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Re: The Knight Bus has arrived... but it's not all good news
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lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general
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Mon, 1 Mar 2004 16:35:50 GMT
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In lugnet.dear-lego, Gregory Muri wrote:
> I wonder how much it costs them to assemble a focus group that will say a
> quality reduction is exactly what they would buy! This is absolutely
> ridiculous. There are so many different colors in the Lego color pallete
> that it is absurd to think that even kids would get bored with them. What
> kids and adults get bored with is the fact that some of the new and
> different colors are next to impossible to use in the limited quantites they
> are available.
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> "Bigboote predicts that casual LEGO "maniacs" and collectors alike will
> purchase multiple copies, if not
> dozens, of the same set, in order to build the model in a single color."
> So, this is the approach Lego has to take to get the sales numbers up. If
> we keep the colors ramdom then people will be forced to buy lots more sets
> if they hope to use the colors we decide to release. What a low down
> business practice this is. With every new press release that comes out of
> these people I get closer and closer to dumping Lego all together.
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> A completely and thouroughly disgusted customer!
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> Greg
Greg,
You missed the words
"DISCLAIMER: The above is a parody. It is not true. I made it up."
I shudder to think what craziness is going to be posted on April 1st :)
--
Bill
(TooMuchDew)
"Remember, no matter where you go, there you are"
"Put the schleim on the track, John O'Connor"
"Laugh while you can, monkey-boy"
...from the movie with more Johns than the GMLTC
and it's pronounced "BigbooTAY"
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