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Re: Offline AFOLs
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Tue, 30 Nov 1999 18:27:26 GMT
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On Tue, 30 Nov 1999, Scott-A (<3843D713.58FDD272@hw.ac.uk>) wrote at
13:54:27


Is it not fair to assume that most of the people who know about BB do so
because of RTL/LUGNet? That is how I discovered them.

No, it is not fair. When I've been in the shop, there have been several
names mentioned who I've never heard of. While the internet is a
powerful tool, word of mouth works quite well on a slightly longer time
frame.


Another avenue might be adverts in local free papers. I haven't
investigated this at all, I'm just chucking out some ideas.

Do the Lego mags available in the UK have a letters page that can be
exploited?

Hmmm. Don't know, as I'm not in any of the clubs. Does anyone else know?

Jon?


--
Tony Priestman



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  Re: Offline AFOLs
 
All, The Lego Adventures mag, has a letters page, but its aimed at a much lower age range, just look at your TRU copy its all games and puzzles nothing much is really lego related. By all accounts it is not a good seller according to the newsagents (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)

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  Re: Offline AFOLs
 
You are a right. I think very few AFOLs are aware of RTL. Even less know about LUGNet. My auctions on ebay generate a lot of questions which makes a it clear to me that many are not aware of RTL/LUGNet. Additionally, RTL is slowly dying I think... (...) (25 years ago, 30-Nov-99, to lugnet.loc.uk)

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