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Re: no new town sets in 2001??? :-(
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lugnet.town
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Mon, 22 Jan 2001 02:02:48 GMT
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In lugnet.town, Benjamin Medinets writes:
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> > There are only two possibilities I can imagine for the return of Lego town.
> > Along the SWAT team theory, probably the Alpha Team sets are going to be
> > "the town sets" for 2001. Another possibility, and although it is a long
> > shot, is that Lego realized the mistake of Town Jr. It would be wonderful
> > to have town sets with regular pieces, but with a more modern look to them.
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> While I don't really mind Alpha Team - they are all pretty unique but still
> too juniorized.....(especially red top dude - he is very unique and unusual)
> I like the "concept" of Alpha Team, what I don't like is the balance of
> vehicle vs. buildings.
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> While they made the Ogle's pretty generic, 2 people - Ogle soldier and
> Ogle commander (driving his small space craft)
> Alpha Team they each drive a different vehicle, and each person has their
> own identity....not a bad concept at all.
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> But again to illustrate the inbalance Alpha Team has no "base" and Ogle's
> have no fire power to fend off the Alpha Team. This isn't a fair fight...
> so to speak. I'm sure that next years line up we will see more ogle
> vehicles and a nice looking base for Alpha team, but right now....I
> would say it is typical marketing mistakes for TLG to do....and a real
> good reason for the troubles they are in........
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> The bottom line is that Alpha team is a real bad replacement for Town, and
> in my opinion so is the Studio line...it isn't bad by itself (its not
> terribly good, either), just not terribly compatible with the rest of the
> town sets.
I think all of the lego sets are getting to juniorized, peices are getting
to specialized, and cheep, there are around 5 sets per theme. TLG is making
a big mistake with all there juniorized sets, even Technic is getting cheep.
Josh
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| (...) While I don't really mind Alpha Team - they are all pretty unique but still too juniorized.....(especially red top dude - he is very unique and unusual) I like the "concept" of Alpha Team, what I don't like is the balance of vehicle vs. (...) (24 years ago, 21-Jan-01, to lugnet.town)
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