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Re: is the lego group exploiting its user base?
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Date: 
Mon, 1 Feb 1999 02:32:06 GMT
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Russell Nelson <nelson@crynwr.SPAMLESScom>
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S. Crawshaw writes:
> They've done that loads of times in the past. It simply comes down to the
> fact that "new" sells goods, and something which has been around for 2
> years will not sell to the existing customer base. Now, if they re-visited
> some of these items at 5 or 6 year intervals, that would be good. But any
> business manager would just tell you to get lost with that idea :-)

Why?  Disney reissues movies.  Why not Lego kits?

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(...) They've done that loads of times in the past. It simply comes down to the fact that "new" sells goods, and something which has been around for 2 years will not sell to the existing customer base. Now, if they re-visited some of these items at (...) (26 years ago, 31-Jan-99, to lugnet.robotics)

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