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| | | (...) I've actually been paying attention to Playmobil recently. Does anyone know how they're doing financially? Both Lego and Playmobil cater to a similar audience (although Lego tries to reach a broader age-range), so I'd expect that if there (...) (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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| | | | | (...) Great post! I completely agree. (...) Yeah, I thought the Designer sets were the best thing Lego's done in a few years. I hope they are doing well, and I hope they will create designer sets in more themes as time goes on. (21 years ago, 11-May-04, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | | | | Re: The Bar Does Not Go Down —James Stacey
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| | | | | "David Eaton" <deaton@intdata.com> wrote in message news:HxKEsp.tHy@lugnet.com... (...) know how (...) audience (...) there (...) reacting (...) <Snip some exellent points> (...) I agree with you totally on this . I think one of the reasons the (...) (21 years ago, 13-May-04, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | | | | Re: The Bar Does Not Go Down —Terry Prosper
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| | | | | (...) I mostly agree with your post, but you omit to mention that Crunch isn't always gonna be crunch... It can be a pair of legs for another Minifig, a torso with different arms for a spec. ops. cop in your city, a head for a thief in your castle (...) (21 years ago, 13-May-04, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | | | | | | Re: The Bar Does Not Go Down —David Eaton
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| | | | | | (...) You're right, but that's not quite the point-- An Alpha Team set can still be integrated into the rest of your collection. An onion dome piece can still be used as an engine on a space ship. And a Harry Potter head can be any other figure with (...) (21 years ago, 13-May-04, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | | | | | | | Re: The Bar Does Not Go Down —Bryan Wong
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| | | | | | (...) I think that's why most of us loved the sets from the 80-90s period. There were only a handful of themes (Castle, Town, Technic, Space, Train, Basic) and there was so much room for creativity. Not saying that we can't be creative now, but (...) (21 years ago, 13-May-04, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | | | | Re: The Bar Does Not Go Down —Aaron West
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| | | | Not only is Playmobil creatively generic, but the boxes only picture the contents in a variety of ways. The pictures, as they say, speak a thousand words. I find myself saddled with a huge LEGO collection, but often wishing I had invested the money (...) (21 years ago, 13-May-04, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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