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Re: non-Lego elements (rumors on Knex)
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lugnet.build, lugnet.general
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Thu, 24 Aug 2000 14:37:29 GMT
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I would say that if they want to end KNEX, all they have to do is bring out
KNEX Jr. and let the market kill it for them.
Mike
Reinhard "Ben" Beneke <r.beneke@tu-bs.de> wrote in message
news:FzswEo.8Co@lugnet.com...
> In lugnet.trains, John Gerlach writes:
> >
> > If LEGO buys knex, and they decide to integrate the two different lines, • that
> > will just give us MORE pieces to play with. Although, it would also give • us
> > more pieces to sort and store... ;-)
> >
> > JohnG, GMLTC
> > fut .build
>
> I have heared by rumors, that Lego in fact HAS bought Knex!
>
> The story I heared is the following:
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> Lego lost market volume by Knex, so they decided to bring out a comparable
> line, which was the cheap SNAP crap... (My personal opinion on SNAP is, I
> dislike it and it is of course not part of Lego System toys.)
>
> Knex got into trouble by SNAP and Lego was able to overtake them. Now the • SNAP
> line won't be continued and Knex will vanish from the shelves in a short • too.
>
> That's how I heared this story (as said just as a rumor). Can anybody • prove it
> or maybe better tell that this story isn't true?
>
> Of course that's just marketing (or should I call it darwinism?), but I • think
> such a behaviour wouldn't fit into the moralic schemes of the official • Lego
> policy.
>
> Sorry to write a Lego-critical posting again: I'm one of the greatest fan • of
> the Lego products (at least those from my childhood), but now and then I • lost
> my faith in the abilities of the Lego companies leaders....
>
> (On the other hand: the winter catalogue 2000 has got a lot of great new • models
> and town junior is nearly past, yeah!)
>
> Kind Regards,
>
> Ben
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