves, to make money, and the second (I'd like to imagine) to make toys that help children grow. You can't make people buy toys that they don't want. LEGO may have accurately defined the girl's toy (...) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.scala, lugnet.general)
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(...) It brings up a thorny question of cultural relativism. Do we just shrug and say hey, difference of culture, or is it okay to say, no, that's not right, no matter what culture you're in there are some basic principles of human equality which (...) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.scala, lugnet.general)
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(...) _An_ important thing. And yes, pleasing your Significant Other, if it is possible to do so without compromising your own morals, _is_ an important thing. Regardless of your sex. Jasper (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.scala)
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I agree, Tamy. I've discussed this general topic with a few Danish women and they hardly saw anything wrong with such statements as the one quoted. There is an interesting book, which I'm sorry to say I've only read a fraction of, titled: Americans (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.scala, lugnet.general)
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Matthew Miller wrote, commenting on Lego's Scala marketing: (...) And about how to buy stuff. After all, isn't that what life's all about - buying stuff? Gotta get them started young... Sometimes I despair when even Lego does this! Kevin (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.scala)
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I did as well-- please don't say anything to my daughter;-) -John (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.scala)
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That is bad, though since I'm taking Sociology this semester, I have to look at how the culture of where this company exists is much different than ours in the US. You notice how those products do sell better in europe than the US, and you can be (...) (25 years ago, 11-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.scala, lugnet.general)
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(...) That's ao awful! I can't believe they really wrote that! (25 years ago, 11-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.scala)
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The basic existence of a special dumbed-down and pinked-up segment of the LEGO universe designated for girls (and the corresponding boys-only restriction for Technic and even System) is bad enough, but check out this quote from the Scala web site: (...) (25 years ago, 11-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.scala, lugnet.general)
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Just ordered 3119 in the LS@H special - $49 only! I think this is a good deal... -Shiri (25 years ago, 11-Dec-99, to lugnet.scala)
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Ray Sanders wrote in message <383EA244.E0E09377@gate.net>... (...) sets/themes: (...) If this really is different than the group 1 pink, then there are 5 pinks (if you count the Scala peach as a pink). (...) This is the pink I've been calling "3+ (...) (25 years ago, 27-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.scala)
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As I understand it, Lego has shipped pink parts in the following sets/themes: Belville (two shades of pink) Paradisa (two shades ?) #1688 'Lego for her' (two shades of pink) Scala ("peach" I guess) McDonalds #3 (1999 promo, #2075) Of these, I have (...) (25 years ago, 26-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.scala)
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Oops, just noticed, ANOTHER green is added. The table legs and the chairs in the kitchen are yet another green... It's a yellower green, darker than the pale greens. There are also at least 4 oranges Scala turkey (almost a brown) Scala Kitchen table (...) (25 years ago, 26-Nov-99, to lugnet.scala)
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Shiri wrote in message ... (...) Does (...) Yes. But there probably aren't any of these left, it was blown out for $7 as a S@H special last week (and continuing with the last one for this week). (...) useless (...) The flower is made up of 6 (...) (25 years ago, 26-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.scala)
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Shiri wrote in message ... (...) a (...) baseplates. (...) the (...) yacht (...) for (...) The 4 pinks are from lightest to darkest: Paradisa light pink 3+ LEGO for girls dark pink Scala "peach" Paradisa dark pink (also McDonalds #3) The 4 greens (...) (25 years ago, 26-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.scala)
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(...) Oh, that's not the Paradisa color? Weird... why did TLC make a new color for one set? -Shiri (25 years ago, 26-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.scala)
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