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Re: A Day in the Life (was:Re: Lego changes CEO after new losses_
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Date: 
Fri, 22 Oct 2004 03:48:26 GMT
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In lugnet.lego, Thomas Main wrote:
   he blew his resources on bionicles

Yup, it’s a darn shame that he put money into a non-licensed product that so took the world by storm that while it was still fairly obscure it ranked as the top selling ACTION FIGURE line (beating Star Wars, Power Rangers, etc.), all by itself, with no help from any other more “pure” LEGO theme. Yeah, it’s too bad that they’re pulling in so much profit on one theme, and that it’s proved to be a marketable enough property that they can make money on licensing fees from other companies, rather than the other way around.

   while mega bloks had just released na-no

Yeah, they did, and it’s a cute concept (one that probably won’t get them sued, either), but I stand by my position that the 1:1 height/width ratio is going to prove to be a severe limiter on construction possibilities. Any hardcore Schliem fan can tell you how useful it is to be able to pull off minor offsets that are only possible because of the 6:5 height/width ratio.



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  Re: A Day in the Life (was:Re: Lego changes CEO after new losses_
 
(...) Well, I meant that as a joke. I am aware that Bionicle is extremely sucessful. But your post did get me to thinking. Bionicle is such a strong brand by itself that as long as TLC is looking to sell properties to (I assume) raise (...) (20 years ago, 22-Oct-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)

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  A Day in the Life (was:Re: Lego changes CEO after new losses_
 
(...) i read the news today, oh boy about a lego man who lost his job and though the news was rather sad well i just had to laugh i saw the photograph he blew his resources on bionicles while mega bloks had just released na-no a crowd on lugnet came (...) (20 years ago, 22-Oct-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)  

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