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Re: Tough times in Toytown force LEGO® to rebuild
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Sun, 5 Sep 2004 20:28:59 GMT
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In lugnet.mediawatch, Maggie Cambron wrote:
> I would guess video games.  It's fairly easy to keep kids away from them
> before they start school, but once they do and hear of the games other kids
> are playing it becomes quite difficult.

That's one of the big things, but there's a much bigger variety of organized
sports and other outdoor activities for kids these days.  Computers/internet
probably accounts for another big chunk of time, and just buying a basic
computer costs about 5x the amount that many kids would get in LEGO product
during a single year.



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  Tough times in Toytown force LEGO® to rebuild
 
Tough times in Toytown force LEGO® to rebuild By Stephen Brown BILLUND, Denmark (Reuters) Aug.27, 2004 - After a day in LEGO® Danish heartland it seems so natural for the bellboy, pianist and maitre d' at LEGOLAND Hotel to be made of plastic bricks (...) (22 years ago, 27-Aug-04, to lugnet.general, FTX) !! 

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