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Heh, hilarious post. :) -- Paul Davidson Lawrence Wilkes <lawrence@thewilkesf...rve.co.uk> wrote in message news:GCvG3K.7Bn@lugnet.com... (...) LEGO? (...) (23 years ago, 6-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) see a (...) That is totally bogus. What if MegaBloks had found out from one of the summiteers about the upcoming bulk trains? What could they have done about it? Rush a whole series of trains and track out to their worldwide online store? (...) (23 years ago, 5-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) I can think of some examples. E.g. number of sale of the Y-Wing+Tie set would be reduced if we know ahead that a cheaper mini-fig set will include Darth Vader. The same applies for the C3PO in Millenium Falcon and Droid Escape. LEGO sets are (...) (23 years ago, 5-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Then you're extremely naive. MegaBloks IS competition (as AFOLs have seen other parents buy MB time and time again simply BECAUSE it is cheaper), and if they see a mockup and then get a model to market faster (which they probably could, since (...) (23 years ago, 5-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) ===...=== WARNING: highly synical material to follow ===...=== Although LD should be the ones to supply the real answer, here's my theory: Because it all sounds so cool and important that way. it's exciting. If the info were truly sensitive, I (...) (23 years ago, 5-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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