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| It was a brief mention. The article was concerning the fact that the three largest toymakers, Hasbro, Mattel and Lego are significantly reducing their visibility at Toy Fair in New York due to changing purchasing methods by large retailers and such. (...) (24 years ago, 8-Feb-01, to lugnet.general)
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| The article says that Lego now (...) I don't know if any one is familiar with the Toy Fair in NY, but there are 2 versions. The first is at the Toy Building on 23rd & Fifth, then it moves to the Jacob Javitts Convention Center on the West side. 2 (...) (24 years ago, 8-Feb-01, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) I'm not exactly sure how you see Toy Fair that way, but that's not entirely correct these days. The suites are open while Javitts runs. Buyers tend to see the toymakers' booths on the show floor AND, assuming they've got an appointment to (...) (24 years ago, 8-Feb-01, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Ah, thanks for all that info! I was under the impression that the show (booths etc) were in a room in the Toy Building, then moved to the Javitts center. But, I just realized the size of the Javitts Center compared to the Toy building (area (...) (24 years ago, 8-Feb-01, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Ah yes, ok. I can see how you would think so. The names of companies being at two places, one opening before the other, etc. (...) Considering that only some of the toy makers have suites, your theory still could have held true. (If the show (...) (24 years ago, 8-Feb-01, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) They couldn't have been printed too far in advance. The one thing I do remember about this project was rushing around at the 11th hour trying to get them delivered. So basically, my department got them from the offset department & had to have (...) (24 years ago, 8-Feb-01, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Whoa! That reminds me of JIT day (just in time) at the magazine I worked for. Every issue was allowed one totally last minute news page. <stress> Thank goodness for the Internet. ;-) (now every day is JIT day) -Suz (24 years ago, 8-Feb-01, to lugnet.general)
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