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Re: NEW Argos Catalouge
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Mon, 31 Jul 2000 13:39:20 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.uk, Jason Briscoe writes:
This is probably not thie first post about this toady but, what a let =
down. Apart from the few decent etchnic sets like the 8458, it looks =
like Argos has shifted over to Blockmen clones!


Not surprised.
Given Argos need to dump surplus Lego inventory over last few sales why would
they continue to stock what is obviously a poor seller for them?

Cant see Blockmen being any more successful though. Though the military theme
might be appealing to kids, the actual sets are not particularly good value in
my mind. They are not cheap really in comparision to the number of parts. And
people who do appreciate the Lego brand will probably ignore them.

regards
lawrence



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  Re: NEW Argos Catalouge
 
I was just about to write a post about the Argos catalogue, mentioning blockmen, but you obviously beat me to it. There is actually only one lego "set" (excluding freestyle/basic)- all the rest is technic. Maybe people are more inclined to buy only (...) (24 years ago, 31-Jul-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)

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  NEW Argos Catalouge
 
This is probably not thie first post about this toady but, what a let down. Apart from the few decent etchnic sets like the 8458, it looks like Argos has shifted over to Blockmen clones! Regards Jason (24 years ago, 30-Jul-00, to lugnet.loc.uk)

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