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conspiracy theory
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lugnet.general
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Fri, 10 Dec 1999 16:07:20 GMT
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In lugnet.announce, Richard Finegold writes:
> I was looking at the <http://www.lego.com/> official LEGO web site and checked
> to see if any catalog entries had been updated. Sure enough, there were
> plenty of them in Europe! I'll admit that I checked most of these numbers by
> typing them at the end of a
First the dealer catalog scans appear on the Internet, sent to Huw from an 'un-
named source'
A few people see them before they are hastily withdrawn.
Lugnet erupts with debate about the new sets
Then legos own on-line catalog suddenly shows the new sets
Again, a few people see them before they are hastily withdrawn.
Lugnet again erupts with debate about the new sets
Now, if I were a lego marketing person wanting to wet peoples appettites for
the new sets, what might I do?
Perhaps the folks at lego, far from being Internet unaware, are in fact subtly
using the medium to generate far more interest that mearly putting new
catalogs in boxes.
Already people are talking about how much money they will spend next year, how
they must save.
or perhaps not.
Then, that is the beauty of conspiracy theories, impossible to prove either
way!
regards
lawrence
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