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Subject: 
Re: Lego to revive Duplo and scrap "Lego Explore"
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.duplo
Date: 
Thu, 23 Jun 2005 16:20:19 GMT
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In lugnet.mediawatch, Rob Antonishen wrote:
From the Article:

[Embattled toy giant Lego is performing a dramatic U-turn by scrapping its
pre-school Lego Explore range and reviving the classic Duplo products in its
place.]

{Lego confirmed that it was scrapping its Explore range because of poor sales,
which contributed to annual losses of 1.4bn DKK (£129m) last year.}

Read the rest here:
<http://www.brandrepublic.com/bulletins/design/article/201450/lego-axes-range-preschool-rethink/>

Yup - I was very happy with this news when it was announced over a year ago ;)

Still good news :) Never did like the Explore name.

Mark P
Collector of DUPLO promo bricks



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  Lego to revive Duplo and scrap "Lego Explore"
 
From the Article: [Embattled toy giant Lego is performing a dramatic U-turn by scrapping its pre-school Lego Explore range and reviving the classic Duplo products in its place.] {Lego confirmed that it was scrapping its Explore range because of poor (...) (19 years ago, 23-Jun-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.duplo)

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