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Re: So where is Brad's answer to the 2001 info?
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lugnet.lego.direct
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Tue, 22 Aug 2000 00:15:45 GMT
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icestorm@inwave.com!avoidspam!
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Lorbaat wrote:
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> In lugnet.lego.direct, Eric Joslin writes:
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> > Och. Well, make better sets, and you won't have to worry about
> > cannibalisation. Seriously.
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> I hate to follow myself up, but I thought of something else in this vein:
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> I've spent well over $250 in the past two weeks on Lego. Probably closer to
> $300. Lego will see none of that money, because it wasn't spent in a store.
> It was spent on eBay and in private deals, buying sets that are, in my opinion,
> higher-quality than what Lego produces today.
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> You should be less concerned with future releases cannibalizing your sales than
> with old releases doing the same.
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> eric
I spend more on new store-bought sets than those old sets on Ebay, but I
should explain in detail. I buy the new sets when they are on sale or deep
discount. (judging from the shelves, S@H will be offering Town Jr. and Rock
Raider sets for weeks and weeks just like the Technic Spider Slayer theme.)
More often than not, I buy them for parts that fit into a Blacktron I theme.
Except for a couple SW sets, I won't pay full price.
But I will pay way over original price for Blacktron I sets on Ebay. Unlike
many of the new sets, Blacktron I is worth it.
I guess my feeling is if the 2001 sets are good sets at good values, letting
expectation rise would be a good thing. If they aren't reasonably priced and
interesting, they'll sit on the shelves until clearenced and then parted out
to contribute to personal creations of old themes.
I think I'm in agreement with Eric.
Mark
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| (...) Well, I'm fairly certain that it doesn't matter much to Lego (in the short term anyway) if you pay full retail price at Wal-Mart or wait for WM to drop them to 50% off to clear them off the shelf. Wal-Mart paid for the sets up front, so the (...) (25 years ago, 22-Aug-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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| (...) I hate to follow myself up, but I thought of something else in this vein: I've spent well over $250 in the past two weeks on Lego. Probably closer to $300. Lego will see none of that money, because it wasn't spent in a store. It was spent on (...) (25 years ago, 21-Aug-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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