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Re: This is stupid... I can't tolerate this *juniorization*...
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lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego
Date: 
Thu, 23 Aug 2001 16:28:42 GMT
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In lugnet.lego.direct, Enrique Durand writes:

> That is often a conflict between the advertising department and the production
> people. I am sure Lego would like to have all their items in the most recent
> catalog, but then there's the dilemma: If an item is not ready in time for the
> catalog, do you (1) release a catalog with non-available items, (2) hold the
> product until the next catalog comes out, or (3) release the catalog as is, and
> then release the products as they become available. If (3) then the next
> catalog can be updated to include the new products at that time. But of course,
> there will be still newer products not out in time for that printing, thus the
> never-ending cycle continues.

They could put the new-new stuff in the catalog, with blurbs like "Available
September 1st!".  Seems like they do that already, sometimes.  But Maybe
I've misremembering...

Steve



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  Re: This is stupid... I can't tolerate this *juniorization*...
 
(...) No need to apologize, you make a good point. (...) My guess, and it is only that, is that since the catalog only comes out a limited number of times during the year, there are many products that are released "in between" catalog printings. (...) (25 years ago, 23-Aug-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)

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