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Re: "If it were my toy company..."
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Date: 
Tue, 14 Dec 1999 13:38:42 GMT
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Me and my big mouth!

For the record...I AM NOT AGAINST REISSUING OLDER SETS OR SIMPLY MAKING
OLDER PARTS AVAILABLE TO ORDER!!!  I'm simply pointing out that there's more
involved in this than many people seem to think.  My major point is that,
from my understanding of business concepts and the current state of the AFOL
market (which would be the primary target of reissued sets), it would be
foolish for TLC to do both at the same time.  The effect would be to compete
against themselves, which is NOT good for the bottom line.

Will

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  Re: "If it were my toy company..."
 
(...) Yes, but they'd have to take something offline to produce these parts, and there's no guarantee that the molds are still useable (or even exist). It's also pretty clear that most of the "special" parts are made overseas (Billund or Sweeden I (...) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)

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