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Re: Where did the lego's go?
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lugnet.general
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Wed, 26 Feb 2003 10:28:31 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Jason Haskamp writes:
Where Lego signs hung, were rows upon rows of
> Mega-Blocks being sold. Again I asked: "Where did the Lego's go?"
One of the blessings of living in Denmark is that there are just LEGO, no
clones. Well, at least that is what it used to be, but recently MegaBlocks
have moved in at TRU, at the same aisle as LEGO (and yes, taking some of the
shelves away from LEGO), but fortunately that is only the big ugly
pre-school MegaBlock sets - no competition for real Lego.
And in all the eBay (German) auctions I have won, and in all the Danish
garage sales I've been to, I have never experienced a single clone brick.
There have been occasional Playmobil figures and accessories, but they are
not really clones, as it's not a construction toy.
With a world recession going on, it's unfortunately good times for
low-price/low-quality and bad times for high-price/high-quality, in toys as
in clothes as in food as in all other commodities.
Arne, Copenhagen
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| On one of my many recent ventures to the local shops I have noticed something that seems to be happening almost universally. Lego's are disappearing. I don't mean that they are selling off of the shelves but that they are just not there. I stopped (...) (22 years ago, 25-Feb-03, to lugnet.general)
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