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It has just been annonced on the Danish News, that Lego has stopped making
DUPLO. A new concept for the 2-6 year old children, Explorer, will be
introduced this autumn.
No more DUPLO?!? My 3 year old niece will be devastated, she loves her DUPLO!
Arne Lykke Nielsen, Copenhagen
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| "Arne Lykke Nielsen" <arln@wanadoo.dk> wrote in message news:Gw277I.Ixq@lugnet.com... (...) DUPLO! My 2 1/2 year old won't be too happy ... and neither will I, as it'll mean she'll want to play with my "proper" LEGO more often! I don't know how (...) (22 years ago, 13-May-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.duplo)
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| Can anyone else confirm this story? My 19 month old daughter loves her Duplo bricks. She often gets frustrated with other toys and figures because they don't fit together! I can't imagine Lego dropping Duplo for another "system" of toys for (...) (22 years ago, 14-May-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.duplo)
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| (...) Hmmmm, suspected this would be the case after the press release a couple of months ago: see (URL) and article linked off it. While I have seen in my local area that Duplo has lost it's popularity over the past couple of years, and often think (...) (22 years ago, 14-May-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.duplo)
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| While my interest in DUPLO is pretty small, the fact that Lego is dropping it is both encouraging and discouraging. Are they doing it to optimize their products for the current market? Or are they just writing off an old (...) (22 years ago, 14-May-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.duplo)
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| (...) Don't worry all! The name and maybe a bit of the principles of Duplo may dissapear but the bricks have not. LEGO Explorer still contains sets with DUPLO blocks, however, Explorer does also contain some different types of toddler and baby toys. (...) (22 years ago, 14-May-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.duplo)
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| Man, I just got back into DUPLO® trains and now they want to discontinue the name! Hopefully they will keep the trains... Harvey Henkelman-Certified Ferroequinologist (22 years ago, 14-May-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.duplo)
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