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(...) (that was probably a Typo... :) A Pinata.... (URL) mache animal (usually) filled with candy/treats/prizes/etc... that you smack with a stick blind-folded Ben Medinets (20 years ago, 11-May-04, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Bionicle was TLC's #1 seller in 2003 and is trending to be #1 in 2004 as well. -Rich Admin -- BZPower.com Rich@BZPower.com (20 years ago, 11-May-04, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) I agree with this assertion, sounds like Mel has raised people who think for themselves, not that she was influencing them. But I xfut to market theory because I have a tangential question... how much an hour do you guys (Troy, Mel, whoever (...) (20 years ago, 11-May-04, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) IMO They did lose because they were not selling ENOUGH, not because their prices were too lower to cover costs. There is always a possibility (no certainty) that lower price will generate higher sales. The cheap Bionicle stuff is the only (...) (20 years ago, 11-May-04, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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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 (...) (20 years ago, 11-May-04, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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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 (...) (20 years ago, 11-May-04, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) As I'm given to understand, it's a giant pinecone that is filled with candy. That's a little silly given that pinecones *are* candy, but still. (Well, they are where I'm from, anyways. You need to get better pine trees.) LFB XFUT ->.o-t.fun (20 years ago, 11-May-04, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) What is a pineata? (20 years ago, 11-May-04, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) What would be interesting to know is how well the Mega Blocks Turtles and Power Rangers lines are doing... (20 years ago, 11-May-04, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Well, around here, Playmobil has about two or three times the shelf space than Lego has. And it sells well, because the size/price-ratio is way better than Lego (even if one takes the differences in scale into account). Their big advantage is (...) (20 years ago, 11-May-04, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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