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Re: The Official "Issues List"
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lugnet.ambassadors
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Mon, 30 Jul 2007 06:05:04 GMT
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In lugnet.ambassadors, Brian Davis wrote:
> Disclaimer: I'm not a train guy, not even close. And I agree that the 9V system
> is a fantastic system in and of itself, not to mention the amazing things train
> clubs do with it. Should it be on the "list"? I'd *absolutely* agree. And I
> really *really* hope that it's not going away anytime soon. That said...
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> In lugnet.ambassadors, William R. Ward wrote:
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> > There are no space or castle or any other genre that
> > does anything nearly as visible to the public eye as
> > train clubs.
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> Hmm. I'm not sure exactly where you get that statistic from. For instance, FIRST
> LEGO League had "nearly 90,000 children participating worldwide 8,846 teams"
> last year, and this year the projection is for over 106,000 children. [...]
Children. Sorry I wasn't clear. I was talking about AFOLs.
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| (...) I have to take issue with the statement also. BrickJournal has become pretty visible to the public eye, as it now averages 50,000 downloads an issue. In terms of visibility, the magazine has gotten inquiries and news releases from places such (...) (17 years ago, 30-Jul-07, to lugnet.ambassadors)
| | | Re: The Official "Issues List"
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| (...) Why? Your thrust seemed to be the PR value of the 9V trains line - and PR value is to the public, not just AFoLs (in fact, AFoLs, as has been discussed, seem to make up a small percentage of the sales... although I personally seem to be (...) (17 years ago, 30-Jul-07, to lugnet.ambassadors)
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| | Re: The Official "Issues List"
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| Disclaimer: I'm not a train guy, not even close. And I agree that the 9V system is a fantastic system in and of itself, not to mention the amazing things train clubs do with it. Should it be on the "list"? I'd *absolutely* agree. And I really (...) (17 years ago, 29-Jul-07, to lugnet.ambassadors)
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