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In lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, Dave Schuler writes:
> Then she said, "Well, our markets don't overlap too much." Which baffled
> me, but it seemed like a gracious way to help me get my foot out of my mouth.
Might well be true. Maybe Lego's market is punters with either only a
casual interest in construction toys (probably as default gifts for other
people children - don't underestimate the size of this market), and those
with obscenely deep pockets. MB's market is the budget conscious folk,
those with a serious interest in great big models, and those not interested
in construction toys so much as fun play toys (as in Dragons).
<<gdr>>
I'm being facetious. I can't imagine how Lego could think the two companies
markets don't overlap much. MB isn't into the technic or computers, but it
is probably a little deeper into RC. Lego has a ton more sets and
variations, but one would have thought there's an 80-some percent overlap...
Richard
Still baldly going...
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