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Re: My Thoughts on the 2000 Line...
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Sat, 13 Nov 1999 22:17:23 GMT
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Jonas Marcho wrote in message ...
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> Arctic - clever, but it's just like Divers. There isn't a whole lot of fun
> involved here, and if you ask me this is just Legos was of releasing a lot
of
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If you're implying that Divers wasn't much fun, I would disagree, in terms
of play value the Ocean is an exciting and varied "frontier", especially
when comparing it to the Arctic. If you're not implying that, then forget I
brought it up.
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> RoboRiders - this is just recycled crap, sort of like the ThrowBots. I plan • to
> purchase them and incorporate them in some sort of battle against the
> ThrowBots or each other. Can they all combine into one big RoboRider? It
> doesn't look like it.
This is easily one of the things I like the least about Lego's marketing
trends, the way they feel the need to make "action games" out of Lego
because just building things "is too boring" (not quoting anyone, that's
just what I imagine TLG execs saying).
> Model Team - those sets look easy. I'll bet they will cost a lot, as usual. • I
> will not be buying these, because all Lego is trying to do here is cash in • on
> those helpless Star Wars fans who have to own EVERYTHING with the words • 'Star
> Wars' on them.
This isn't really fair, a large proportion of people bought these because
they were good sets. In any case there's nothing wrong with liking something
because it is evocative of one of your favourite movie series of all time. I
have bought every SW set I thought did its movie counterpart justice (and
had good pieces). I will definitely be buying the "Model Team" X-wing.
> Town - nothing special here, but of course I'll bet some cool sets will • appear
> in the Shop-at-Home Catalog, as they usually do. I wonder if those big road
> peices have the same measurements as normal roadplates? If so, I could • picture
> the creation of a large town with overpasses and multi-lane highways.
I really do hope that those roadplates are 1) actually available and not
just part of the catalog's display; and 2) they will be available separately
(like normal road plates) so that people have the _option_ of going over to
black roads instead of a weird mix of black and grey. Personally I prefer
the black ones because bitumen is black - crazy I know ;-)
Paul
[My page: http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Shuttle/5168/ Update soon]
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| Paul Baulch wrote in message ... (...) The Diver sets were a great add on to town and also a source of parts for the following creations I made: Tourist submarine that holds 10 tourists & 1 captain. Hyperbaric chamber (Decompression chamber). (...) (25 years ago, 13-Nov-99, to lugnet.town)
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| Soccer - although I probobly will end up buying a few of those 'Soccer Bus' sets simply for the number of minifigs contained within, I must say that this is a terrible looking theme. These sets pake in comparison to the promotional Soccer sets (...) (25 years ago, 12-Nov-99, to lugnet.town)
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