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TLG 1998 Annual Report
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Mon, 21 Jun 1999 16:26:29 GMT
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Apologies if this has already been discussed (if it was, I probably read
the discussion, maybe participated in it, and then forgot about it).
TLG's 1998 annual report is online at
<http://www.lego.com/info/pressspecific.asp?PressReleaseId=68&Year=1999>
Interesting that they owned up (among other things) to production not
responding to the highest selling items:
Quoted from Section "Disappointing Earnings"
> we must acknowledge that we did not manage to gear our production to
> meet the demand for the products that sold best.
And the translation is occasionally amusing, especially the idiomatic
stuff.
Steve
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Message has 2 Replies:
 | | Re: TLG 1998 Annual Report
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| Dear LEGO, A passage in your 1998 Annual Report states: (quoted from (URL), in the section 'Steady as She Goes...') (...) I feel there is a point being missed here: currently, LEGO seems to produce two types of building sets: sets with instructions (...) (25 years ago, 21-Jun-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
| | | Re: TLG 1998 Annual Report
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| I am reading over it now. Maybe if they want to improve profits, maybe they should start supplying the products their customers want (I.E. bulk purchases, decent sets like SW, no Juniorization, etc.). I know I know, what a concept! You give your (...) (25 years ago, 21-Jun-99, to lugnet.general)
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