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Re: Article text
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lugnet.general
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Sat, 28 Feb 2004 08:01:25 GMT
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In lugnet.general, David Laswell wrote:
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They did no such thing. The new HP Hogwarts Castle is a 100% new design.
The intent was to provide something that would appeal to those who had
already bought the original Hogwarts, but that could still serve as a focal
set for those who hadn’t. The original Hogwars was primarily built around
the main hall, IIRC. Here’s a pic of the new Hogwarts, which focuses
primarily around the front entrance, and includes a motorized clock that
causes the main gate to open:
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OK so nobody likes my term “Switched around”. Matters not. The point is that
they had nowhere near sold the original castle to all the people who would
likely buy one. They couldn’t keep going with it though because of the color
change. So instead of lapping up the gravy from the first one they had to
develop another one, new artwork and so on and so on. This very poor business
decision and others just as bad are why they can’t seem to make money off
licenced lines and why it is that this is Harry’s last hurrah.-Ken
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| (...) If they tried to keep milking the original Hogwarts for every last drop, they'd be bleeding money to the Law of Diminishing Returns. There's a point where continued production of a set becomes a liability, and when the vast majority of stores (...) (20 years ago, 28-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| (...) They did no such thing. The new HP Hogwarts Castle is a 100% new design. The intent was to provide something that would appeal to those who had already bought the original Hogwarts, but that could still serve as a focal set for those who (...) (20 years ago, 27-Feb-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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