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Re: re-What is happening to LEGO in UK +others
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Date: 
Mon, 31 Jan 2000 19:53:20 GMT
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On Sat, 29 Jan 2000 17:14:32 GMT, Lawrence Wilkes uttered the following
profundities...

I think its fairly simple really, They are just not good value for money in
comparison to other toys, which seem also to have more appeal to kids of
today. And they dont care about the adult market by making sets that appeal to
them.

Even the basic brick boxes are extortionate in price. 20 quid
for 848 pieces? Compared to normal sets, not bad, but I am
sure everyone remembers 1857, 950 piece value box, for 13.75?
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  Re: re-What is happening to LEGO in UK +others
 
(...) Even better, just before xmas the Entertainer were selling 1857 for £6.00. I picked some up. regards lawrence (25 years ago, 4-Feb-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)

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  Re: re-What is happening to LEGO in UK +others
 
(...) I agree. Have been to toy shops in Germany, Austria and Holland in the last 12 months and they seem to have healthy stocks of lego. Especially train which has disappeared in UK. I dont think my personal preferences for lego are much to go by, (...) (25 years ago, 29-Jan-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)

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