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In lugnet.lego, Ken Nagel wrote:
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In lugnet.lego, John M. Rudy wrote:
MAJOR SNIPAGE
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This community really needs to stop hating itself, or I fear it will self
destruct pretty soon.
-John Rudy
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The problem doesnt lie within the community it lies within the company.
Proof of this is that they are dumbfounded as to why with all of their
efforts they are still loosing money.
I missed The whole Marsk debate but lets face it anouncing to the world that
you are producing something as a limited edition and then saying you changed
your mind for whatever reason is by definition dishonest.
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I promised myself I wouldnt continue fanning the flames here, but I couldnt
resist one more...
The gist of the complaints against TLC Im hearing is theyve made a business
decision that changed from an earlier promise (neither of which I think is
true, but there you are). Although the viewpoints are different, the one thing
thats fairly common is that some people are upset LEGO has changed something.
But if LEGO never changed anything, wed all still be buying this.
Or wed still be using tubeless CA bricks. Or wed have six colors.
Im sure the LEGO-bashers will have a field day with this. Have at.
<snip>
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Lego refuses to listen to anyone wether AFOL or casulal consumer. Until they
figure out that they dont know everything things will get worse.
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ROFL. Absolutely not true, from my own experience. LEGO has solicited opinions
in various areas and actually followed the suggestions when they made sense.
And there you have Lesson #1 on Why Sweeping Statements Can Come Back To Bite
You On The Butt.
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It could come sooner than later. Gi Joe was once king, yet as all action
figures fade away at some point so did Joe. Bionical is no diffrent. Bionicle
is propping up much of Lego. Joe has made somewhat of a come back. The
question is then will Lego still be around when the Bionicle kids start
feeling nostalgic?
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Even though the Bionicle team has 21 years worth of storyline mapped out (were
currently in the second of seven 3-year cycles), its clearly a fad, and Id be
very surprised if Bionicle lasted that long. Yes, its definitely carrying the
product lines that dont sell as much, but thatll change, Im sure. The
question is, will anything else emerge to replace Bionicles sales at that time,
or will cheap and inferior Chinese-produced competition, bad management
decisions, and/or continuing sales slumps (possibly caused in part by
disaffected AFOLs) torpedo the company?
Id like to think LEGO will pull through, and Ill do what I can to help that.
Like not trashing the company every single chance I get.
Kelly
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