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In lugnet.general, Eric Sophie wrote:
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In lugnet.general, Richard Marchetti wrote:
Ohh Potty Mouth Alert!
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I swoop down from yonder mountain top on my Mecha to dispense justice for all.
Jon Palmer and Richard Marchetti are hearby banished to .duplo and .primo
respectively for the period of no less than 24 hours as is custom here on
LUGNET. They may not post elsewhere with the exception of their forsaid posting
grounds.
Until then the Phantom Zone is nice this time of year:
Play on.
The Legomaster has spoken.
e
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The pictures are all I can read here:
http://a9a.jp/lego/lego-primo.html
Most interesting to me are the 5451 Musical Sea Mobile, and the 5450
Discovery Bird.
Has anyone seen these in the US, or anywhere else?
Thanks
John
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In lugnet.lego, Ed Andrews writes:
> Looking over some old product catalogues from the seventies, Duplo products
> used to be listed as ages 1 to 3 and the classic creator sets started at 3.
> Now I see Duplo / Explorer sets starting at anywhere from 1.5 to 3 years old
> as the minimum age, with creator sets starting at 5. I thought that part of
> the reason behind the original Duplo line was due to product safety's
> testing using the windpipe test. Doesn’t a 2 x 2 Duplo brick pass this test?
Decide for yourself. One Step Ahead (and I'm sure other vendors) makes a
simple choking hazard tester that's great for evaluating small toys. There
are lots of Primo/Baby stacking toys available. Also, check out the new
Explorer musical toys.
> I know that no one at LEGO will endorse having an eight month old play with
> Duplos, but aside from the bath tug boat, Primos are no long holding my
> son's interest. Obviously supervision is required with all products, but
> couldn’t a Primo be chipped or broken and pose a choking hazard?
I doubt a small child could chip a Primo or Duplo brick. As for size, the
1x2x2 Duplo bricks (mostly printed) are the ones I'd take a close look at
and weed out. The biggest issue I have with Duplo vs. Primo with small
kids, is how much they get rolled on. Primos are little more forgiving
since they have rounded edges.
-Rob.
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The available range is much more extensive today, but still not quite
complete. The menus have been fixed up. Still no intelli-trains even
though the Trains submenu has a "NEW!" tag affixed.
Random things of interest in the new Explore sets:
There is a trans-blue "dolphin" in the Beach House set (3609), which looks
like it has been done off the baby killer whale mold.
There is a forklift in the Cargo Trucks (Intelli-Train) set 3326.
3619 Traffic Town has a lift.
3615 Theatre Stories has all sorts of interesting little bits, including a
crown, a shield and other costumes, and I think it has a frog which might be
a shroud like the ghosts (I'm not sure on this, need to see a clearer
complete picture of the set)
Explore is definitely not the demise of Duplo, it seems to be the best new
range for several years!
Deidre
drb@tasmail.com
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A whole stack of Explore sets are now listed at Shop At Home. There are some
extra sets not listed on the info pages and some of those on the info pages
are not yet up at SAH. There are differences from country to country eg USA
has all 5 of the new Bob the Builder sets, Germany has 2 of them, Australia
none (yet).
It looks like it is still a work in progress, only a few sets can be found
by navigating through the Baby & Preschool menus, the What's New menu is
much more useful.
I'm intrigued by the fact that several Primo/Baby sets have received new set
numbers even though they are identical in content to the older sets, the
only difference as far as I can tell is the new Explore packaging.
Deidre
drb@tasmail.com
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