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John Neal wrote in message <38BB7465.1E99D268@u...st.net>... (...) <1ZeYIJAQspu4Ew$u@yo....co.uk>... (...) Oh my God, you MUST be joking. Anyhow, this is a problem I have had since alt.toys.lego: too much irrational cheerleading and not enough (...) (25 years ago, 4-Mar-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: The Cluetrain Manifesto (was: Re: fan support)
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(...) <snipped> Hehe yes, great stuff! Does any of it sound like TLC? Yes? Read, mark, learn and inwardly digest, TLC... please. We want you still around in 10 years! Kevin (25 years ago, 4-Mar-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) You go, Stephen!!! Excellent report! The things the fan community does for TLC are priceless! On that note, while skimming Slashdot tonight, the following document came up in one of the conversations there earlier today. I've attached a copy (...) (25 years ago, 4-Mar-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Or maybe what LEGO doesn't realize is that whatever normal theme sales are, AFOL's are a more significant percentage of it than they assume... (25 years ago, 4-Mar-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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Hey Richard, I think Todd only tried to point out that the 300 percent increase was not affecting the whole company, only the Mindstorms-sub-market. This simply means that adults had a large influence on these products, not on all sets. But as a (...) (25 years ago, 3-Mar-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) I'm with Steve on this one. What difference is it that its a sub-market when its one of the more successful ones? And I don't care who says different, AFOL hold the purse strings too! The buck "starts" here... Is dogfood marketed to dogs or to (...) (25 years ago, 3-Mar-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) that (...) Agreed. It would be foolish not to use it, esp. if they turned these things out at a pace of roughly a new one a week for 26 weeks. (...) Well, to be technical, it be would be too late for that if everyone knew that it was an (...) (25 years ago, 3-Mar-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) But KKK credits TLC's amazing turn-around in 1999 to Mindstorms and Star Wars. Adults being responsible for 3/4 of the purchases in one of the two wunderkind lines is definitely worth noting. And I'm willing to bet that adults make up a larger (...) (25 years ago, 3-Mar-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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Mindstorms for Mac. My letter says it was going to be released in 1999. Chris (...) (25 years ago, 3-Mar-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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(...) ^^^...^^^ ^^^...^^^ ^^^...^^^ (...) Note the sub-market. --Todd (25 years ago, 3-Mar-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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