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(...) Well, someone has to pay for the US-only support programs (Event packets, LEGO Brick Masters, etc), the seemingly omnipresent commercials on American TVs and to make the prices in America competitive with Megablokes. So they _have_ to rip us (...) (20 years ago, 22-Sep-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Competetive with MegaBloks? Where have you been? Lego is priced at least twice what the same same size MB set sells for here in the USA. (...) I won't mention that one either. It was not on my list of must do's. All seemed fairly quiet until (...) (20 years ago, 22-Sep-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Well, while Lego is about 2x MegaBlok prices in the US, European prices are typically between 1-2x the US price. So European Lego might cost as much as 4x a comperable MegaBlok set. It's most likely one of the factors that has cause US prices (...) (20 years ago, 23-Sep-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Since Wal*Mart was mentioned, I feel it important to mention that, increasingly, the larger mass retailers in the US actually dictate and demand specific price points on products they put on their store shelves. For example, if W*M wants LEGO (...) (20 years ago, 28-Sep-04, to lugnet.general)
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In lugnet.general, Kevin Salm wrote: (snip) (...) Note that some people get confused by a FUT to a group without the original post appearing there. It is considered good practice by them and by others to post the original post to the group you set (...) (20 years ago, 28-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.general)
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