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Re: Forget 3033 get one one of these 5800 Piece boxes!
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Fri, 1 Mar 2002 03:46:45 GMT
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In lugnet.loc.uk, John Heins writes:
> In lugnet.loc.uk, Mark Calladine writes:
> > In lugnet.loc.uk, Jason Briscoe writes:
> > > Forget 3033 get one one of these 5800 Piece boxes! =
> > > http://www.seriousplay.com/apps_rti_products.html
> >
> > Hey, those are great sets!
> > Can we buy them or is it a schools thing?
Buy them? The LEGO company doesn't want you buying bricks..... don't be
silly. ;)
> Isn't this the new Lego move into management consulting????? Teach
> executives how to manage better by "playing with Legos"
Do you want a company that has had losses over 2 of the last 4 years
teaching your management folks how to operate?
> I sense a HUGE ironic twist to this. TLC could've saved all the development
> costs in coming up with manuals and such and made a TON of money by simply
> selling these boxes of Legos to the die-hard obsessed fans.
Or better yet, saved even more money and just sold any fan boxes of LEGO
bricks, just like they once did. This is still a head scratcher for me.
The bricks are out there, they are making them, using them in their own
theme parks, using them to teach courses like this....... but they aren't
for sale to fans who want to build something at home. Frustration, that's
all I can say.
> But give it
> time. Maybe they'll have to clear out a warehouse full of these sets when
> they realize that not very many companies are willing to PAY their
> executives to play with Legos. I mean, it's hard enough to explain
> Mindstorms to parents in middle school......do you think stockholders are
> going to be thrilled with executives who blatantly squander corporate funds
> "playing with Legos" as part of the latest management consulting fad????
> That may have worked in the go-go obscenely profitable nineties but now? If
> you're going to loot the company a la Enron, you at least TRY to look
> professional while you're doing it.
To further add to the irony, there is a pic in the middle of that page with
some letter bricks arranged to spell out, "Think outside the box." A
cliche, perhaps, but a true one in many business settings. And never could
these words be more true than today at LEGO. It's time to really figure out
what's wrong folks..... the time to start that out of box thinking is now.
> IMHO, If TLC can dedicate packaging time to this endeavor, they can come up
> with some Technic bulk tubs.
Absolutely. Can't agree more.
Regards,
Allan B.
- Expert Builder Website
- http://www.apotome.com/builder
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