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    Re: End of Year Thoughts —Allan Bedford
   (...) I think .general is an acceptable place for this... though Dear LEGO would probably also have worked. :) (...) There are two similar pronouncements that come to mind: 1) Taken from Charles Fishman's article on the Fast Company website: "But (...) (23 years ago, 29-Nov-01, to lugnet.general)
   
        Re: End of Year Thoughts —Erik Olson
     John & Allan, You both have thoughtful things to say. Coincidentally last night I was reading the front page of the Ultimate Book, the one where Kjeld makes the hollow promises about what Lego will stand for in 2005. (By the way, since DK Books have (...) (23 years ago, 29-Nov-01, to lugnet.general)
   
        Re: End of Year Thoughts —John P. Henderson
     (...) Exactly! And that reminds me of another anecdote I forgot to mention in my earlier post: With pics of my Town and a few small models around my cubicle, people throught the company I work for have learned of my hobby. During the past few weeks, (...) (23 years ago, 29-Nov-01, to lugnet.general)
    
         Re: End of Year Thoughts —Mike Petrucelli
       (...) Ding-Ding! We have a winner. As an Assistant Manager at EB Kids, (some may recall, formerly at KB toys) at least one parent per day (usually two or three) has asked me: "Do have any Basic Lego sets? You know the kind with mostly bricks that (...) (23 years ago, 30-Nov-01, to lugnet.general)  
    
         Re: End of Year Thoughts —Anders Isaksson
     "Hendo (John P. Henderson)" <hendo@valyance.com> skrev i meddelandet news:GnKpA0.H5H@lugnet.com... (...) Maybe, but kids are big consumers too nowadays. They have more money to spend than we had, and they learn early to speak out their wishes, while (...) (23 years ago, 30-Nov-01, to lugnet.general)
    
         Re: End of Year Thoughts —Benjamin Medinets
     (...) I don't think I totally agree with this statement. Maybe it was me, but my family didn't have a lot of "disposable" income (I got no allowance), and I would call me family a little bit on the old fashioned, (subdued-factor), but I had ways of (...) (23 years ago, 30-Nov-01, to lugnet.general)
    
         Re: End of Year Thoughts —Allan Bedford
     (...) If you're company thinking of not concentrating on your core product, I think two words should immediately come to mind... New Coke This was a monumental disaster. (...) Or... create a generation of Bionicle fans who don't even know that it's (...) (23 years ago, 1-Dec-01, to lugnet.general)
   
        Re: End of Year Thoughts —Jason Maxwell
   (...) Let's not use Disney as an example. My wife is to Disney as many of us here are to LEGO, and it appears that Disney may have even bigger problems that LEGO does in retaining it's adult market. The commercials you refer to are for events at (...) (23 years ago, 30-Nov-01, to lugnet.general)
   
        Re: End of Year Thoughts —Allan Bedford
   (...) My apologies... I should have been more clear on why I was using Disney as an example. I was giving Disney credit for the simple act of 'recognizing' their adult fan base. What they do or do not do beyond that isn't really of much interest to (...) (23 years ago, 30-Nov-01, to lugnet.general)
 

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