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Re: Lego To Close Molding, Processing at Enfield, CT plant
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.lego, lugnet.general
Date: 
Tue, 28 Nov 2000 14:50:53 GMT
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In lugnet.lego, Eric Kingsley writes:
In lugnet.lego, Nathan McDowell writes:
In lugnet.lego, Lawrence Wilkes writes:

"ENFIELD, Conn. (AP) -- Toymaker Lego Systems Inc. said Monday it would
close its molding and processing operations in Connecticut as part of a
global restructuring.

The Denmark-based toymaker estimates it will lose between $40 million and
$65 million this year, Lee said.

Sure we are great free advertising for TLC but if the *kids* (or their
parents) arn't buying LEGO then TLC is in trouble.

If this is any indicator, every year when those Salvation Army Christmas angels
come out (at the mall they have a tree and each ornament has the first name and
age of a local needy kid and a list of what he or she would like for
Christmas-- you pick one and go get the stuff on the list for the kid), I have
them go through and pick out the ones in which the kids request LEGO.  Normally
there are at least two or three, but this year they only found ONE-- and it was
a mom requesting LEGO for her ten-month-old baby.  (Now what am I going to do
with those extra 4288 buckets? :-) )

Maggie C.



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  Re: Lego To Close Molding, Processing at Enfield, CT plant
 
(...) Yike's!!! What does that mean for 3033 Tubs? Don't those come from Enfield? I can't see those being sold if they have to import them! (...) From a fan POV this should scare the pants off you! That is a lot of money and can't be a good thing. I (...) (24 years ago, 28-Nov-00, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)

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