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Subject:	Re: MEGA Bloks Net Earnings Up 22%
Newsgroups:	lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands
Followup-To:	lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands
Date:	Thu, 30 Oct 2003 21:44:14 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Bryan Kinkel wrote: > http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/031030/mo153_1.html Wow... those numbers are very backloaded. You expect to see backloading for 4th quarter but their 3rd quarter sales are about the same as 1st and 2nd put together. I did not know that. Curiosity piqued, I went and checked Hasbro. Same thing. http://finance.yahoo.com/q/sec?s=HAS leads to http://www.edgar-online.com/bin/edgardoc/finSys_main.asp?dcn=0000046080-03-000039&nad= and Mattel http://finance.yahoo.com/q/sec?s=MAT leads to http://www.edgar-online.com/bin/edgardoc/finSys_main.asp?dcn=0000898430-02-004040&nad= same thing. 3rd quarter sales for both are about the same as both 1st and 2nd put together. Pretty amazing. Much of 3rd quarter must be filling the channel to distributors for 4th quarter, I guess.

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		Re: MEGA Bloks Net Earnings Up 22%
(...) I am horrified to see that in my local Walmart (north Utica, NY) that they have left all the Lego advertising material hanging from the entire aisle length section despite the fact that what used to be an entire aisle of Lego is now 1/4 Lego (...) (21 years ago, 31-Oct-03, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)

		Re: MEGA Bloks Net Earnings Up 22%
(...) For a toy company it used to be typical for Q1-Q3 to be small compared to Q4. Maybe they are getting paid earlier, or maybe people were buying a lot more this quarter. Another factor is how fast the product cycle is becoming. Anyone notice (...) (21 years ago, 31-Oct-03, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)

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		MEGA Bloks Net Earnings Up 22%
(URL) went into TRU the other day, and I was surprised at how much competition there is in the building toys category. The TRU here in Media, PA has had a minor revamp in the Lego & contraction toys area. K'Nex are across the aisle from LEGO. There (...) (21 years ago, 30-Oct-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)

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