Subject:
|
Re: The Future of Trains
|
Newsgroups:
|
lugnet.lego
|
Date:
|
Tue, 2 Oct 2007 08:26:06 GMT
|
Viewed:
|
19674 times
|
| |
|
|
The simple fact is that no matter what products are on the shelf or how
good (or crap) the design is, trains that get their power from the track
(ala 9V) will ALWAYS be more expensive than a matching train that takes
battery power (rechargeable or throwaway). TLC has said as much many times.
No matter how many people would buy a 9V train set, there will always be
more people who would buy the battery train (because its cheaper and/or has
more parts for the same cost)
|
|
Message has 1 Reply:
 | | Re: The Future of Trains
|
| (...) Also, Add Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC) rules that anything using AC power means minimum age 7 on the box, and with Duplo going around age 5, that means a gap in trains from age 5 to 7. The new battery train has a lower age range (...) (17 years ago, 2-Oct-07, to lugnet.lego)
|
Message is in Reply To:
| | Re: The Future of Trains
|
| As a Senior Engineering Analyst, I understand facts, figures, and numbers. If a department reports low sales on something, that may indicate that a product of that department should be cut in order for the company as a whole to be profitable. (...) (17 years ago, 2-Oct-07, to lugnet.lego)
|
124 Messages in This Thread:
(Inline display suppressed due to large size. Click Dots below to view.)
- Entire Thread on One Page:
- Nested:
All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:
All | Brief | Compact
This Message and its Replies on One Page:
- Nested:
All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:
All | Brief | Compact
|
|
|
|
