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Subject: 
Re: New Castle LEGOs
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lugnet.castle
Date: 
Sat, 11 Nov 2000 19:50:04 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, Jared Stewart writes:
And while I too am disappointed and can't wait to see the Harry Potter
line (has it been definitively confirmed that Lego will put one out?),

Yeah, IIRC TLC has issued press-releases about this.

I
will be spending my castle money on some of the (WARNING! BLASPHEMY!)
Bestlock sets seen here:  <snip>  Waiting around for Lego to finally
start making decent castles again just takes too long.  :)

I can definitely see more and more people being drawn to clone companies.
TLC is not listening to us, and if the clone companies are (and I've heard
rumors) it won't be long 'til many AFOLs (and KABOBs, perhaps even moreso)
will start buying other brands. Not everyone, of course - there'll always be
enough people "truthful" to TLC - but hey, I'll bet it'll be enough to drop
TLC's profits significantly.
(There was a thread about this awhile ago, I remember..)

-Shiri



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  Re: New Castle LEGOs
 
There has been at least one occasion in the past where no new castle sets were issued in a year. I know for a fact that it happened in 1991-- exactly 10 years ago. (btw, 1476 does not count as a castle set). And while I too am disappointed and can't (...) (24 years ago, 11-Nov-00, to lugnet.castle)

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