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Re: Minifigs...
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lugnet.starwars
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Tue, 1 Jun 1999 22:12:34 GMT
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On Tue, 1 Jun 1999 00:13:52 GMT, Jasper Janssen uttered the following
profundities...
> 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?
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> 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..
I wasn't able to read the article, unfortunately. I imagine
that it would have said $50M plus (n)% profits in the finer
print.
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| (...) No. Actually the $50M IS the fee. Since TLG is not exactly riding a financial high this was a considerable outlay. (25 years ago, 2-Jun-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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| (...) 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 (25 years ago, 1-Jun-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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