Remember: Us geeks are technical staff who get to make decisions. In a few months, I'm going to be making the decision "Do I fork out the better part of $20,000 to upgrade all our workstations or do I buy another bunch of servers to go in the cluster?"
The original themed bits were a *good* idea. They did the spaceshippy parts, with deltoid wings (try that with square blocks!) and transparent canopies, and helmets and ray guns and and...
And *then* the medieval sets, with horsies and damsels.
It was only when they got too specialised that they lost their appeal.
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Remember: Us geeks are technical staff who get to make decisions. In a few months, I'm going to be making the decision "Do I fork out the better part of $20,000 to upgrade all our workstations or do I buy another bunch of servers to go in the cluster?"
I'm only one geek, but I know I'm not alone.
The original themed bits were a *good* idea. They did the spaceshippy parts, with deltoid wings (try that with square blocks!) and transparent canopies, and helmets and ray guns and and...
And *then* the medieval sets, with horsies and damsels.
It was only when they got too specialised that they lost their appeal.