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Re: Future Wild West Possibilities
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lugnet.western
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Fri, 31 Dec 1999 16:03:22 GMT
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In lugnet.western, Dave Schuler writes:
> In lugnet.western, Frank Filz writes:
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> > I have to admit to not having seen any of the Civil War movies (other than
> > Gone With The Wind). I still say that the Civil War has not been
> > romanticized to the same degree that wild west, pirates, castle, and
> > adventurers are. Look at the whole toy market. How many castle toys are
> > there? How many pirate toys? How many wild west toys? I don't recall seeing
> > many Civil War toys, though there is an abundance generic modern war toys.
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> I had one set of plastic Civil War soldiers when I was about 4, but I
> haven't seen many other toys. However, this points out an interesting market
> trend that addresses a point made elsewhere on this thread:
> Someone suggested that a Civil War theme would be almost guaranteed to do
> well, but the current lack of Civil War toys suggests to me that at least some
> marketing researchers have judged it not to be a toy line worth pursuing at
> this time.
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> Dave!
I remember small plastic Civil War soldiers when I was younger as well. I do
know that <a
href="http://195.63.217.70/cgi-bin/playmobil.storefront/1816931354/Catalog/1012
">Playmobil</a> currently has Civil War sets out now. Check it out. I think
that they have been doing Civil War for 20 years now if I remember right.
David
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| (...) I think Playmobil shows that the Civil War can be done. Not only that, but that it can be done tastefully with out causing hard feelings to anyone. You don't have to put people in chains. It doesn't have to have every detail of the war. It's (...) (24 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.western)
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| (...) I had one set of plastic Civil War soldiers when I was about 4, but I haven't seen many other toys. However, this points out an interesting market trend that addresses a point made elsewhere on this thread: Someone suggested that a Civil War (...) (24 years ago, 31-Dec-99, to lugnet.western)
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