 | | Re: The Bar Does Not Go Down —Rocco J. Carello
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| | | (...) Excellent! Somebody picked up on the hook I left in my last post. Growing up, there was GI Joe and Transformers. Then they both went away. Then there was teenage mutant Ninja turtles. Then they went away. Then there were power rangers and (...) (21 years ago, 11-May-04, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | | | | Re: The Bar Does Not Go Down —Aaron West
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| | | | | (...) Are you in a completely different universe than the rest of the world? Have you seen the top ten new toy categories for boys, or followed sales at both the retail and customer levels?? Joe and Transformers command far more brand and buying (...) (21 years ago, 11-May-04, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | | | | | | Re: The Bar Does Not Go Down —Jonathan Wilson
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| | | | | | | (...) What would be interesting to know is how well the Mega Blocks Turtles and Power Rangers lines are doing... (21 years ago, 11-May-04, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: The Bar Does Not Go Down —Dave Schuler
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| | | | | | | | (...) Depends where you look. In Western PA, sales appear to be steady, but not overwhelming. I understand that the Power Rangers and other Bandai licenses not yet available in North America are selling quite well in Asia. But Aaron is a little (...) (21 years ago, 12-May-04, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | | | | | | Re: The Bar Does Not Go Down —Tim David
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| | | | | | | (...) One thing that have mssed in your comments is the global position of some of the brands (I'm not arguing either way, just pointing out) GI Joe is pretty much unknown here in the UK. Transformers were big but don't seem to have kept going or (...) (21 years ago, 11-May-04, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | | | | | | Re: The Bar Does Not Go Down —Rocco J. Carello
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| | | | | | (...) I never said that trendy toys don't sell well. In the case of GI Joe and Transformers, one has ebbed and flowed in and out of existence for several decades, while the other is on at least it's second return, the first of which was very short (...) (21 years ago, 11-May-04, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | | | | Re: The Bar Does Not Go Down —Matthew Jeffery
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| | | | (...) <snip> No, it shouldn't. I ran a survey just recently as part of my Year 11 Maths studies course (last year, i'm in year 12 now) which ascertained that if people are going to give up lego, they will do it at about 7-9 years of age. This is (...) (21 years ago, 11-May-04, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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