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Re: Time to write Lego Consumer Affairs a (nasty) letter..
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Tue, 5 Mar 2002 02:02:51 GMT
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Hey settle down...please. A lot of people online or even offline do and do
not agree with you. But I understand how you feel. Then again I
understand more and more everyday the reasons why the LEGO Company is doing
what it is doing. Speaking from experience from the past and even today
and seeing what is coming in the future from the company. I like what I
have seen and heard. But then again my thinking is not the same thinking
of the rest of the world, when thinking about LEGO.
Too some people it looks bad to others it is the only way for the company
live beyond "the brick" or the "the platic brick". The LEGO Company has to
expand ..experiment ....trial and errors. Some do fail and others keep on
going. The name LEGO ...the logo brand of LEGO is the core of a company
of many, many different systems of play.
The bottom line is and this applys to any company in any kind of business.
"The company cannot always please everybody"
I do have a question.... what happen over the weekend or even today that
made you decide to write this?
-Abner
p.s. Every time I see and read things like this on LUGNET or on RTL, ATL I
wish a more important person could to explain it. To the point and no spin
on the information.
my 2 cents and a platic brick on the side.
In lugnet.space, Jordan Greer writes:
> This topic can also be called: "The decline of the Lego Group."
> It's high time that I complained to these guys! Lego has been getting
> cheaper and cheaper, and cutting as many corners as possible in recent
> years...
> My first beef: The ($20) 1200 piece bulk buckets have disappeared
> from store shelves, and have been replaced by some POS "creator" bucket.
> This is total bullshit, and is most likely an effort on Lego's part to
> prevent Lego enthusiasts from purchasing bulk parts, which are
> reasonably priced, and since they're priced reasonably, they probably
> don't turn a very tidy profit. Maybe this isn't Lego's fault, maybe the
> stores requested sets that were easier to sell, but I don't think so..
> "Paranoia," you say? Not when you look at other things that Lego's been
> doing recently.
> Secondly: The new sets which use extremely large and specialized
> pieces. Okay, I understand why Lego is doing this. Lego is in financial
> trouble, and they need to cut costs in order to keep store prices low
> and remain competitive. That's fine. Christ on a stick though, has
> anyone else looked at the new sets? Bionicle: A pretty good money-making
> concept, and good marketing, but it posesses many highly specialized
> pieces. If this didn't intrude on normal Lego sets, it'd be great. A
> financially secure Lego is good for everyone. HOWEVER, this damned
> concept is leaking into everything. Take Jack Stone for example, that is
> an UTTER POS theme in my opinion, but I guess it's turning a profit, and
> no self-respecting adults are forced to purchase them. So whatever.
> "What's the problem with this if it's turning a profit?" someone
> might ask. Well, take a look at every one of the usual Town,
> underwaterish, and other sets. They all have huge, highly-specialized
> pieces that form most of the set. I went to Toys R' Us a few weeks ago,
> and I was horrified to discover that 90% of the new sets utilized highly
> specialized, HUGE pieces to make up the bulk of the model. This crap
> isn't what made Lego a hit, it was versatility and the ability to be
> creative.
> Although I understand Lego's reasoning, and its need to do this, is this
> really living up to the spirit of the original Lego toy(s)? No.
> Maybe it's naïve to think that some of the top people actually give a
> shit, but hey..
> I want to see Lego survive as much as anybody, but does anyone really
> want to see Lego survive in this fashion?
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| (...) Bah, I understand why Lego has been doing this. The toy market is awfully competitive, and many kids go for the flashier electronic gadgets (here in the USA at any rate) and what not, thus cutting down on Lego sales. Even though Lego HAS to (...) (23 years ago, 5-Mar-02, to lugnet.space)
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| This topic can also be called: "The decline of the Lego Group." It's high time that I complained to these guys! Lego has been getting cheaper and cheaper, and cutting as many corners as possible in recent years... My first beef: The ($20) 1200 (...) (23 years ago, 28-Feb-02, to lugnet.space)
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