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Eric Brok

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Jan 19, 1998, 3:00:00 AM1/19/98

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Ninja are not in the NA catalog! This is evidence to my assumptions that te
Ninja theme was specifically developed to increase market share in Japan.

have a look at:
http://www.lego.com/parents/overview.asp

Note the clear age distinction between Town Junior and LEGO Themes. This
makes clear what has happened. 'Town Junior' somehow got official as a
phrase.
Also note that Technic is appearantly not advisable for girls.

Mindstorms is in the software directory, so probably 28 januari a new
Technic software title will be released. (Seperate from the programming
brick project - I think mindstorms will be an electronic Technic idea
Book).

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Russell Nelson

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Jan 19, 1998, 3:00:00 AM1/19/98

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"Eric Brok" <eric...@ouh.nl> writes:

> Also note that Technic is appearantly not advisable for girls.

Nope. The talking girl minifigs say "Technics is hard!"

Roby Sherman

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Jan 19, 1998, 3:00:00 AM1/19/98

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In article <01bd24d2$bbc628e0$35ca...@W-HRL-006860.OUH.NL>, "Eric Brok" wrote:
>Ninja are not in the NA catalog! This is evidence to my assumptions that te
>Ninja theme was specifically developed to increase market share in Japan.
>

The remote control vehicles aren't in there, also. I don't think that they
are going to waste space in the NA catalog with things that are not
"available" until like May or July. What has LEGO done in the past with
sets that were not coming out until later in the year???

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Jan 20, 1998, 3:00:00 AM1/20/98

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(Roby Sherman) wrote:
>
"Eric Brok" wrote:
> >Ninja are not in the NA catalog! This is evidence to my assumptions that te
> >Ninja theme was specifically developed to increase market share in Japan.
> >
>
> The remote control vehicles aren't in there, also. I don't think that they
> are going to waste space in the NA catalog with things that are not
> "available" until like May or July. What has LEGO done in the past with
> sets that were not coming out until later in the year???
>

Also NA (North America) catalog is mixed with SA (South America, and of
course Brazil). The NA product line where allways diferent from Brazil.
Either TLG is changing that or most likely it is a mistake...

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Stu Smith

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Jan 20, 1998, 3:00:00 AM1/20/98

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Something pretty awesome about the site (for Web Surfers) is the UFO Game.
Once you download the plugin, go back to the site (I forget the
manufacturer) and walk around the virtual town. It's good to see that the
Lego Group is catching on to new technologies. Next month, however, we'll
probably have to subscribe to their site.