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Subject:	Re: 22 percent increase in Building & Construction toys?
Newsgroups:	lugnet.general, lugnet.lego
Date:	Thu, 7 Feb 2002 22:07:59 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Erik Olson writes: > From the Toy Fair website: > > "In the aftermath of 9/11, many families chose to stay close to home during > the latter part of the year and this trend is reflected in a 22 percent > increase in Building & Construction toys. The most dominant new arrival in > 2001 was LEGO's Bionicle line, which took six of the top 20 spots in this > category. However, claiming the number one position in the Building sets > category was the very innovative Screaming Serpent Coaster by K'NEX." How was this innovative? It's their second coaster! The only innovative thing I saw about it was that the MSRP was a lot less (and it had differently abled (they had no feet) passengers on a coaster train instead of a 4 wheeled cart. (I question the media reporting, not Erik, who I thank for the post!) From what I hear it was a great seller, though.

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		Re: 22 percent increase in Building & Construction toys?
(...) But it's the first time they've released their second coaster. Dave! (25 years ago, 7-Feb-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego)

		Re: 22 percent increase in Building & Construction toys?
(...) Because instead of bending rigid rods and connectors to make curved things, they provided flexible rods that would conform to a curve. :-) (25 years ago, 7-Feb-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego)

		Re: 22 percent increase in Building & Construction toys?
when was the first one released? The rankings don't claim "22 percent increase in innovation." I think they are talking about big sellers from 2001. Maybe that was the only adjective that the person could think of. (25 years ago, 7-Feb-02, to lugnet.general)

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		22 percent increase in Building & Construction toys?
From the Toy Fair website: "In the aftermath of 9/11, many families chose to stay close to home during the latter part of the year and this trend is reflected in a 22 percent increase in Building & Construction toys. The most dominant new arrival in (...) (25 years ago, 7-Feb-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego)

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