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Subject: 
Re: Update on color issue
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.lego, lugnet.general
Date: 
Thu, 27 Nov 2003 17:10:38 GMT
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In lugnet.lego, Scott Lyttle wrote:
AFOL's           = approximately 1-5% of market
remaining public = approximately  95% of market

I will let those numbers speak for themselves.

'nuff said

Care to venture a guess as to what percentage of sales TLC projects from the
Pick-a-Brick walls in the new Retail Stores?

From what I've observed in the stores, these sales are driven almost entirely by
the AFOL market.  And I'll tell you that TLC's own sales projections place this
percentage a few multiples over your upper water mark.

- Chris.



Message has 2 Replies:
  Re: Update on color issue
 
(...) I've seen many, many more parents and kids fill cups than AFOLs. Though we do have a handful of AFOL regulars who come in and pack cups. -Tim (21 years ago, 27-Nov-03, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
  Re: Update on color issue
 
(...) I was just at the LIC in Orlando yesterday and I can say that the PaB was doing quite well with the general public, I had to keep pushing those pesky kids away so I could get to the bricks I wanted ;) jt (21 years ago, 27-Nov-03, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)

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  Re: Update on color issue
 
(...) Nope..that's exactly the point. Remember that most children don't have enough Lego bricks to make huge color-coordinated MOC like most of us AFOL's. To most children, the fact there are Lego bricks is all they need. Color coordination doesn't (...) (21 years ago, 27-Nov-03, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)

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