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| Okay. First I do agree with a little bit of what you said, no bulk sales. I beleive the Lego company was started by basic bricks. I think Town Jr. is sorry. Here are somethings to note: Lego is basically family owned. Town Jr. is aimed toward the 8 (...) (25 years ago, 10-Jan-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.space, lugnet.technic, lugnet.trains)
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| Dan <jedi101673@aol.com> wrote in message news:Fo585t.Ho5@lugnet.com... (...) have (...) And this is the beginning of what I see as a vicious downward-spiralling circle - kids are more impatient, so TLG comes up with easier sets (presumably to keep (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.space, lugnet.technic, lugnet.trains)
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| Timothy D. Freshly writes: > And this is the beginning of what I see as a vicious downward-spiralling > circle - kids are more impatient, so TLG comes up with easier sets > (presumably to keep kids from getting frustrated and going on to "easier" > (...) (25 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics)
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| (...) IMO, if TLG doesn't cut it out with the "sell to the impatient ones" plan soon, kids will become more and more used to it, until the whole thing is screwed. I think TLG is making the kids impatient by getting them used to such juniorized (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.space, lugnet.technic, lugnet.trains)
| | | | | Why SW isn't Jr-ized? (was Re: It's Time AFOL Take Action!)
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| (...) It occures to me to wonder: Perhaps the SW sets aren't Jr-ized because LEGO could be certain of selling enough to make a good profit, even with a narrower margin? Perhaps LEGO's market analysis indicates that in general they need to have X (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars)
| | | | | Re: Why SW isn't Jr-ized? (was Re: It's Time AFOL Take Action!)
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| (...) due in part to the control that the merchandising division of Lucasfilm exerts over TLC's designs. I've read that many of the toys that Hasbro/Kenner produces are closely reviewed by Lucasfilm for quality and realism. But that doesn't mean (...) (25 years ago, 12-Jan-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.starwars)
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