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In lugnet.belville, Wes Loder writes:
> > Check out this thread, Wes.
> > http://news.lugnet.com/castle/?n=7281
>
> Thanks, Sean.
>
> An interesting twist on the Belville format
> and theme, to be sure. I'm not sure I would like to
> see Harry Potter et. al. taking over Belville
> anymore than the other commentators in that
> thread, but I can see where the Belville scale
> would give designers more scope for
> individualizing the dolls to match the characters.
> Let's face it, the mini-fig of Luke is Luke only
> because of the sets he comes with. The minute
> lines on the mini-fig face—while creative—
> require a bit of imagination.
> A greater difficulty would be merchandizing
> Belville to appeal to little boys. Belville is a
> girl-oriented theme. Purple boxes, cute hearts
> and numerous flowers do not create a product
> setting with much boy appeal (IMHO). I buy and
> build with Belville sets because I happen to like
> the scale and because the particular sculpturing
> and design of the faces appeals to me. Opinions
> differ. I do not care for the Scala figures at all.
> Putting Harry Potter into Belville would
> also require a major color palette shift. The
> pastels and pinks would not work well. I try to
> imagine Belville in traditional LEGO System
> Castle greys and black and my mind spins. It
> would be neat, but it would not be Belville.
> Other thoughts? Cheers, WES
Just 'cause the toys would be in Belville scale doesn't mean that it'd
have to be designated Belville by name. But it's not like it couldn't work
as a sub-theme. Oh, and by the way, I had trouble posting a message to
Belville and Dear-lego, so please check out my posting message number 28601
in lugnet.general as it's very pertinent to this thread.
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