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Re: Not My Own Train
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Thu, 17 May 2001 20:29:15 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, John Kelly III writes:
> ...snip...
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> > The real problem doesn't necessarily reflect on juniorization (which is
> > partly to blame, please stop that), but an over-all lack of quality. The
> > engineers designing these sets just aren't good at what they do. I enjoy
> > making my own models, but have always been captivated by Lego designs-- but
> > not for the last few years.
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> After spending some time working for Lego and talking to some of my buddies
> who used to work designing the star wars sets, I'd argue that it is not the
> designer's fault the models seem uninspired, it's the constraints that are
> placed on the designer to be at a certain price point for a size model.
> Many stories I can't tell about designs that were scrapped because it was
> not cost effective to produce them in Lego's sales mind.
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> Mind you, I'm not arguing for this type of mentality, just offering some
> insight into why it is so. Given a free hand, the designers come up with
> some incredible models, they just aren't ever sold.
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> -john 3
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> > It's a sad day when you build a Lego model and you end up hating it.
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> > That's just my opinion...
> > -Lars
Wow, thanks for the insight John! I always suspected that creativity and
versatility were scrapped for sake of a set design's monetary bottom line.
It just kills me (and probably the designers too) that the designers are not
given as much of a free hand. I'm not the first person to say that in my
opinion, TLC's departure into juniorism cost them much more than they saved.
I, like many others, would have paid more for better sets, (well, some more
anyways). Raising the bar on cost effectiveness would have (IMHO) yeilded
TLC a healthy profit over the past couple of years rather than losses.
I guess we'll all just have to see whether or not they will test the theory
of how much the traffic will bear for older styled sets and if it would
actually be profitable to produce them again.
Rich
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| In lugnet.trains, Richard W. Schamus writes: <snipped insights> (...) Hopefully sets like the new Sopwith Camel sell well enough to convince LEGO that there is a market for high quality, highly detailed sets. And I would guess they're also watching (...) (24 years ago, 17-May-01, to lugnet.trains)
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| ...snip... (...) After spending some time working for Lego and talking to some of my buddies who used to work designing the star wars sets, I'd argue that it is not the designer's fault the models seem uninspired, it's the constraints that are (...) (24 years ago, 17-May-01, to lugnet.trains)
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