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(...) I am willing to give the "sheer madness" argument more credence than yourself. But I'll allow that your reasoning could be sound up to a point. But I tend to think that TLC is quite out of touch with what consumers really want and what they (...) (23 years ago, 15-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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Or "aye", according to personal preference... (...) (23 years ago, 15-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: Bad Policy #2 (Why all the secrecy, LEGO Direct?)
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(...) I'd rather not, thank you, this not being the lugnet.off-topic.deb...n-sequitor group. (...) Do me a favor and address me for the posts I make, and not for the posts that others may or may not have made in the past. I've been gone awhile, and (...) (23 years ago, 15-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) As quasi-rants tend to be...deal! (...) OMG, this same "tired" argument every time! We already know they are taking a bath on these kinds of sets, or at least the retailers are -- go check out the RR stuff on sale at TRU right now. How do I (...) (23 years ago, 14-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) I think it is quite pertinent, although at this point it might be more useful to ask why TLC is not producing NEW sets that supplement existing or previously popular themes. (I admit I AM biased in that I like the idea of having some pieces (...) (23 years ago, 14-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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Third this for me! All in favor say "I". -- Kenneth A. Drumm Ph.D. "Bryce McGlone" <bmcglone@ditim.com> wrote in message news:GDCB15.6Hq@lugnet.com... (...) parts (...) (23 years ago, 14-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) That's a nice slip into quasi-rant mode, but it's rather nonsequitor. Regardless, yes, I might wonder if bricks and minifigures are "tired" (in terms of buyer interest) since LEGO continues to juniorize their product (ie pitch them at younger (...) (23 years ago, 14-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) <snip> (...) Eh? You mean "tired" like bricks? "Tired" like minifigures? "Tired" like accessory parts. "Tired" like just about anything that doesn't immediately gratify or amuse one and requires active user participation and creativity...?! (...) (23 years ago, 14-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) There's nothing contradictory about that. What may have been a bestselling line in 1989 may have been losing container-shiploads by the mid-nineties. And this might have happened even if the design of the sets hadn't gotten progressively (...) (23 years ago, 14-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) I do consider Playmobil to be a major competitor of LEGO's, in terms of idea space if not in terms of marketshare, and there certainly is a lot of similarity between certain Playmobil themes and LEGO themes. I think the "borrowing" may go both (...) (23 years ago, 14-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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