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In lugnet.lego.direct, William R. Ward writes:
> "Matt Hein" <Pyrokid17@hotmail.com> writes:
> > I guess a reason behind this is that Lego *did* sign a contract, although
> > the time period hasn't been disclosed, so maybe they're obligated under the
> > contract terms to keep making Star Wars sets until the contract expires.
> > (hopefully soon) The worst that could happen is, of course, a contract
> > renewal, and we all know what that means.
>
> The contract was to have the rights to produce Star Wars sets. Brad
> Justus, senior VP of LEGO Direct, said at BricksWest in no uncertain
> terms that there is no contractual reason not to produce any Classic
> Space Legends sets.
>
> However, there are legitimate marketing reasons not to do so. LEGO
> Direct is not supposed to be in the business of competing directly
> with retail LEGO. And that's what they would be doing if they
> produced a CS Legend. If consumers have $x to spend on LEGO space
> sets, they want all of that $x to be spent on Star Wars. Brad made it
> very clear that there will be no CS Legend as long as they are
> producing Star Wars sets, but not because of any contractual
> limitation.
Yes that was the Company hogwash he recited. I work in a toy store. Life on
Mars sets come in boxes printed; LEGO(the logo) SPACE. So the company's
official position is that space sets at retail are ok but Lego Direct isn't
allowed to release Space Legends.
-Mike Petrucelli (who gets the impression that 11 out of 12 divisions of TLC
do not want my money anymore)
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