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Re: So explain to me why Lego UK dont do trains!
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Sun, 17 Oct 1999 20:47:11 GMT
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I saw a single Blue Turbo in TRU in Southampton yesterday - I think it was
£95.
They also had the new 'millennium Slizer' which was £15
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Colin
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David Graham <david@graham167.freeserve.co.uk> wrote in message
news:FJrJ94.Aw8@lugnet.com...
> I was in Amsterdam on holiday (partly to buy the
> '99 train range) and noted the difference between the
> UK and the Netherlands.
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> It is not just LEGO trains that are not just popular
> there, all toys and trains are.
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> Trains and LEGO are all declining in importance in the
> UK - maybe there is more pride in the railways abroad.
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> LEGO UK don't sell enough trains in this country, the
> whole range used to be readily available but not enough
> people must have baught them, we will be lucky if there
> are any trains in next years UK catalogue.
>
> I display my trains at model railway exhibitions and
> the most common comment from parents is "I didn't
> know that LEGO did trains".
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> One good sign was that I saw 4561 Blue Turbo on sale in
> John Lewis - they haven't sold trains for several years.
> The price was £109 so I told them about Beaties mail
> order at £99.99 so they should reduce it. I haven't
> seen 4561 in Toys R Us or any other shop in the UK.
>
> By the way, I bought 4562 for £83 in Amsterdam, at that
> price maybe more people would buy it.
>
> We need to keep on asking LEGO about trains, keep on
> writing to them.
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| I was in Amsterdam on holiday (partly to buy the '99 train range) and noted the difference between the UK and the Netherlands. It is not just LEGO trains that are not just popular there, all toys and trains are. Trains and LEGO are all declining in (...) (25 years ago, 17-Oct-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)
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