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In lugnet.general, Ken Bailey wrote:
> In lugnet.general, Jake McKee wrote:
> snip
> > < Begin Humorous Sarcasm >
> >
> > Well, besides the
> > - MOT sets
> > - Santa Fe sets
> > - Metroliner
> > - Club Car
> > - Guarded Inn
> > - Black Falcon's Fortress
> > - USS Constellation
> > - Countless other various Legends sets
> > - Legends voting
> > - Blacksmith Shop MOC
> > - Santa Fe Cars MOC
> > - Current Bulk Program
> > - PaB
> > - Imperial Star Destoyer
> > - Rebel Blockade Runner
> > - UCS Snowspeeder
> > - Wright Flyer
> > - Sopwith Camel
> > - Red Baron
> > - Shell sets
> > - Seasonal sets (turkey, pumpkin, US flag, Christmas ornaments, etc.)
> > - Statue of Liberty
> > - Minifig Sculpture
> > - Darth Maul bust
> > - Special purchasing deals
> > - LEGO Mosaic
> > - Last shot of Cypress trees
> > - ...and whatever else I have up my sleeve
> >
> > Other than that, you're right, we don't list much! :)
> >
> > < /End Humorous Sarcasm >
>
> Sorry Jake but I have to point out that all of the items listed above are/have
> been only available to those who are able to use S@H or have a Lego brand name
> store close to them ie; NOT the majority of shoppers.
Certainly, minus as Jason says, the times when they do come to retail.
> For those of us that do not (or can't, for whatever reason) shop from S@H and
> who do not have a Lego brand shop in their country, those items might as well be
> on the moon.
Sure, but saying they don't exist, and saying they exist in a channel you don't
feel like using is much different.
> From the impulse/casual buyer's viewpoint, Lego has done none of those things,
> nothing special/extra has been provided for those buyers at all.
Well, besides the entire What Will You Make? line....
More importantly, the comment I responded to had eveything to do with AFOLs. The
comment was that TLC hasn't listened to AFOLs or paid attention to their needs.
My comment was meant to show that we have, in fact, listened to the AFOLs, and
listened in a big way.
> Personally, I think Lego is missing a rather significant part of the market
> here, I realise some (most/all?) of these items have been created as
> "exclusives" for S@H, but if that exclusivity were for, say the first year, and
> then the models etc were supplied to normal retail outlets, either as generally
> available items, or perhaps listed in the catalogs as "special items that you
> can ask your retailer to order for you" then I believe Lego would not be
> dissapointed with the sales figures.
Well, we can't force anything at all on retailers. It's up to them to decide,
ultimately, what they accept and what they don't. When retailers have been
interested in the exclusives, we've worked out deals to get them to them. (As
mentioned by Jason's examples)
I'm not saying that some of these exclusives wouldn't do well in retail, but I'm
also not convinced that it's an absolute no-brainer, slam-dunk.
> So, I guess this is a plea for Lego to consider those of us who, like I said,
> can't or won't use S@H and don't have a Lego brand shop nearby.
I'm actually more interested to know why you won't use S@H.
Jake
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Jake McKee
Community Liaison
LEGO Community Development
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| (...) Why should I? Too difficiult, too expensive (plus shipping!), and it is an Online Shop, for heavens sake. There is nothing better for shopping decisions than to go into a real shop and lay your hands on the product. Besides, nobody files, (...) (20 years ago, 6-May-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.castle)
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| (...) Check-By-Phone. I don't use credit cards, and I don't want to wait for my payment to arrive by snail-mail before my shipment can be sent to me. In addition to the fact that S@H usually costs more because of S&H charges, it'd take over a week (...) (20 years ago, 6-May-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.castle)
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| In lugnet.general, Jake McKee wrote: snip out humorous sarcasm list (...) Unfortunately, the stores Jason mentions (Target and TRU) do not have branches here in New Zealand, and apart from 2 Pirate ships re-issued several years ago, I have seen (...) (20 years ago, 6-May-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.castle)
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| In lugnet.general, Jake McKee wrote: snip (...) Sorry Jake but I have to point out that all of the items listed above are/have been only available to those who are able to use S@H or have a Lego brand name store close to them ie; NOT the majority of (...) (20 years ago, 6-May-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego, lugnet.castle)
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