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Re: The Refocusing of LEGO
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lugnet.space
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Fri, 16 Mar 2001 00:58:42 GMT
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Steve Bliss wrote:
> In lugnet.space, Tim Courtney wrote:
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> > They could do a lot with a Blacktron III theme - marry the first two
> > together and add interesting new configurations. But, if they were to, it
> > could NOT be juniorized, and would have to be true to LEGO Space and
> > Blacktron. Otherwise, it would be a disgrace IMO, riding on a great theme
> > we all know and love.
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> Note: I realize the following is silly and unrealistic. C'est la vie.
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> What would be cool and fun is to have a fan-designed Blacktron III. TLC
> could justify it as a lowball way to make AFOLs happy. Lego Direct could
> coordinate the design process, perhaps collecting submissions in a contest
> or voting procedure. LD would need to establish and publish some goals and
> guidelines (like, how many and what size sets would be targetted for the
> theme and what mix of pieces would be used).
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> What would be *really* cool (and exhausting) would be for LD to coordinate
> final design sessions between the 'winning designers' and LEGO people to
> actually take the models from MOC-land to something that LEGO could
> release.
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> If LD marketed something like through S@H (after S@H is really world-wide),
> it would be perceived as a boutique thing, and wouldn't threaten major
> retailers.
>
> Steve
I thought exactly the same thing after reading this and I posted a little bit
about how I think a lego "set design" contest would work over on lego.direct
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| (...) Note: I realize the following is silly and unrealistic. C'est la vie. What would be cool and fun is to have a fan-designed Blacktron III. TLC could justify it as a lowball way to make AFOLs happy. Lego Direct could coordinate the design (...) (26 years ago, 15-Mar-01, to lugnet.space)
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