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Re: The Bar Does Not Go Down
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lugnet.dear-lego
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Tue, 11 May 2004 10:33:59 GMT
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> Are you in a completely different universe than the rest of the world? Have you
> seen the top ten new toy categories for boys, or followed sales at both the
> retail and customer levels?? Joe and Transformers command far more brand and
> buying power than LEGO, heck, they even moved into territory "owned" by LEGO.
> Heard of BTR. Man, Hasbro is eating miles per minute with sales of those, not
> to mention how TMNT is reaping rewards for a until-relaunch Playmates toys is
> commanding cash. Ban-Dai is still pounding out an annual supply of Power
> Rangers for the hungry 5 year old masses, and going strong. Nobody indeed.
> FYI, Hasbro recently released stock information, saying that most of their
> increased profit in the toy world for 2003 was due to the Transformers line
> which grew from already giant sized portions another 75% upward.
What would be interesting to know is how well the Mega Blocks Turtles and
Power Rangers lines are doing...
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| (...) Depends where you look. In Western PA, sales appear to be steady, but not overwhelming. I understand that the Power Rangers and other Bandai licenses not yet available in North America are selling quite well in Asia. But Aaron is a little (...) (20 years ago, 12-May-04, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| (...) Are you in a completely different universe than the rest of the world? Have you seen the top ten new toy categories for boys, or followed sales at both the retail and customer levels?? Joe and Transformers command far more brand and buying (...) (20 years ago, 11-May-04, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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