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Subject: 
Re: LEGO stops DUPLO
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lugnet.general, lugnet.duplo
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lugnet.duplo
Date: 
Tue, 14 May 2002 03:01:23 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Richie Dulin writes:
My daughter (4) has generally grown out of her Duplo now (though it
occassionally gets played with), as she grew out of Primo before that. It is
disappointing to see such good quality (and high priced) toys neglected -
LEGO must get some negative feedback from it.

I think that's a big part of the problem for Lego, there is a big second
hand market for Duplo for precisely those reasons: It's very expensive new
(significantly cheaper of late but still expensive overall), and once the
kids grow out of it (after only a couple of years) they're not likely to
ever go back to it.  So parents don't want to pay much to begin with, and
they're not likely to keep it longterm.  Hence there is a lot of second hand
Duplo circulating out there and it's generally pretty cheap.

I would not be surprised to see the demise of Lego Baby (Primo) for similar
reasons, in fact I'm surprised that it didn't go first.

BTW I don't fit my own generalisations: I buy lots of Duplo, 99.9% brand
new, and I'll be keeping most if not all of it when my kids no longer play
with it :)

FUT .duplo only

Deidre
drb@tasmail.com



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  Re: LEGO stops DUPLO
 
(...) Although the compatibility of Duplo with System has been emphasised by LEGO, in practice, they are seperate entities. Next to no Duplo elements appear in System (there's a Duplo cradle in 2002 Belville IIRC), and no System elements appear in (...) (23 years ago, 14-May-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.duplo)

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