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Re: Pokemon blitzes Lego
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lugnet.lego
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Thu, 30 Nov 2000 10:34:06 GMT
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In lugnet.lego, David Eaton writes:
> In lugnet.lego, Eric Joslin writes:
> > 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.
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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 (and the rest of
> the toy market mind you) has survived LOTS of fads. Kids ALWAYS are
> attracted to them, and end up opting for fad toys. As far as I'm concerned
> the Pokemon fad is only a very small chunk of the business they 'might' have
> had in its absence.
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 markets.
So will it be Thunderbirds that's the scapegoat next year?
best
LFB
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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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