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RE: Bummer of the Week: LEGO Made in China
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Date: 
Thu, 6 Sep 2001 15:45:34 GMT
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Greg Perry writes:
The same applies to the higher grade marts - K-, Wal- and Target.
Virtually everything in those stores are Made in China and is
often just junk.

Ironically, your favorite toy is sold by all three of those chains,
alongside its inferior Canadian competitor... You probably get your storage
containers there too (I do).

Of course, that leads me into thinking about the rampant
consumerism of my own society, but that's a bummer for another week...

Rampant consumerism...you mean like the average AFOL buying any LEGO set on
sale? Just had to point out a bit of hypocrisy...
--Bram


Bram Lambrecht
bram@cwru.edu
http://bldesign.org/



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  Re: Bummer of the Week: LEGO Made in China
 
(...) As mentioned in my original post I'm not some foaming-at-the-mouth "activist" whose every waking moment is spent in avoiding Chinese produced items. Rather as a habit I generally check most products I'm considering buying to see where they (...) (23 years ago, 6-Sep-01, to lugnet.general)

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