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Re: 9v Train status report.
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lugnet.trains
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Sat, 1 Apr 2006 04:32:51 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Bryan Kinkel wrote:
> My initial thought - on reading this news and the other thread about club
> participation - was "How did we get HERE?"
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> It seemed like there was so much goodwill built up starting way back with
> the LEGO Train Summit, the My Own Train series, trains at Target, the
> meteoric rise of the LEGO train clubs ("free publicity for LEGO"), realistic
> 9V engines, JM's Sante Fe cars, the various fests - and now - a questionable
> future for the 9V train line.
I suspect, despite AFOLs protests to the contrary, the true measurable sales
impact of AFOLs, train shows and the like, is very small in comparison to
mainstream marketing, sales and distribution.
Everything else was the dedication and aspirations of Jake, a train fan at
heart.
Calum
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| (...) I tend to agree. I get a lot of the "I didn't know Lego made trains" at train shows and give them the standard spiel, "Yes, long time, mostly mail order, etc." We've done shows with a train set or two available for sale (MSRP) and IIRC have (...) (18 years ago, 2-Apr-06, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: 9v Train status report.
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| Eric, First off - THANK YOU for the news. (Good to see actual Lego discussion is going on in lugnet.trains.) My initial thought - on reading this news and the other thread about club participation - was "How did we get HERE?" It seemed like there (...) (18 years ago, 31-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains)
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