LEGO SYSTEM Town : 5490


Town / 5490

The "return" of Town in 2003 —Benjamin Whytcross

G'day all, I'm just back after visiting a LEGO "show" in Melbourne, where I found out that LEGO WILL be releasing a town style range next year...I don't know if it will be town Jr. [though I think it may as it was mentioned as "City" was returning] (...) (22 years ago, 27-Nov-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.au) !

Re: The "return" of Town in 2003 —Larry Pieniazek

(...) Well thanks for sharing the info just the same. We'll all have to wait and keep our fingers crossed, ne? Trimmed FUT to just .town ++Lar (hoping for a return of town sets I would want to buy) (22 years ago, 27-Nov-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.au)

Re: The "return" of Town in 2003 —Bryan Kinkel

Benjamin, Thank you for sharing this with us. I find it interesting that this news came up. The fact that Lego has produced a new set of road plates ((URL) may indeed point to a new town theme offering. A recent Lego Shop at Home catalog showed the (...) (22 years ago, 27-Nov-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.au)

Re: The "return" of Town in 2003 - new road plates sighted —Jeremy Dullard

Kmart Brunswick - new WIDE roads. Picture shows "Cre8r"&"Jax" dudes living in relative harmony with "Minis". No 2003 catlogs though. Sorry didn't check price. I am happy to see new road plates, I used to love mixing up my Road, Crater and Space (...) (22 years ago, 6-Mar-03, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.au)

Re: The "return" of Town in 2003 —James Howse

(...) Must not burst bubble Must not burst bubble Must not burst bubble Must not burst bubble Must not burst bubble Arrgh! I have a sneeking suspicion that this info may be connected to a Rep saying they were going to re-name JACK STONE, because (...) (22 years ago, 28-Nov-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.au)

Re: The "return" of Town in 2003 —Jan-Albert van Ree

(...) At LEGOWorld 2002 Brad Justus hinted that Town wasn't dead... maybe this is what he meant? Can't wait, would love to see some decent buildings (re)appear! (22 years ago, 28-Nov-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.au)

Re: The "return" of Town in 2003 —James Stacey

"Jan-Albert van Ree" <javanree@vanree.net> wrote in message news:3DE5FF78.405080...ree.net... (...) But how many police and fire stations do people need ?? :) I understand they give a good deal of scope for 'exciting' creative play, but the average (...) (22 years ago, 28-Nov-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general)

RE: The "return" of Town in 2003 —Marco Correia

(...) As in real life, there are old police/fire stations that are "sold", redone, becoming other types of buildings... :) (...) And everyone wants to be a racer. Well... I'd rather keep on having Police/Fire/Hospital than nothing... maybe that's (...) (22 years ago, 28-Nov-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general)

Re: The "return" of Town in 2003 —Allan Bedford

(...) Then perhaps the question becomes: Does 'Town' always have to equate to police and fire stations? I think the simple answer is, 'no'. What about schools, a library, low-rise office buildings, churches, and the list goes on. Maybe it isn't (...) (22 years ago, 28-Nov-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general)

Re: The "return" of Town in 2003 —Frank Filz

(...) While it would be lovely to see more LEGO sets like the Blacksmith's Shop, I don't expect TLC to ever compete with the buildings that AFOLs (and kids) build. Why? At the nominal price of 10 cents a brick, the types of buildings that AFOLs (...) (22 years ago, 28-Nov-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general)

Re: The "return" of Town in 2003 —Allan Bedford

(...) So, if I understand you, you're sort of saying that the Blacksmith's Shop was a good idea, but one that was overpriced? Or am I misreading your stance on this? I wonder if 'compete' is the wrong word in this case. Perhaps I should have said, (...) (22 years ago, 28-Nov-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general)

Re: The "return" of Town in 2003 —Timothy D. Freshly

"Allan Bedford" <ExpertBuilder-DELET...otome.com> wrote in message news:H6B7uD.5st@lugnet.com... (...) sets. (...) think (...) was a (...) this? Not trying to answer for Frank, but I understood him to mean that while the Blacksmith Shop is a great (...) (22 years ago, 28-Nov-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general)

Re: The "return" of Town in 2003 —Frank Filz

(...) Yea, that's what I was getting at. And even the Blacksmith shop would normally be a $60 set (I'm real curious as to why it is such a bargain). At $60 I think the Blacksmith shop would be a hard sell for kids. Now take some of these larger AFOL (...) (22 years ago, 29-Nov-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general)

Re: The "return" of Town in 2003 —Allan Bedford

(...) As I kid I loved construction toys. The original Expert Builder line included a crane, a forklift, a bulldozer and a tractor. While the first three were interesting to me, I thought the tractor was boring. Do kids really like farming toys? I'm (...) (22 years ago, 29-Nov-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general)

