LEGO SYSTEM Town : 5510


Town / 5510

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)