 | | Re: A serious clone question —Mike Petrucelli
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| | | (...) Interesting. I think Mega Bloks is directly responsible for saving The Lego Company. If not for Mega Bloks successfully taking a portion of the market share and forcing TLC to reevaluate its direction of straight down the toilet a few years (...) (21 years ago, 17-Aug-03, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | | | | Re: A serious clone question —David Laswell
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| | | | (...) I disagree. TLC had been losing market share to video games, movies, sports, action figures, and pretty much anything else that a kid could use as a quick source for distraction. MB probably only made the difference between being slightly in (...) (21 years ago, 19-Aug-03, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | | | | | Re: A serious clone question —Mike Petrucelli
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| | | | (...) Uh... Mega Bloks soared in popularity (based on increased shelf space devoted to them) durring the period of crappy LEGO set design a few years ago. Mega Bloks filled the void of mostly brick based sets that LEGO had seemingly abandoned. (...) (...) (21 years ago, 19-Aug-03, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | | | | | Re: A serious clone question —Arne Lykke Nielsen
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| | | | (...) According to TLC's annual report, the Americas (US+Canada+Mexico+SouthAmerica) only accounts for one-third of TLC sales, whereas Europe accounts for more than 50% - and as MegaBlocks has never been big in Europe (here in Denmark they only sell (...) (21 years ago, 22-Aug-03, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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