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Re: This is why TLG lost money
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Fri, 5 Feb 1999 18:58:51 GMT
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Lego needs to change the way it sells sets. Theme collectors(like me with
castle sets) I begin to drool everytime someone offers older sets for sale.
And I always seem to miss them. I called England and Germany about limited
production runs. If lego re-releases older sets ( no R&D involved just dust
off the production istructions) and offers all sets in all areas, they could
take advantage of a demand.
The black falocn fortress which retailed for 35.00 can easily fetch over 100.00
A special classic castles line would be a big winner.
John VanZwieten writes:
> This message is from a good friend who is considering what to buy for her 6
> yr. old son, whom I have been introducing to Lego:
>
> ----------
> Walked all over Toys R Us last night. You are going to need to work on me
> more. I was very interested in this moving cars and truck building kit by
> MegaBlocks. It was a perfect price and offered many options.
> Legos- There was too many lego products to choose from. I'm still not
> sure what to go with. I'll have to check out the catalog when it gets here.
> :}
> A
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> Why can't Lego come up with a sets which don't contain dopey pieces like
> "Freestyle" (who is that name supposed to appeal to anyway, the 7 yr. old
> snowskiing set?) but allow a kid to build a variety of interesting vehicles or
> buildings--and come with some instructions for doing so?
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> I've pointed her to Lego Dacta, but I fear those sets will be a bit out of her
> price range. So she'll probably end up buying the MBs and get inferior bricks
> but a superior set. (I'll, of course, still get him the real thing.)
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> Sorry for my rant, maybe should have gone in the open letters group.
>
> -John Van
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| (...) I agree that a classic sets line would rock, and probably do real well. But just because a handful of desperate AFOL's would pay $100 for 6074 (I wouldn't) that doesn't mean many other people would. Granted, though, they could sell them for (...) (26 years ago, 6-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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| This message is from a good friend who is considering what to buy for her 6 yr. old son, whom I have been introducing to Lego: ---...--- Walked all over Toys R Us last night. You are going to need to work on me more. I was very interested in this (...) (26 years ago, 4-Feb-99, to lugnet.general)
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