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Subject: 
Re: Lego vs. Pokemon
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Date: 
Thu, 11 Nov 1999 00:18:03 GMT
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jsproat@ioIHATESPAM.com
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Kya Morden wrote:
I dunno, I put Pokemon in almost the same boat as Sanrio/Hello Kitty,
which is still around.
[...]  I think it'll be around with us for a long time,

Two words:  Beanie Babies.  *That* market dried up; Pokemon took its place...

Cheers,
- jsproat

--
Jeremy H. Sproat <jsproat@io.com> ~~~ http://www.io.com/~jsproat/



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  Re: Lego vs. Pokemon
 
(...) I still see Beanie Babies all over the place, sure, there's not riots for them, but they're still there. Also, you forget that Pokemon is inherently a video game with marketing devices in the form of toys, tv shows, a movie, and cards. Kya (25 years ago, 11-Nov-99, to lugnet.promo)
  Re: Lego vs. Pokemon
 
(...) Three word? Pokemon Beanie Babies... (25 years ago, 11-Nov-99, to lugnet.promo)

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  Re: Lego vs. Pokemon
 
(...) I dunno, I put Pokemon in almost the same boat as Sanrio/Hello Kitty, which is still around. Plus Nintendo is milking the snot out of Pokemon. In Japan there is already released two Pokemon games for the N64 called Pokemon Stadium (1 & 2) (...) (25 years ago, 10-Nov-99, to lugnet.promo)

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