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| | | I've been reading the recent articles about The Lego Group's financial problems. Its sad to see a company with a long history of good practices in trouble. But, it has occurred to me that we AFOL's might be part of the problem. What do we do? Well, (...) (20 years ago, 23-Oct-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | Re: Are *we* part of TLG's problem? —Ahui Herrera
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| | | | | (...) All good points! And while we (AFOL) might be contributing to the overall problem like you show we are a small percentage of the problem. AFOLs for all their wallet power (AKA $$$) are only a very tiny fraction of the total sales of LEGO. The (...) (20 years ago, 24-Oct-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | | | | | | Re: Are *we* part of TLG's problem? —Gerhard R. Istok
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| | | | | | | (...) I agree. It's the "Kool Kids" culture that Madison Avenue advertising (can you say "low-carb food") and Hollywood (TV/Movies) propogate. No wonder the rest of the world hates the USA (well that and our current president). But I don't think (...) (20 years ago, 24-Oct-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | | | | | | Re: Are *we* part of TLG's problem? —Rocco J. Carello
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| | | | | | (...) I've been wondering about this for a while. I've played with LEGO my whole life, but I didn't get my first Legoland set (Space Dart I Value Pack from 1984) until my 7th birthday. It wasn't until 1986 when I was 9 years old that I really got (...) (20 years ago, 24-Oct-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | | | | Re: Are *we* part of TLG's problem? —David Laswell
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| | | | | (...) A lot of you do that, but a lot of us still buy new sets at new set prices (okay, I'm guilty of taking advantage of a few conveniently timed sales to pick up brand-new releases at 20% off a few times, but...). Besides, once a store buys the (...) (20 years ago, 24-Oct-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | Re: Are *we* part of TLG's problem? —Ray Sanders
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| | | | | (...) You say many good things, but I believe that this is a stretch. When a store decides to carry LEGO products, they make their best guess how much they can sell. This is typically called 'up front buying' and can happen many months in advance (...) (20 years ago, 24-Oct-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | Re: Are *we* part of TLG's problem? —Terry Prosper
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| | | | (...) I don't believe that's true. LEGO targets the yound children with "cool" products that are all fresh and new. Most kids would rather have the newest theme than an old set they saw in a catalog a year ago. And if these kids wanted these sets in (...) (20 years ago, 24-Oct-04, to lugnet.general)
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