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Re: LEGO F1 Ferrari Collection, look but don't touch!
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Sun, 23 May 2004 14:12:44 GMT
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In lugnet.market.shopping, Aaron West wrote:
> The LEGO Website always has some nice things to look at.
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> I checked out the LEGO Website tonight on a whim, and gasped as I saw the
> Ferrari Racers on the front page.
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> http://www.lego.com/eng/?x=x
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> Beautiful!! So I click the link, because I love F1 Racing. A lot. I have to
> see more of this:
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> http://www.lego.com/eng/racers/Default.asp?x=x
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> "Hand built Ferrari, now you can continue the tradition," it says.
> I am drooling, even if there are no Techinc Beams, it's a beaut!
> So I explore deeper:
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> http://www.lego.com/eng/racers/ferrari/default.asp
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> OMG!!! Four distinct Ferrari products!! A driver set (even looks like them!),
> a minifigure scale car for the Racer series, and a fully stocked and minifig-ed
> Pit Stop with the car!!! Oooo, deary!! Where is my credit card!!!
> Got-to-have!! Click the cart!!!!
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> http://shop.lego.com/product.asp?p=8375
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> "Price: Sorry, item is not available in this country."
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> Why am I not surprised...
> Disappointment sets in. Why even advertise the stupid sets on the World Wide
> Web, if they are not intending to sell to the World. Especially the World's
> largest consumer economy???? What is the point LEGO??? I can see why so many
> people get frustrated in other nations now (Australia), it's just stupid.
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> Is Mega Blocks this bad?? I don't think so. It just seems like another whimsy
> in which LEGO fails to interpret or target the consumer for sales.
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> -Aaron-
> Frustrated Adult Fan of F1 Racing and Building Toys
A couple things:
- The 1:10 set is available in the US through S@H. I just got mine 3 days ago.
- LEGO is a world wide company and their website is for a world wide audience.
From what I can tell these sets have been available for a while now in Europe.
Since the EU is just as big a market (actually larger) than the US it makes
sense for them to avertise a new set on the website before it's available to the
US.
-Orion
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