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(...) I never said that trendy toys don't sell well. In the case of GI Joe and Transformers, one has ebbed and flowed in and out of existence for several decades, while the other is on at least it's second return, the first of which was very short (...) (21 years ago, 11-May-04, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) One thing that have mssed in your comments is the global position of some of the brands (I'm not arguing either way, just pointing out) GI Joe is pretty much unknown here in the UK. Transformers were big but don't seem to have kept going or (...) (21 years ago, 11-May-04, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) As I'm given to understand, it's a giant pinecone that is filled with candy. That's a little silly given that pinecones *are* candy, but still. (Well, they are where I'm from, anyways. You need to get better pine trees.) LFB XFUT ->.o-t.fun (21 years ago, 11-May-04, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) What is a pineata? (21 years ago, 11-May-04, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) What would be interesting to know is how well the Mega Blocks Turtles and Power Rangers lines are doing... (21 years ago, 11-May-04, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Well, around here, Playmobil has about two or three times the shelf space than Lego has. And it sells well, because the size/price-ratio is way better than Lego (even if one takes the differences in scale into account). Their big advantage is (...) (21 years ago, 11-May-04, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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I'm a citizen of Legoland travellin' Incommunicado "Jeff Findley" <jeff.findley@rmspam...mspam.com> wrote in message news:HxI8rG.FA9@lugnet.com... <snip> (...) revenue (...) kids (...) could (...) They (...) Good points but you have to appreciate (...) (21 years ago, 11-May-04, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) <snip> No, it shouldn't. I ran a survey just recently as part of my Year 11 Maths studies course (last year, i'm in year 12 now) which ascertained that if people are going to give up lego, they will do it at about 7-9 years of age. This is (...) (21 years ago, 11-May-04, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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I gotta say one thing in favor of flash in the pan fads: LEGO clearances at Target and Wal-Mart. I build up bigtime and don't spend as much as I would have 10-20 years ago. Good for me. :o) (21 years ago, 11-May-04, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) I still remember getting the 6973 Deep Freeze Defender from Santa when I was a kid. That copy is long gone but I have since acquired enough (using parts from the secondary market plus some from the regular retail sets I have bought and also (...) (21 years ago, 11-May-04, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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