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| | | Hi all, I've seen some discussion of these here and there, but no general post, so here goes. Pictures from the 2002 Toy Fair in New York City are showing up at various sites. The Lego room includes previews of upcoming sets including Harry Potter, (...) (23 years ago, 11-Feb-02, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | Re: Toy Fair photos —Ka-On Lee
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| | | | (...) sets... >:p (23 years ago, 12-Feb-02, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | Re: Toy Fair photos —Jude Beaudin
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| | | | | (...) At least you are not that bitter. :-P Jude (23 years ago, 12-Feb-02, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | Re: Toy Fair photos —Evan Butzlaff
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| | | | | | That's not lego. That is not lego! WHAT THE *^%& DO THEY THINK THEY'RE DOING! THIS IS SO $&^*(! I CAN'T BELIEVE WHAT THE *^%& THEY'RE DOING! LEGO IS TOO JUNIORIZED! What ever happened to the days it was just minifigs, or even just blocks?!?!?! (...) (23 years ago, 12-Feb-02, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | Re: Toy Fair photos —Tim Courtney
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| | | | | "Ka-On Lee" <ko_lee@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:GrEA0t.Dqp@lugnet.com... (...) I share the exact same feelings. I've heard secondhand LEGO employees saying its a mere expansion into other areas and won't replace the fundamental brick. I say, it (...) (23 years ago, 12-Feb-02, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | Re: Toy Fair photos —Bruce Hietbrink
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| | | | | | | (...) Yeah, like the Harry Potter Sorting Hat set! /sarcasm Bruce (23 years ago, 12-Feb-02, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | Re: Toy Fair photos —John Neal
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| | | | | | In lugnet.general, Tim Courtney writes: <snip excellent points to which I wholeheartedly agree> (...) Thing is, this stuff *will* go by the wayside, and TLC will probably lose money (I can't imagine them selling enough of that stuff to recoup all of (...) (23 years ago, 12-Feb-02, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Toy Fair photos —Frank Filz
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| | | | | | | (...) Well, I'm sure they're looking at some numbers, and are probably seeing their sales dropping. They may also be trying to position the company as something more likely to attract a buyer or to go public with (one should never assume a family (...) (23 years ago, 12-Feb-02, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Toy Fair photos —Tim Courtney
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| | | | | | | "John" <John@TCLTC.org> wrote in message news:GrFx6B.9py@lugnet.com... (...) money (...) Yeah. I haven't seen the TV show yet myself, but Matt Gerber was telling me today that its pretty well done. The thing is, this type of show/product combination (...) (23 years ago, 12-Feb-02, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Toy Fair photos —Ka-On Lee
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| | | | | | (...) money (...) (URL) do LEGO expect to compete with Hasbro, Mattel and Bandai? Those traditional players are making action figures with cheap plastic, and do most manufacturing, assemble and packaging in China or other 3rd world countries, and (...) (23 years ago, 13-Feb-02, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | Re: Toy Fair photos —Ronan Webb
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| | | | (...) I was skeptical, all ready to be brave, with-it, modern, you know, embrace the new era ... So I clicked on (URL) laughed, I laughed out loud and laughed some more. Brought tears to my eyes. Have a look for yourself and have a laugh too. We all (...) (23 years ago, 14-Feb-02, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | Re: Toy Fair photos —Allan Bedford
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| | | | (...) picture. (...) I'm sure someone finds it funny. I find it sad. As hard as it is for me to say this... compared to this stuff, Jack Stone is actually a reasonably good LEGO series. Man that hurt. Regards, Allan B. -Expert Builder website (URL) (23 years ago, 14-Feb-02, to lugnet.general)
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