 | | Pokemon blitzes Lego —Indranil Basak
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| | | This is the latest from BBC. Wednesday, 29 November, 2000, 13:46 GMT Lego is in trouble, and it is Pokemon's fault, according to Eva Lykkegaard, head of information at the Danish toy maker. The Pokemon-craze that has swept the minds of children (...) (24 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.lego)
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| | | | | Re: Pokemon blitzes Lego —Jon Kozan
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| | | | | (...) -Jon (24 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.lego)
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| | | | | | | Re: Pokemon blitzes Lego —Dave Schuler
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| | | | | | (...) Only if they buy the license from Ritvik. Dave! (24 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.lego)
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| | | | | Re: Pokemon blitzes Lego —Steve Martin
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| | | | | (...) Sounds like TLC needs a Lego cartoon or stop motion movie to boost sales. Some of the stuff they have been doing lately seems to be leaning that way. Steve Martin (24 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.lego)
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| | | | | Re: Pokemon blitzes Lego —Eric Joslin
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| | | | (...) <snip> (...) Frankly, blaming their losses on Pokemon seems like a bit of a cop out. Pokemon was just as (if not more) popular in 1999 as in 2000, and they managed to run a profit that year. Perhaps they need to return to the business plan (...) (24 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.lego)
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| | | | | | Re: Pokemon blitzes Lego —David Eaton
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| | | | (...) I hate to post me too posts, but ... Blaming losses on Pokemon may be a good cover for the news and for Joe Public, but if people inside the company *really* think that Pokemon is at fault for their sales drop, they need to get sacked. Lego (...) (24 years ago, 29-Nov-00, to lugnet.lego)
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| | | | | | Re: Pokemon blitzes Lego —Mario Ferrari
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| | | | | (...) managed (...) have (...) I agree with both of you that Pokemon is probably not the only reason for their losses. But just for your information, Pokemon has been launched in Europe in 2000 and not in 1999. There's a pretty standard calendar for (...) (24 years ago, 30-Nov-00, to lugnet.lego)
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| | | | | | | Re: Pokemon blitzes Lego —Eric Joslin
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| | | | | | (...) D'oh! Of course. I didn't think about the time lapse for things making their way to Europe. (...) Ah! LEGO sets aside, the first two Harry Potter novels were released in the UK before even the first one was released in the USA. It was not (...) (24 years ago, 30-Nov-00, to lugnet.lego)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Pokemon blitzes Lego —Mario Ferrari
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| | | | | | (...) the (...) their (...) the UK (...) Sure. They were released in the UK because Mrs. Rowling is from the UK. But the things will go different for the movie and the licensed merchandising. (...) My (...) huge (...) interested to (...) In Europe (...) (24 years ago, 30-Nov-00, to lugnet.lego)
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| | | | | | Re: Pokemon blitzes Lego —Lindsay Frederick Braun
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| | | | (...) I wonder if they would have blamed Furby last year. It may bear seeing how Ritvik's been doing with the Pokemon licence-- I haven't seen that much of the theme stuff out, though, so it's either been going fast or not been produced in all (...) (24 years ago, 30-Nov-00, to lugnet.lego)
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