Re: The "return" of Town in 2003 —Simon Bennett

(...) That tractor was by a long way my favourite of the first Technical sets. I loved the fact that you could build three different tools for the back and I remember using my Britains farm toys (they used to sell very well so there certainly was a (...) (22 years ago, 29-Nov-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)

Re: The "return" of Town in 2003 —Steven Lane

(...) Don't let T.J hear you say tractors are boring :-). His articulated one isn't boring. A tracked articulated tractor would be even better. (...) I used to have Britains toys as well. I had a Unimog breakdown lorry, two tractors, One small and (...) (22 years ago, 29-Nov-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)

Re: The "return" of Town in 2003 —Allan Bedford

(...) I didn't say they _are_ boring. I said that I used to _think_ they were boring. Back when I was a kid. That was just a childhood memory talking. That's why I asked the question about today's kids. Sure, I think they're interesting now, but do (...) (22 years ago, 30-Nov-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)

Re: The "return" of Town in 2003 —Erik Olson

(...) There are certainly less farmers. The FFA has renamed itself to, well, FFA, and dropped Future Farmers of America. In a typical club nobody will actually grow up to farm--much like Boy Scouts won't actually need to survive in the wilderness. (...) (22 years ago, 30-Nov-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)

Re: The "return" of Town in 2003 —James Stacey

Steven lane" <steveroblane@aol.com> wrote in message news:H6Cq0B.EM0@lugnet.com... (...) a (...) every (...) them (...) hubs (...) I still have a large Britains farm set in the roof. It seems odd Lego have never really done much (outside Duplo) (...) (22 years ago, 2-Dec-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)

Re: The "return" of Town in 2003 —Kevin Wilson

James Stacey wrote in message ... (...) I had a lot of Britains farm machinery when I was a kid too, although it has long gone, who knows where. I loved it at the time and played with it a lot. They are still producing it, too, right? There are a (...) (22 years ago, 2-Dec-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)

Re: The "return" of Town in 2003 —Ross Crawford

(...) Yes, they do. The tractor was my first technic set, and my third all-time favourite, behind the space shuttle and the 8860 car chassis (my second technic set). ROSCO (22 years ago, 1-Dec-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general)

Re: The "return" of Town in 2003 —Pedro Silva

(...) I agree. Even if there were farming sets for Town, I suppose they'd enjoy great acceptance. I would surely buy some - and I'm a city-boy, not a farmer :-) I do recall going to the UK once and noticing that there were a number of farming toys (...) (22 years ago, 1-Dec-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general)

Re: The "return" of Town in 2003 —Kevin Wilson

Frank Filz wrote in message <3DE6D91F.1BA78DCE@m...ng.com>... (...) I don't think so. The ISD has 3104 pieces... my Hospital at about 2400 pieces sold for $389. Lego ought to be able to do it cheaper than me :-) Now if you're talking about a model (...) (22 years ago, 29-Nov-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general)

Re: The "return" of Town in 2003 —Kevin Wilson

Allan Bedford wrote in message ... (...) My experience with selling custom kits is that I do *better* with large, expensive kits. My most expensive kit was the Hospital at $389 and 2400 pieces, and it moved much faster than the cheaper kits I've (...) (22 years ago, 29-Nov-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general)

Re: The "return" of Town in 2003 —Frank Filz

(...) No, but they say nothing about what the effective upper limit for a TLC set would be. Other than some very one of a kind specials, TLC isn't going to be interested in a trying to market a set with an audience of less than 100. Frank (22 years ago, 29-Nov-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general)

Re: The "return" of Town in 2003 —Ronald Vallenduuk

What you'd need are churches and pubs. The average village in Ireland does not consist of 4 fire stations, 3 police stations, 1 shop and one house, more likely that would be 4 pubs, three churches, a shop and a house.... I'm not much of an expert on (...) (22 years ago, 28-Nov-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general)

Re: The "return" of Town in 2003 —Kerry Raymond

(...) I suspect that such things appeal more to adults than to kids. Games like cops-and-robbers or playing with model cars, planes and fire engines all pre-date Lego or are successful as non-Lego toys, so it is hardly surprising that a Lego police (...) (22 years ago, 28-Nov-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general)

Re: The "return" of Town in 2003 —Allan Bedford

(...) Yes, probably not the most exciting list I could have come up with. O.K. How about a junk yard, a race track, an automotive repair shop, an amusement park.... Towns all have those exciting things, right? :) (...) I built such realistic (...) (22 years ago, 29-Nov-02, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general)

Re: The "return" of Town in 2003 —Michael Golaszewski

(...) You may find these sets now called 'Junior' instead of Jack Stone. They are exactly the same. We have had the new road plates for a while, and what we have noticed is that on the back of the pack where you have the suggestions for your town, (...) (22 years ago, 6-Mar-03, to lugnet.town, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.au)