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Re: TLG is loosing money!
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lugnet.general
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Tue, 19 Jan 1999 22:05:51 GMT
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On Tue, 19 Jan 1999 08:16:06 GMT, Jesse Long uttered the following
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> Mark de Kock wrote in message ...
> > This morning, I read in the newspaper that TLG Denmark will have to "dumb"
> > 1,000 of its 10,000 workers due to bad commercial results! TLG itself is • not
> > in great danger, but it has lost a lot of customers to electronic toys and
> > computergames.
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> I think the fact that kids the world over are falling prey to the Nintendo
> syndrome, and aren't paying much attention to thinking/building toys. TLG
Had just purchased the two silver freestyle sets for my nephew.
He enjoyed the two puny Shell sets and Santa set I gave him,
and thought that some more bricks and pieces would help enhance
his play. 6 years old, and lost interest within 30 minutes. He
didn't seem to able to build much of anything. He is an expert
in computer games, however. (For his age). No bells, whistles,
instant graphic satisfaction. Shame.
Perhaps more alarming was before I had bought him these freestyle
sets, he was playing "Mug Santa," and "Santa's got a gun! Oh my!"
games with the 3 sets. I had debated removing the guns, wish I
had.
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| I'm quite happy that my 5yr old son is into Legos. He comes up with some pretty interesting ships. Though (by MY standards) they might be cheesy, they are very creative. He does like to play with computer games/Playstation. I think the biggest (...) (26 years ago, 19-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Lacking children of my own so far, my test group is my three nephews(aged 8, 8, and 10). I have also noticed the attention deficit problem, but with an interesting twist. They keep coming back to the Lego. Other toys regularly get abandoned in (...) (26 years ago, 19-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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| Mark de Kock wrote in message ... (...) not (...) ol'days, (...) They're loosing money? I hope they funnel it into product development. Or maybe give me some... I think the fact that kids the world over are falling prey to the Nintendo syndrome, and (...) (26 years ago, 19-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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