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Re: What would happen if ... TLC bought Lugnet ?
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lugnet.general, lugnet.market.theory, lugnet.off-topic.debate
Date: 
Thu, 11 Jan 2001 15:58:05 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Kevin Zwicker writes:
Hello,

**Warning: Hypothetical situation only!**

I was speaking with a friend last night and we were wondering what would
happen if TLC bought the rights to Lugnet?

<snip>

Say, tomorrow morning, TLC went to Todd and Suzanne with a check for 10
million dollars (Hypothetical number) and said we wish to purchase the
rights to your website. How would we, the community, react?

If nothing changed, I would shrug, and go on with life.  If there were any
significant changes in design or policy, I'd probably regress to RTL, and
wait for some AFOL with the time and resources to start up LUANET (or
something).  If there were significant changes to how Lugnet worked, I don't
think it would be too long before something came up to fill the niche...
we're *used* to this quality of interaction now.

But I also think that LEGO would be *nuts* to buy Lugnet.  I can only think
of two reasons:
1: They want to shut it down, or
2: Todd & Suz are unable to run it anymore, and LEGO comes in as a white knight.

I can't see anything in between as being worth LEGO's while - and I don't
think they're at either extreme.

$0.02

James



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(...) Yes but T&S would have to want to sell it. (...) knight. This is an interesting point. I wonder how much LUGNET is worth to TLC. I expect it increases sales in a small way - I wonder by how much though? Anyone any idea/willing to guess? (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.theory, lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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  What would happen if ... TLC bought Lugnet ?
 
Hello, **Warning: Hypothetical situation only!** I was speaking with a friend last night and we were wondering what would happen if TLC bought the rights to Lugnet? Given: 1. The recurring examples of TLC staff refering customers to Lugnet, 2. TLC (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.theory, lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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