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Lose the Plastic Thingies (tm)
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lugnet.dear-lego
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Wed, 2 Feb 2000 04:19:43 GMT
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lpieniazek@novera.comANTISPAM
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Dear Lego,
I note that your current plastic thingie set, Air Zeppelin, seems to be
a glut on Walmart shelves, even at 9 bucks which is significantly less
than original MSRP. Every single Wal Mart I was just at (and I hit about
10 in the last week) has gobs and gobs and gobs of them (I'd go a buck
for it, maybe even 2, but not 9... and I just bought 10 of the big ninja
castle at 1/2 off so it's not that I am an across the board Mike
Stanley, holding out for 80% off, or anything...)
I also note that some of your other recent plastic thingie sets (the
rock fright knights (arguably the most universally derided set that
doesn't contain a Timmy in recent memory), the hot rod cliff, the
pharoah tube, the neptune bubbles, and most of the flip top cases) have
also dogged.
I suggest you dump plastic thingies altogether.
OR...
Just make USEFUL plastic thingies. For example, bring back the 6
compartment trays with handles, and bring back the 9 compartment trays
with handles.
THOSE are useful.
The rest of the plastic thingies are not useful and it's not just me
that feels that way, the whole market does. Just go count air zeppelins
on the shelves if you don't believe me.
Your pal... Lar
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Larry Pieniazek - larryp@novera.com - http://my.voyager.net/lar
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Note: this is a family forum!
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Message has 4 Replies:
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| Larry Pieniazek <lar@voyager.net> wrote in message news:3897B05F.EB0C57...ger.net... (...) Besides the fact that most of these packages are a retailers product placement nightmare. Too much shelf space, not enough product. -Rob. (25 years ago, 2-Feb-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
| | | Re: Lose the Plastic Thingies (tm)
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| (...) Or more bluntly, this stupid crap doesn't move. We know it. Store owners know it. Time for you to catch on as well. Just THINK about it, LEGO. You're shopping for just the right present for some kid, maybe even your kid. Are you going to (...) (25 years ago, 3-Feb-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
| | | Re: Lose the Plastic Thingies (tm)
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| (...) I agree with your sentiment (even though I liked the pharoah tube thing)... There seem to be more useless (and expensive at MSRP) bits nowadays...... Unless I am trying to recreate a hydrogen bomb, some sort of Hindenburg re-enactment or a WWI (...) (25 years ago, 3-Feb-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
| | | Re: Lose the Plastic Thingies (tm)
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| Larry Pieniazek wrote in message <3897B05F.EB0C5777@v...er.net>... (...) Well, I love the Zeppelin and they have been long gone from the shelves around here (weeks before Christmas) and I also like the Mummy case. However, I am a mom and we tend to (...) (25 years ago, 15-Feb-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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