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Subject:	LEGO says adults 25-45 account for half of MindStorms sales!
Newsgroups:	lugnet.general, lugnet.robotics
Date:	Tue, 30 Jan 2001 02:36:18 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Suzanne D. Rich writes: > In lugnet.lego.announce, Suzanne D. Rich writes: > > Taken from: > > http://www.lego.com/info/pressspecific.asp?PressReleaseId=163&Year=2001 • [snip] > > > There appears to be no upper age limit for the popularity of LEGO > > MINDSTORMS. Around half the owners of these sets are adults between > > the ages of 25 and 45. [snip] > > "Hoo-ahh!" That's us. :-) Whoa--whoa--wow!--half?!?!? Way excellent!!! --Todd

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		Re: LEGO says adults 25-45 account for half of MindStorms sales!
I don't doubt that in the least! I took my RCX brick into VB class the other day and showed it and the manual for programming through spirit.ocx to my teacher. Now he knows what he's asking for on his birthday he said :) Along with 3 other people in (...) (24 years ago, 30-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.robotics)

		Re: LEGO says adults 25-45 account for half of MindStorms sales!
Maybe they will listen to AFOL's more now. Andy (...) (24 years ago, 30-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics)

		Re: LEGO says adults 25-45 account for half of MindStorms sales!
Todd Lehman wrote in message ... (...) Yeah. I just hope it doesn't blind Lego to the fact that even more AFOL's are into Lego themes OTHER than Mindstorms, or as well as Mindstorms. Kevin ---...--- Victorian House: Limited edition kit (URL) Kits (...) (24 years ago, 30-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.robotics)

		Re: LEGO says adults 25-45 account for half of MindStorms sales!
Harrie wrote: >I'm 46. Did they count me? It's my 50th this weekend! I resent them limiting it to 45! I know no one asked my opinion. And I have a sneaking suspicion I have somewhat more "product" than the average <25. ;) (24 years ago, 30-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics)

		Re: LEGO says adults 25-45 account for half of MindStorms sales!
I'm 46. Did they count me? Harrie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Todd Lehman" <lehman@javanet.com> To: <lego-robotics@crynwr.com> Sent: Monday, January 29, 2001 18:36 Subject: LEGO says adults 25-45 account for half of MindStorms sales! (...) (24 years ago, 30-Jan-01, to lugnet.robotics)

		Re: LEGO says adults 25-45 account for half of MindStorms sales!
Maybe this is a quibble, but aren't the parents of most "kids" likely to be using Mindstorms in the 35+ age group??? I don't see too many kids coming up with the purchase price out of pocket, but I get a lot of parents asking me what to buy for (...) (24 years ago, 1-Feb-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.robotics)

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		Re: Children are our role models - a profile of the LEGO Company, 2001
(...) "Hoo-ahh!" That's us. :-) (...) Ah. I always wondered about that. -Suz (24 years ago, 29-Jan-01, to lugnet.general)

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