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Re: LegoLand's Lost Opportunity
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lugnet.legoland.california
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Thu, 5 Apr 2001 23:54:30 GMT
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In lugnet.legoland.california, Jimmy Park writes:
> In lugnet.legoland.california, John Gramley writes:
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> > I think it would be a great opportunity for LEGOLAND to sell more
> > impulse-buy sets based on things that you could see in Miniland. I know
> > that we would never see any of the large buildings and probably only the
> > smallest ones. But I think they could make some good money selling sets of
> > some the people, vehicles, or small scenes that can be found in Miniland.
> > Or maybe they could produce and sell sets that are like things in Miniland,
> > instead of exact copies.
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> You know, (I think it was in their first year) they did sell some of the
> figures from miniland. But they were so grossly overpriced, that it was
> ridiculous.
Yep, it's true. They used to sell some of the humans. I think the price
was something like $8 each. I think I only saw them at the souvenir cart
parked next to the model shop, and I never saw more than 3 or 4 at a time.
I also never got the sense that it was a really developed program.
--Raymond Flournoy
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