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Re: Flower power to the people!
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lugnet.loc.au
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Thu, 1 Jul 2004 15:13:12 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.au, Kerry Raymond wrote:
> > That's kind of interesting, but I don't think it really shows what are [hot]
> > items - that would be stats on the total amounts {spent} on specific
> parts.
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> True, but my request was for data on "what people actually buy" as distinct
> from "most wanted" or what's hot.
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> Personally I find the data remarkable. I really did not expect to find such
> buyer enthusiasm for some very standard bricks in some fairly ordinary
> colours (e.g. 1x2 black bricks, the top seller).
I for one am constantly running out of black 1x2 bricks... but then I don't have
a wall of Blue Tubs (tm).
> And I certainly would never
> have picked the flower stems as #2. Is everyone out there doing Kew Gardens
> and Chelsea Flower Show MOCs? Indeed, where on earth did people get their
> hands on 70K of flower stems to sell? Do they suddenly grow on trees?
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> Despite Lego's long term policy of including at least one blue brick in
> every set regardless of relevance or aesthetics,
> some people were still needy enough to purchase 60K of blue 2x2 bricks in
> the past 6 months. What on earth can you build with blue bricks? 1)
> Officeworks 2) a river 3) the ocean 4) the sky 5) umm, another ocean ...
> you get my drift ...
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=726462 ? ;)
Michael
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