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Re: Lego: Toy of the Century! (according to Fortune)
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lugnet.general
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Thu, 2 Dec 1999 17:47:36 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Chris Giddens writes:
> I was looking around on the Lego site and found this (sorry if it has already
> been reported) Lego has been named toy of the century!
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> Check it out!
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> http://www.lego.com/info/pressspecific.asp?PressReleaseId=80&Year=1999
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> Chris <><
A brief quote:
"During the past five decades, more than 203 billion LEGO bricks have been
sold world-wide (more than 33 for every person on the planet)."
Hmmm... I think a lot of us here on LUGNET are skewing that 'per person'
number UP just a bit!
Or, if I look at it another way, I've probably got several thousand other
people's share of bricks at my house... --grin--
JohnG
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| (...) Only 33? Hmmm... maybe enough for a Town Junior skyscraper. :) I am sure between Gary Istok, Larry P, the train groups, and Tom Stangl, etc. we have definitely bumped that number up! Good selection, however, and adults were mentioned in the (...) (25 years ago, 2-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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