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Re: Brad J Brickfest 2002 Keynote Speech synopsis
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Tue, 23 Jul 2002 22:25:14 GMT
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In lugnet.events.brickfest, Richard Marchetti writes:
> So defend them as pleases you, the writing is still on the wall.  LD is a
> marketing scheme to make us think we are going to get a lot of the things we
> have been wanting when in reality we are likely to get very few of those
> things.  They readily admit that they don't care about our segment of the
> market --

I think TLC does care *somewhat* about our market segment.  After all, they
did send 7 people for two days.

> So I would get over it -- except that I find it WILDLY obnoxious that they
> think we are going to "evangelize" for them in return for precious little.

My sense is that most brand-loyal LEGO fans are willing and able to
evangelize LEGO whether we get anything in return or not.

--Todd



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  Re: Brad J Brickfest 2002 Keynote Speech synopsis
 
(...) Brad Justus referred to the book, _The Tipping Point_. What if LD's point of view is that the AFOL market is not ready... yet? It was connected to Time's article, and some other book I haven't read. -Erik (24 years ago, 24-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest)

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  Re: Brad J Brickfest 2002 Keynote Speech synopsis
 
Larry: Nothing personal, but this is the usual TLC/LD apologist stuff, so I will just ignore it generally. 1) Profiteering -- I don't care if they offer it as the official reason for some actions -- it's logically specious. Profiteering is an issue (...) (24 years ago, 23-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest)

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