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Re: Age range 16+ (was: Re: 2000 Scans are Online!)
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lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars
Date: 
Thu, 11 Nov 1999 05:42:36 GMT
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In lugnet.general, "Simon Robinson" <simon@simonrobinson.com> writes:

What puzzles me though is *why* they are marked as from 16. They don't
look especially hard to build - certainly no more so than sets like
the technics space shutttle, which was sold as being for I think about
age 11.

My guess is that it has something to do with how they expect the set to be
used: this probably isn't the kind of model a young kid can 'whoosh' around
a lot with in the living room - it's pretty clear they're thinking this is
going to be carefully assembled and then set on a shelf.

The 16+ suggested age range is likely for the benefit of clueless (but
generous!) gift-givers or parents to help steer them toward something a
younger child will find more playable.

Scott



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  Age range 16+ (was: Re: 2000 Scans are Online!)
 
(...) My guess, FWIW, is that TLC is still reticent to admit that the products they sell actually appeal to very, very wide age ranges. IOW, if they'd marked it "from 11 years," then they'd be admitting that what 11-year-olds play with is also what (...) (25 years ago, 10-Nov-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars)

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