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Re: only 70.000
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Date: 
Mon, 5 Oct 1998 03:46:02 GMT
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mattdm@&Spamcake&mattdm.org
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Larry Pieniazek <lar@voyager.net> wrote:
I guess I have to wonder why there is such a shortage? You'd think TLG
would want to sell all they can make. Poor forecasting on their part, or
is there some part that is in short supply?

I read a quote somewhere (sorry can't remember where) from a Lego
spokesperson saying that they were taken by surprise by the demand. As you
say, I can't imagine them not wanting to sell all they can.

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Matthew Miller                      --->                  mattdm@mattdm.org
Quotes 'R' Us                       --->             http://quotes-r-us.org/



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(...) Hrmmm, does the thought that TLG might not be perfectly in touch with its customers' wants really surprise anyone? :) (26 years ago, 5-Oct-98, to lugnet.robotics)

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I guess I have to wonder why there is such a shortage? You'd think TLG would want to sell all they can make. Poor forecasting on their part, or is there some part that is in short supply? (you can't just snap your fingers and get 100000 more units, (...) (26 years ago, 5-Oct-98, to lugnet.robotics)

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