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Re: PROPOSAL for new track (was Re: New Lego Track!
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Date: 
Tue, 17 May 2005 18:05:01 GMT
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Bryan Kinkel wrote:

> Too complicated for adults? Or too complicated for children?
> 
> Did LEGO determine that the automated parts were too complex for their
> target audience (children?)

Adults weren't even considered a market in those days...

> Assuming it is *financially viable*, why can't LEGO have introductory
> train sets for children and more complex electronic sets for teenagers and
> adults? Isn't that what LEGO does with their current product line?

Logistics, cost, risk and it not being a core market. Nothing else.
--
Jan-Albert van Ree   | http://www.vanree.net/brickpiles/



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Too complicated for adults? Or too complicated for children? Did LEGO determine that the automated parts were too complex for their target audience (children?) Assuming it is *financially viable*, why can't LEGO have introductory train sets for (...) (21 years ago, 17-May-05, to lugnet.trains)

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