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Re: Jake did good Thanks!!
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Wed, 5 May 2004 20:48:40 GMT
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"Ted Michon" <ted@scltc.org> wrote in message news:Hx9DrH.JCy@lugnet.com...
> It's past time to get beyond debating the "why" of the color change (and
> especially haranguing Jake about it). I don't see any reason not to take • Jake
> and the TLC at their word that the new colors work better with the core • market
> at point of sale: at the toy store.
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> We have to accept that for every 10,000 bricks one of us LUGNET types buy • (and
> to tell you the truth, I don't think there are anywhere near 1000 of us • who buy
> 10,000s of bricks each year), that TLC sells 10,000,000 to kids who don't • know a
> stud from a tube. That's just the way it is. The core LEGO market
> is/was/always-will-be kids. We don't buy as much LEGO per year as parents • of
> kids who buy the
> one-set-of-a-lifetime-that-lives-in-the-closet-until-the-kid-leaves-home.
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> What I think TLC did wrong was to retire parts of a 30 year old system. • That's
> the bad idea. Jake's announcement of a limited rebirth really mitigates • that.
> How much depends on how accessible the new parts are.
>
> Everyone mentions New Coke. Nobody mentions that when after 6 months the • Coca
> Cola company relented and announced they were bringing back Classic Coke • that
> they kept New Coke. Within 12 months, you couldn't find a New Coke to save • your
> life.
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> I'd like to think that we too could vote with our purchases here, but the
> problem is that there will be a ton of new product and a limited supply of • old
> and that as a group we have about zip purchasing power. A whole lot of • LEGO is
> sold to people who don't have any to match or who don't know enough to • care or
> who, knowing, simply don't care. Indeed, there are members in my LTC who • don't
> see what the fuss is about (an LTC with $10,000 worth of old dark gray • track).
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> But I say thanks, Jake, you did good!
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> -Ted Michon
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> President
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> SCLTC
Here here!
Richard
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| (...) I have to agree with nearly all the sentiments expressed here. Jake is not personally at fault here and (note: my own unsubstantiated opinion) probably none too impressed by it all himself as he a is an AFOL as well as an employee. Thus going (...) (21 years ago, 5-May-04, to lugnet.general)
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| It's past time to get beyond debating the "why" of the color change (and especially haranguing Jake about it). I don't see any reason not to take Jake and the TLC at their word that the new colors work better with the core market at point of sale: (...) (21 years ago, 5-May-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, FTX) !!
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