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Re: LEGO Company announces poor performance in year 2000
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lugnet.general
Date: 
Fri, 2 Mar 2001 17:59:59 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Suzanne D. Rich writes:
If it looks too good to be true, it probably is. Just to play devil's • advocate,
why believe them? If Mattel stepped out and said, "Barbie stamps a bad image • on
young girls. We're sorry. We'll fix all that now." what would you think? Now,
what other meanings can you imagine those words having?


um, big boobs sell dolls.  Juniorized sets don't sell.


But what about their plan for World Domination? that's out there waiting for • its
date stamp.

World Domination, WTF?  Do you mean trying to become the #1 recognized
brand around the world or something else?


I don't just mean AFOLs.
BTW, we're a tool, not a market.

10% *is* a market.

KL



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  Re: LEGO Company announces poor performance in year 2000
 
(...) Because they've said it directly to my face. I didn't believe it, not in the way most folks here see it meaning. I saw a face that wanted (in a fantasy) to have things back-to-basics, but was having say something else. The words spoken to me (...) (24 years ago, 1-Mar-01, to lugnet.general)

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