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Re: Chat with a Lego Australia rep..
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lugnet.loc.au
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Wed, 7 Nov 2001 10:22:12 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.au, Jason King writes:
> Well actually he was the state manager apparently.
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> Talked about the 2002 stuff, Releases start in Feb/March.More in April/July.
> Said there was Star Wars to be released in conjunction with Episode 3.
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> Talked about the Yoda sculpture. $180 was the price. Might be a good parts
> set, depending on the piece count.. He seemed really impressed with it..
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> Talked about the new soccer sets. The new soccer field will RRP at $99
> Said it was a much bigger set, more players, more room on the field again
> seemed impressed with it.
Current field set would suit ants, I combined multiple fields to make a decent
sized pitch, maybe others did as well.
> BAD NEWS to me anyway :-( .... Looks like Life on Mars is deleted. Didn't
> sell well enough apparently..
Guessed that one, too many new colours, too many quasi-Techno specialised bits.
I liked LoM personally. At half-price those scorpions still will not move.
> Harry Potter is selling through the roof, He said selling out before
> Christmas is distinct possibility.
Nice sets, nice pieces and a movie tie-in, what more could one want.
> Of course Bionicle is selling like hot cakes...
Maybe not as well as planned, some price-cutting happening to keep the
momentum going, plus copper give-aways.
> He hadn't heard of LugNet :-( Told him about it.
> Was very suprised when i told him that we buy multiple copies of a single
> set.
> His words were " So thats were they all go"
Outrageous retail behaviour.
> Said that when KMART had the blue tubs on sale they sold 40,000
> units...Australia Wide...
> Yes Forty Thousand units... they bought in a total of 55,000 units.
> He did say they would be on special at $39.99 again shortly. to clear the
> leftovers
Leftovers....so the demise is on the horizon.
> He also said that Kmart will have the UCS Tiefighter for $99 shortly. Sounds
> REAL GOOD..Layby some of those methinks...
At least Kmart sets will be newish, wonder what TRU will do with their
shop-worn sets.
> Lastly he also said that LEGO may be doing one of there show things in
> Rocky... Now that would be cool............. Well to me anyway.... :-)
> -
> Jason King
> LugNet #665
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| (...) Quick plug for set 7316 -- I really enjoyed this model. Some cool pieces, and nice modularity -- <$40 it really lends itself to multiples. Not enough classic bricks of course, but there must be some cool stuff to do with all those tan click (...) (23 years ago, 7-Nov-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| Well actually he was the state manager apparently. Talked about the 2002 stuff, Releases start in Feb/March.More in April/July. Said there was Star Wars to be released in conjunction with Episode 3. Talked about the Yoda sculpture. $180 was the (...) (23 years ago, 7-Nov-01, to lugnet.loc.au)
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