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Re: Lego Top Seller Data
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Mon, 7 May 2007 22:41:55 GMT
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In lugnet.general, David Eaton wrote:
> In lugnet.general, Ross Crawford wrote:
> > Wow, something really took a dive on 30th April, maybe that was when the half
> > price Death Star sold out?
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> Batman Dragster!
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> http://www.suave.net/~dave/cgi/top_sell_form.cgi?highlight=7779&min_time=1173733324&max_time=1177991999&view=1
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> On April 19th, Lego started putting a bunch of stuff on sale, like the Batman
> Dragster, Wild Hunters, DUPLO Handy Box, and.... other stuff. It also sent out
> an email that day, which started driving up sales of the discounted items. Some
> of the sale sets started showing up on the top sellers list as of around April
> 20th, with some latecomers on subsequent days. Ferrari Finish Line, Wild
> Hunters, and Batman Dragster made a HUGE jump with the sale, but the Dragster
> stopped rather abruptly on the 30th-- presumably because it sold out sometime on
> the 30th or the 29th or so? I dunno, I'm just assuming it sold out.
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> There's a bit of a delay in the statistics because the top seller data appears
> to be the "top sellers for the last 168 hours". For instance, check out the UCS
> Millenium Falcon:
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> http://www.suave.net/~dave/cgi/top_sell_form.cgi?highlight=10179&min_time=1173733324&max_time=1176091199&view=1
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> Lego stopped offering free shipping on March 31st, so there's a HUGE increase in
> sales, and then pretty much exactly 7 days later, it drops off the top seller
> list completely. It's likely that it sold *no* copies (or very few copies) on
> April 3rd, but it was still the #1 seller that day, presumably because it had
> sold so phenomenally well on the 1st that it was still the "top seller for the
> last 7 days". And about as soon as March 31st drops off the 7-day time period,
> ka-blammo! The UCS Falcon is off the list entirely.
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> DaveE
This is really fascinating to look at - I am surprised at the staying power of
Cafe Corner. But I'm also a little curious about what happened with the Hobby
Train.
Joe
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| (...) Actually, the inspiration for this little chart was Cafe Corner-- I wish I had started gathering data just a couple days earlier, when Cafe Corner first appeared on the list. I never expected it to last as long as as it has, especially (...) (18 years ago, 8-May-07, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Batman Dragster! (URL) April 19th, Lego started putting a bunch of stuff on sale, like the Batman Dragster, Wild Hunters, DUPLO Handy Box, and.... other stuff. It also sent out an email that day, which started driving up sales of the (...) (18 years ago, 7-May-07, to lugnet.general)
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