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Re: Call me a Lego pureist if you will but...
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lugnet.technic
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Thu, 26 Apr 2001 15:40:27 GMT
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In lugnet.technic, Bram Lambrecht wrote:
> Steven Lane writes:
> > (I think K'nex is foisted by shop assitants onto feeble minded senile
> > grandparents as a gift for their grandchildren, who else would buy it!)
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> For $99, you can buy an 8x4 foot roller coaster or a 5 foot tall Rube
> Goldbergian ball machine. (I have both, and they're both quite cool) K'Nex
> definitely has it's pros, especially for large constructions. And the parts
> are even more of a pain to separate than LEGO :)
Or $35 each, at after-Christmas sales. :) :)
Actually, one thing that K'nex (the company) is doing right is to reissue
their 'classic sets'. The Roller Coaster and the Big Ball Factory reappear
on store shelves every year, right around Christmas. No R&D investment for
the company, people keep buying them, the product gets a "wow, cool"
presense in the stores, and big builders get a decent supply of parts for a
discount. Why hasn't LEGO figured this one out?
--
Steve Bliss
Still gotta send away for those Ferris Wheel instructions, man.
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| (...) For $99, you can buy an 8x4 foot roller coaster or a 5 foot tall Rube Goldbergian ball machine. (I have both, and they're both quite cool) K'Nex definitely has it's pros, especially for large constructions. And the parts are even more of a (...) (23 years ago, 25-Apr-01, to lugnet.technic)
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