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Re: Minifigs...
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lugnet.starwars
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Tue, 1 Jun 1999 00:13:52 GMT
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On Sun, 30 May 1999 19:07:22 GMT, richard.dee@virgin.net (Richard Dee)
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> Read in a European version of Newsweek, featuring TPM, that
> TLG's cost for the license was only $50M!! Cheap, no?
No _way_!? The profit on SW Lego should already be in the several
hundred millions, if my guess as to proportion of regular/SW sales is
correct..
Jasper "then again, _Lucas_ had that kind of return on investment
too.." Janssen
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| On Tue, 1 Jun 1999 00:13:52 GMT, Jasper Janssen uttered the following profundities... (...) I wasn't able to read the article, unfortunately. I imagine that it would have said $50M plus (n)% profits in the finer print. (25 years ago, 1-Jun-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| (...) The SALES may be in the several hundred millions, but the PROFIT?? Hardly think so. For TLG to make several hundred million profit, net, would require sales in the several billions. Doubt it. (25 years ago, 2-Jun-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| On Fri, 14 May 1999 17:57:44 GMT, Todd Lehman uttered the following profundities... (...) Read in a European version of Newsweek, featuring TPM, that TLG's cost for the license was only $50M!! Cheap, no? (25 years ago, 30-May-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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