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Re: Well, this isn't good (especially for the Disney board here)
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Date: 
Mon, 22 Nov 2004 23:10:22 GMT
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In lugnet.disney, David Eaton wrote:
But MB meanwhile is on the up and up. Lego's claiming that it's losing money due
to major losses in the toy industry, but if so it doesn't seem to be hurting
MegaBloks any. MB are cheaper, make cooler products, have less turnaround time
for product release, and make a mix of "violent" and non-violent toys.

That's what makes me so frustrated.  The major competitors report success while
TLG makes things worse by making poor business decisions (i.e. the big
"2003-change").

-Bryan



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  Re: Well, this isn't good (especially for the Disney board here)
 
(...) I think it was Lego that bailed on the continued contract. From what I've heard, Lego basically said "We've been hit hard by licensing, we're not going to do any more licensed products." - Star Wars was great, but also flopped (Lucas got a (...) (20 years ago, 22-Nov-04, to lugnet.disney)

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