 | | Where are the World Cup Sets this time around? —David Blomberg
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| | | Dear TLG- What a missed opportunity. You have the Women's World Cup 1999 being played in the US, yet you chosen not to market the Football/Soccer sets this year as you had in the past with the Men's Cup. Someone should be fired for such a blunder. (...) (25 years ago, 21-Jun-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | | | | Re: Where are the World Cup Sets this time around? —Steve Bliss
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| | | | | (...) You're right, Dave, that is too bad. OTOH, soccer is not a big sport in the US, and women's soccer is even less important (in regards to the popularity) than men's. Since the WWC1999 is in the US, not Europe, TLG wouldn't sell as many sets in (...) (25 years ago, 21-Jun-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | | | | Re: Where are the World Cup Sets this time around? —Sanjay D'Souza
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| | | | Ummm.......if TLG aren't going to acknowledge the 1999 Rugby World Cup Finals (1) by way of promotional sets I doubt TLG will acknowledge the Women's World Cup. It's hard to understand just how TLG goes about deciding what promotions to release but (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jun-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | | | | | Re: Where are the World Cup Sets this time around? —David Blomberg
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| | | | The women's world cup is expected to have 2B TV viewers worldwide. (I doubt that those are unique viewers, but it is still an impressive audience.) A rugby set would be cool. I just want some sets like these to be available in the US at retail (...) (25 years ago, 25-Jun-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | | | | | Re: Where are the World Cup Sets this time around? —David Blomberg
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| | | | Not to beat a dead horse or anything... but Mattel thought that this was worthwhile. They produced a couple of Barbie dolls: (URL) dave (25 years ago, 1-Jul-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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