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Re: AFOL's as cheapskates?????
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Tue, 16 Jan 2001 00:44:43 GMT
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John Heins wrote:
[snipped lengthy but interesting post]
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> I expect that even the cheapest AFOL (at least those like myseelf with kids
> and who has regular contact with kids) acts as a "missionary" and is far
> more valuable to TLC than much of their advertising. Apologies for being so
> verbose.
That really resonates with me. I have been giving Duplo or Lego as gifts
to my daughter's friends for about 3 years now, from when she was two
until now, when she is 5. I can't count how many times the parents have
called me for advice on more Lego or Duplo sets to buy for their kids.
A lot of them were previously into Barbies or whatever and told me
they preferred Lego once they saw what the kids could do with it.
/Eric McC/
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| Sorry, but I do beg to differ. I would not want to hazard a guess on the percent of our gross income spent on Legos over the past decade. Almost all first or second copies of any given set have been bought at list (or above - as some local toy shops (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.market.shopping)
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