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Re: High praise for Designer Set #4100
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lugnet.general
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Sun, 13 Apr 2003 22:07:13 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Allan Bedford writes:
> In lugnet.general, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> > This
(idea book)
> > is an absolutely awesome idea. Done right it would be hundreds of
> > pages, though... wonder if there would be a market for it. I'd buy one though!
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> Me too. There is always more to learn.
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> I know that in talking to parents, and from some of the emails I've received
> via my website, that Idea Books in general are in at least moderate demand.
> A full-blown product, along this line, would hopefully sell well on its own,
> while at the same time adding to sales of the Designer Sets. Let's keep our
> fingers crossed. :)
Indeed. Here's an idea about idea books.
What if TLC went with an alternate distribution channel? We know that sets
seem to have shorter and shorter lifespans on store shelves these days what
with faster rotation and so forth. Rather than just distributing to toy
stores, what if TLC also distributed to booksellers, Amazon.com, etc... get
the idea book an ISBN number and see if it can sell that way too.
Just an idea.
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Message has 2 Replies:
 | | Re: High praise for Designer Set #4100
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| (...) And a good one. All I can say is, I agree. I've seen Mindstorms books in brick and mortar stores, why not an Idea Book of some kind? If not the Designer Sets book, then a more generalized one? I realize the Mindstorms books aren't LEGO company (...) (22 years ago, 13-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
| | | Re: High praise for Designer Set #4100
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| (...) I am picking up from this dead thread because: a) the local TRU had these in a while back, but they quickly sold out, and I only noticed the shelf space afterwards b) I just picked up #4101 and am mightily impressed with it Larry's idea is (...) (21 years ago, 10-Jun-03, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: High praise for Designer Set #4100
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| (...) I would agree, though I would characterize it just *slightly* differently. I would say that these sets draw from the roots of LEGO, but that they are more fully formed branches... off the same tree. In my original post I suggested that the new (...) (22 years ago, 13-Apr-03, to lugnet.general)
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