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Re: Mega Bloks does it again...
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Mon, 15 Nov 2004 01:58:27 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, Patrick Bégin wrote:
Well, here is an other example of good marketing execution by Mega Bloks...  And
a bad one by LEGO, in my view.

November 13th, 2004, a new toy store opened in Quebec City :
<<http://www.benjo.ca>>.

They have many specialised sections, one of them about construction toys.  Here
is an approximation of floor allocation : 33% to Playmobile, 33% to Mega Bloks,
17% to LEGO (including a PAB), 17% to others.

LEGO are in a corner, on a shelf.  Mega Bloks are everywhere, including a very
nice and big display see for yourself :
<<http://www3.sympatico.ca/patrickbegin/MegaBlockGare640.JPG>>.

Doesn't this have more to do with MegaBloks being a hometown company than a
marketing failure on the part of TLC? I wouldn't expect a big MegaBloks display
in a toy store in Billund.

Marc Nelson Jr.



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Well, here is an other example of good marketing execution by Mega Bloks... And a bad one by LEGO, in my view. November 13th, 2004, a new toy store opened in Quebec City : (URL). They have many specialised sections, one of them about construction (...) (20 years ago, 14-Nov-04, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.dear-lego)

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