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| (...) ...which in turn would impact on new sales. Duplo is very popular, but this is probably not reflected in he sales LEGO sees. Also, Duplo is probably more physically durable than System - same ABC, but more robust bricks, no fine parts, no (...) (22 years ago, 14-May-02, to lugnet.duplo)
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| (...) I think that's a big part of the problem for Lego, there is a big second hand market for Duplo for precisely those reasons: It's very expensive new (significantly cheaper of late but still expensive overall), and once the kids grow out of it (...) (22 years ago, 14-May-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.duplo)
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| Can anyone else confirm this story? My 19 month old daughter loves her Duplo bricks. She often gets frustrated with other toys and figures because they don't fit together! I can't imagine Lego dropping Duplo for another "system" of toys for (...) (22 years ago, 14-May-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.duplo)
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| (...) Although the compatibility of Duplo with System has been emphasised by LEGO, in practice, they are seperate entities. Next to no Duplo elements appear in System (there's a Duplo cradle in 2002 Belville IIRC), and no System elements appear in (...) (22 years ago, 14-May-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.duplo)
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| (...) Hmmmm, suspected this would be the case after the press release a couple of months ago: see (URL) and article linked off it. While I have seen in my local area that Duplo has lost it's popularity over the past couple of years, and often think (...) (22 years ago, 14-May-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.duplo)
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