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Re: Call me a Lego pureist if you will but...
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Wed, 25 Apr 2001 16:26:33 GMT
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In lugnet.technic, Micah J. Mabelitini writes:
> Ray Kremer wrote:
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> > If you buy a Throwbot you should expect a Throwbot, not parts for your crane • MOC.
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> Doesn't that go against the very nature of LEGO? If you can't use the
> parts to build anything but the original Throwbot model they came with
> (or a Throwbot MOC), then what business do these ultra-specialized parts
> have being treated like part of the LEGO system in the first place? You
> might as well say, "if it's not pictured on the box then you have no
> business building it".
Yeah, actually it does. The techbots are more like Lego-spinoffs than actual
Lego sets. Not-Lego sets that happen to be made by Lego corp. I don't think
Lego themselves minds that though. They wanted to see if they could be
successful with sets that go in a radical new direction, and guess what, they
were. Znap was another radical new direction, and those failed. I understand
perfectly why people are unappreciative of these new directions, but you can't
restrict Lego from never trying new things just because you happen to like
things the way they are now. That's not how businesses work.
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Message has 4 Replies:
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| <snip>....Znap was another radical new direction, and those failed. ZNAP was LEGO? I thought that it was just a way to disguise the gear motor, battery box, and flex-shafts in a discount aisle.... Seriously though, I think that ZNAP was not quite (...) (23 years ago, 25-Apr-01, to lugnet.technic)
| | | RE: Call me a Lego pureist if you will but...
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| (...) I think ZNAP was an exciting departure for Lego. I am only sorry to see it effectively withdrawn before it had a chance. And I hope, like Ralph appears to, that it may not have been the end. If you compare todays ZNAP parts with original Lego (...) (23 years ago, 25-Apr-01, to lugnet.technic)
| | | Re: Call me a Lego pureist if you will but...
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| (...) I always thought ZNAP was Lego's answear to K'nex (spit!), which is probably why it failed, nobody want's either. Of course K'nex is a huge failure, shame the people who make it (and the people who buy it) haven't realised that yet! :-). Steve (...) (23 years ago, 25-Apr-01, to lugnet.technic)
| | | Re: Call me a Lego pureist if you will but...
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| (...) But it's not that simple. LEGO's marketing and development as of late isn't simply a new avenue of exploration, but rather an abandonment of their ideals. It would be like if Caddilac started manufacturing riding lawn mowers, cut back (...) (23 years ago, 25-Apr-01, to lugnet.technic)
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| (...) Doesn't that go against the very nature of LEGO? If you can't use the parts to build anything but the original Throwbot model they came with (or a Throwbot MOC), then what business do these ultra-specialized parts have being treated like part (...) (23 years ago, 25-Apr-01, to lugnet.technic)
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