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Re: The "return" of Town in 2003
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lugnet.town, lugnet.general
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Thu, 28 Nov 2002 15:50:30 GMT
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Timothy D. Freshly <TIMOTHY.FRESHLY@VERIZON.antispamNET>
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"Allan Bedford" <ExpertBuilder-DELETE-TO-REPLY@apotome.com> wrote in message
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> In lugnet.town, Frank Filz writes:
> > Allan Bedford wrote:
> > > Except for some of the wonderful original creations that people come up
> > > with. The real problem, in my opinion, is that some of the fan created
> > > buildings are miles and away better than what the company puts out as • sets.
> > > How can LEGO compete with such talented fans? No smilie here... I • think
> > > this is a real issue.
> >
> > 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 build would be too expensive for TLC's
> > product line.
>
> 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?
Not trying to answer for Frank, but I understood him to mean that while the
Blacksmith Shop is a great set, in general, LEGO will not "compete" with the
level of AFOL building constructions (many of which contains thousands or
even tens of thousands of pieces).
I agree with Alan that a longer list of town buildings would really help
LEGO reach out to more kids.
Tim
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| (...) 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)
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| (...) 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)
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