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Galidor, for good or bad
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Wed, 6 Feb 2002 15:27:40 GMT
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Lego.com now has a page for Galidor and they are updating it apparently in a
lead up to the Toy Fair. They started with the large picture of character
silhouettes that we saw in a winter catalogue and day by day they seem to
be filling them in. So far you can see what four of what the characters look
like:
www.lego.com/galidor/default.asp
If you read through some of the site at www.galidor.com you can find some of
the premise. A professor, and some kids, find a way to enter a separated
dimension in a ship (this is the large round central shape in the silhouette
picture, with an open hatch) and meet all these wacky aliens. The aliens,
however different looking, are able to switch limbs and appendages with each
other, an action the show calls glinching.
So when you look at the Lego figures think that most of the limbs are
detachable and interchangeable, I expect this to be done through technic
friction pegs. I think most importantly that this product line should not be
compared in any way to the Lego system or Technic or any other brick-based
line. Rather we should compare it to other action figure lines and TV
show-based products and see if it rises above its competitiors in design,
quality of manufacture, inventiveness and playability. If it is better than
everyone else in these ways, I think it can be judged a success. The Lego
corporation should not be criticized for attempting to grow by expanding
into fields like action figures or non-brick related areas. Only if it does
so badly shoud we worry.
From the pictures available, the figures look well designed and solidly
built and I might want to own some. Another question I have is whether they
are going to be boxed and requiring assembly like traditional Lego sets or
whether the are going to be bubble carded like traditional action figures.
My bet is on the bubble card as I think that Lego will want to distance this
from their bricks to emphasize that it is a new direction for them.
Truly I think this is the beginning of a new era for Lego, for good or ill.
The first time they are master licenser for a product.
Jonathan L
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| (...) Hmmm, a "revolutionary toy concept?" I'm still waiting to hear what distinguishes these from the Socket Poppers action figures I bought about 10 years ago. BTW, I think I saw a TV ad indicating the show debuts this coming weekend. (...) No (...) (23 years ago, 7-Feb-02, to lugnet.year.2002)
| | | Re: Galidor, for good or bad
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| UUGH!! A visit to this site gave me a worm virus. I'll never go back! Rose "Jonathan Lill" <jonathanlill@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:Gr4Ay4.ALo@lugnet.com... (...) a (...) look (...) of (...) silhouette (...) each (...) be (...) than (...) does (...) (23 years ago, 7-Feb-02, to lugnet.year.2002)
| | | Re: Galidor, for good or bad
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| (...) That is very true. But it's an incremental new era, not a revolutionary one. (...) The first time, except for Bionicle, right? And except for all the licensed add-on bits for the main LEGO brand, right? :) Steve (23 years ago, 7-Feb-02, to lugnet.year.2002)
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