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Re: The Future of Trains
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Tue, 2 Oct 2007 13:01:57 GMT
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In lugnet.lego, Adam Murtha wrote:
> Well thank you Lego. This is the final nail in the coffin. Changing the grey's
> and brown colours, killing the 9v trains. The least you could have done was keep
> up with the exchange rate on the Canadian dollar. No excuses like "There may be
> many variables including taxes, exchange rates and country laws which can affect
> the market value.Suggested retail prices for our product assortment are
> determined well in advance. We rely on professional studies of the dollar
> fluctuations over a multi year horizon to determine the suggested retail price
> which will not change during the product assortment year. The suggested retail
> price of our products has historically not fluctuated every time the value of
> the dollar rises or falls to maintain an annual harmonized price." *Taken from
> an email I got from Lego about the difference in the US and Canadian dollar*
> Another failure by Lego to determine the desire for the 9v trains. As mentioned
> before the lack of sales in the train line has nothing to do with the power
> source, but the lack of marketing and availability.
>
> I'm out. I'm done. See ya Lego. I wonder what Mega Bloks is coming out with next
> year?
Being also a Canadian, I have many of the same gripes as you do towards LEGO. I
remember a time not so long ago when the prices for Canadian Shop@Home were
given in US$. When the CDN$ started going up, they changed their prices to CDN$
for our "convenience" with an exchange rate that was anythig but.
Maybe we should approach MEGA-BLOKS to come up with their own train line. If
some other manufacturer shows interest in trains, at the very least, it would
force LEGO to take interest and stop considering us as a captive audience. At
least their headquarters are on the North American continent (Montreal), they
might be more receptive to our needs. We could finally get those large redius
curves we've always wanted plus new geometry switches. Personally, I'd like to
get a (more or less) accurate North American freight truck. They have never
been afraid to take on LEGO and their products are a lot better than some of you
guys seem to think. (I personnally like the ProBuilder line but I don't care
much for Dragons or Pyrates).
If anyone else is interested, maybe we could put together something and present
our case to MEGA-BLOKS. I live about an hour's drive from their headquarters
and I could probably arrange to meet them. If anyone wants to contribute, drop
me an email.
Daniel Aubin
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