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In lugnet.market.theory, Richard Marchetti writes:
> In lugnet.dear-lego, Steve Bliss writes:
> > Disagree. LEGO used to do a lot more minifig packs. Town, Space,
> > Castle, Pirates, there was even a Wild West mfp. They've only recently
> > started doing fewer of them.
> >
> > I'm guessing mfp's are not big sellers. They may be popular among the
> > True Believers, but not enough to be a big deal in total sales.
> >
> > I also have the feeling that doing intensive amounts of mfp's is not a
> > viable option. To much product with a low sales volume.[sic]
>
> I am interested in why people are always starting with an assumption that may
> well be false, and then continue on with a lot of stuff as though the premise
> were in fact proven true rather than just an assumption.
>
> Facts: Lego used to make minifig packs. They still do (i.e. Rock Raiders).
>
> Why, Steve, do you believe that minifig packs are poor sellers, or that they
> have a low sales volume? Do you have a source for TLC sales data that we
> should know about? If its just a feeling, why are you clouding someone else's
> Dear Lego post with your negative musings?
I certainly don't have any inside information. But I can have opinions based on
my observations of what I see in stores. They're anecdotal but they're the best
info I have.
Based on my observations of what seems to get remaindered and what seems to get
discounted and what seems to hang around for a while, here are some things I
suspect are poor sellers.
- minifig packs... the ninja pack seems to be around in fair quantities, and so
was the fright force.
- cyberslam... I see gobs of this at 1/2 off, not moving.
Just my opinions but do I have anything better to go on? Note that Steve said
the same thing: "I'm guessing".
> I liked it when someone (who shall remain nameless) posted about wanting a
> whole BIG BUNCH of train stuff and NO One jumped in right after it and told
> him how sales were down and it wasn't gonna happen for "X" reason, or that it
> wasn't gonna happen because that element was something TLC sold only in the
> larger sets, and so on, and so forth, ad nauseam.
Can you provide a bit more detail here? I am not quite following you. If it's
me you were talking about, feel free to provide a cite so we can see what
you're saying, you don't have to worry about violating my privacy.
Thanks.
++Lar
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| (...) No details as such, again I was just pretending a hypothetical (AND I just like to bait you, Larry - XOXOXO). But, since we are talking about you now: Let's just say that you posted to Dear Lego about some desire of your own -- like roll up (...) (25 years ago, 4-Apr-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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