 | | Re: Lego To Close Molding, Processing at Enfield, CT plant
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| (...) Enfield's WAY too big to shut down the whole works on something like this. All of their Americas marketing is done out of there, distribution, etc. There's a HUGE shows & events department there - probably 30,000+ sq ft of workspace and (...) (26 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
| | | | | article about the enfield situation
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| Lego To Shut Enfield Plant, Lay Off 94 By MATTHEW KAUFFMAN The Hartford Courant November 28, 2000 Lego will lay off 94 workers and shut down its Enfield-based manufacturing plant in response to a multimillion-dollar net loss this year, the company (...) (26 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.lego)
| | | | | Re: article about the enfield situation
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| (...) Do they even understand that one of the reasons they're losing money is because they're dumbing down their educational building toy product? They start losing money (for the first time ever, apparently) around the same time as they introduce (...) (26 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.lego)
| | | | | Re: article about the enfield situation
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| Much as I'd like to believe that, I bet money was wasted on other things, trying to "grow the brand". I wonder how much they blew on the RockRaiders, with the comic scenes and video game and total-theme research. I wonder the same about Action Team. (...) (26 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.lego)
| | | | | Re: Lego To Close Molding, Processing at Enfield, CT plant
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| (...) <snort> Not likely. They'd probably be killing off the 3033s because they compete too hard with the overpriced Bulk bricks. Don't get me wrong, I've ordered a LOT of Bulk, but not one standard brick yet, the prices are WAY too high per piece. (...) (26 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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