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(...) EXCELLENT POINT! Ironic how Many large Toy companies have been complaining that their "opportunity years" to sell to kids have declined by 50% and Lego can't beat off 20+ year buyers with a stick. Lego made a great product, marketed it pretty (...) (24 years ago, 5-Nov-00, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.dear-lego)
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"Ashley Glennon" <ashleyg@america.lego.com> wrote in message news:G3HsC9.JG@lugnet.com... (...) [snipped small part about time and appropriateness] (...) build, (...) I was wondering, reading those two paragraphs... 1) LEGO asks kids what they want (...) (24 years ago, 5-Nov-00, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) that? (...) I'm (...) implementation (...) Indeed. As a player of many different video games over the years (Everything from the Atari 2600 on), the LEGO versions seem a little..... well boring. Most of them are targeted along the lines of (...) (24 years ago, 5-Nov-00, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) But it also depends on having people unload the cartons, unpack the cartons, put the unit packages (which are higher-priced because they have to have "eye appeal") on shelves that mostly have to be located in high-rent districts so they're (...) (24 years ago, 5-Nov-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) That's fine -- in fact, it's great for them to tie in with other media. I'm a big fan of where they're going with the Rock Raiders and Alpha Team multimedia (in the true sense) concepts, although I think the implementation could be better. (...) (24 years ago, 4-Nov-00, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.dear-lego)
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Brilliant Summary of how I feel too - well said! Jon (...) (24 years ago, 4-Nov-00, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) be (...) But now there is LEGO on Playstation and Nintendo- how do you feel about that? (24 years ago, 4-Nov-00, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Whatever TLC are doing, they are obviously basing it on a 'More Sales; policy by following proven lines (quick-fix excitement for kids with the Juniorisation to compete with lesser quality ready-made toys). Yes, this sells right now, but when (...) (24 years ago, 4-Nov-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) Which I personally find amazing: the AFOLs are not dismissed by the company as the lunatic fringe, which has a tendency to happen when a VP hears about Internet fans. We have seen movement to acknowledge the die-hards, such as bulk and (yay!) (...) (24 years ago, 4-Nov-00, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) he (...) There's also a tendency in research to find what you were looking for. If LEGO wanted to put out quality sets with high piece counts and playability, they could find the research to back that up, too. I think LEGO does what it wants. (...) (24 years ago, 4-Nov-00, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.dear-lego)
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