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Re: Stunning new Maersk set?
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lugnet.general
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Sat, 15 May 2004 07:47:44 GMT
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> > I spoke to Maersk marketing today and was told that they are only distributed as
> > "gifts" to cargo shipping clients via the Maersk corporate sales team :(
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> Figures...Lego will only sell these to Maersk, and Maersk will only give them
> away to their buddies...sounds like a crock of crap to me.
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> mutters under breath... "not surprising Lego lost money last year, it
> has lost its good marketing sense. Give people good sets, and stop catering
> exclusively to their corporate partners."
*SNIP*
> In my opinion, the maersk set has got to be the best or one of the best
> sets Lego has made this year, and NOT available to the general public.
> Bah!! KKK should step down, and all the management team except Jake and
> Kate should be fired!!
No Maersk set has every been made avalible to the general public. Ever - only
via Maersk itself (how you manage that I have no idea!)
(Maybe its some legal thing between Lego and Maersk)
cheers
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| "troy walker" <thepeloquin@NOSPAMH...tmail.com> wrote in message news:HxqwBK.CGv@lugnet.com... (...) only (...) Not true -- 1831, (URL) was available quite widely, in particular on the 'truck tour' a few years ago in New Zealand and probably (...) (20 years ago, 15-May-04, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Figures...Lego will only sell these to Maersk, and Maersk will only give them away to their buddies...sounds like a crock of crap to me. mutters under breath... "not surprising Lego lost money last year, it has lost its good marketing sense. (...) (20 years ago, 14-May-04, to lugnet.general)
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