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  Re: Four sets reviewd, but only one good one, so be warned!
 
(...) The USA is the largest market only in the sense that we barely buy more total product than Germany since the debut of the LEGO Star Wars line. Germany still has the highest per-capita sales by a massive margin, and the EU (which was comparably (...) (17 years ago, 5-Jan-08, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
 
  Re: Four sets reviewd, but only one good one, so be warned!
 
(...) Well, yes... that's why I called it the biggest market. (...) IIRC, LEGO regards the various EU countries as seperate markets. It certainly has different distribution strategies between them. But I could be wrong. Cheers Richie Dulin (Please (...) (17 years ago, 6-Jan-08, to lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
 
  Re: Four sets reviewd, but only one good one, so be warned!
 
(...) You are right. For example, S@H doesn't ship to the Czech Republic. (Is it a bureaucratical issue? Is it a trade-off for lower taxes?) The prices also differ among countries. (17 years ago, 6-Jan-08, to lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
 
  Re: Four sets reviewd, but only one good one, so be warned!
 
(...) That's all true, but the underlying fact is that they still sell more total volume to the EU than they do to all of North America, and between the US and Canada there is more geographical area involved. In other words, even though distribution (...) (17 years ago, 6-Jan-08, to lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)

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