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Subject: 
Re: The Bar Does Not Go Down
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Date: 
Mon, 10 May 2004 17:14:30 GMT
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Anthony Sava wrote:

> Feel free to correct me if I've left a success out.

   More than five decades as a successful company. Um, make that a successful
company with global name recognition, fan clubs & conventions, etc.

> And that is that even though your focus groups tested your
> products well, and even though you 'KNOW' what you're
> doing, the past does not lie.

   Hmmm... that, I thought, was a point in LEGOs favor.

> In my humble opinion, LEGO does not KNOW what it's doing.  LEGO
> does not KNOW what's best for the company.

   OK, fair enough. But keep in mind stock prices are not set on "opinions", but
usually long-term performance.

> A they say, those who fail to learn from the
> past are doomed to repeat it.  I'd rather not repeat parts
> of the last ten years.

   On that (as a primarily technic-oriented AFOL), I'd have to sadly agree. But
I will whole-heartedly look forward to the next fifty years if they are even
half as successful as the last fifty.

--
Brian Davis



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  Re: The Bar Does Not Go Down
 
(...) Stock prices aren't relevant here; LEGO is privately held. However, I agree with your point. Let's have a little optimism here folks! --Bill. (22 years ago, 10-May-04, to lugnet.dear-lego)

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  The Bar Does Not Go Down
 
I just know I'm going to get flamed for this. I'm putting on my flame suit early. What follows are my opinions. Take them as you wish. I don't plan on doing much with this thread, so don't expect too many replies from me. It seems to me, for some (...) (22 years ago, 10-May-04, to lugnet.dear-lego) !! 

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