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(...) [ some simple math calculations about to go totally off the deep end ] If TLC has an annual revenue of $1.1B, and somewhere I recall that wholesale on TLC product is about 60% of retail, then that represents about $1.833B at MSRP. Then I will (...) (24 years ago, 5-Nov-00, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Many of us spend way less than that. ($500/year?). However, I think you're also far underestimating our numbers. There's 645 *paid* LUGnet members, and I'd guess that it's safe to figure there's 20x that who haven't paid. (Even if they aren't (...) (24 years ago, 5-Nov-00, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.dear-lego)
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[snip] (...) I ofter wonder about that myself. First... I tried, in a VERY unscientific way, to determine for myself what percentage of the Lego market we represent. Personally I spend about $5000-$8000 on Lego each year. If we multiply that by the (...) (24 years ago, 5-Nov-00, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.dear-lego)
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"John Robert-Blaze Kanehl" <johnNYblaze44@webtv.net> wrote in message news:G3JzJv.DB4@lugnet.com... (...) posts (...) factors (...) to (...) require (...) Company (...) us (...) but (...) the (...) beat (...) and (...) What I also meant that they (...) (24 years ago, 5-Nov-00, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.dear-lego)
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Hello Ashley, as I must accept your decision for "juniorizing" (even if I have mixed feelings about it) I think that the result is bad for the hard-core-legoists. Browsing through the 2001 lego prospect, I badly miss more big technic boxes. But (...) (24 years ago, 5-Nov-00, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.dear-lego)
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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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(...) I doubt they're just assuming -- it's certainly backed by market research. However, I don't think that market research takes all factors into account. (As you and many other people say.) (24 years ago, 4-Nov-00, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Does this make any sense? Why would you want to make a product that a kid can be done with in 5 minutes and then forget about? Wouldn't you want kids to spend a lot of time with your product, so they become attached to it (like I did when I (...) (24 years ago, 4-Nov-00, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Exactly. The fundamental *strength* Lego has is that the product is unlike video games and MTV. Playstation and Nintendo will *always* make better instant-gratification action than Lego -- trying to fight them on that ground is a losing (...) (24 years ago, 4-Nov-00, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) And acted on that too. We noticed the bulk sets, UCS and scrupture sets. (...) But does that let you sell more sets? The only benefit I can see is the reduction of minimum age from 5 to 4. By that reason Playmobile should be doing very well. (...) (24 years ago, 4-Nov-00, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Yeah, I think LEGO needs to re-release older sets, I remember all the times I look through the old catalog scans on Brickshelf, thinking, "Man, I wish I had got that when I still could. (...) We need a residential section back, I always liked (...) (24 years ago, 4-Nov-00, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.dear-lego)
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