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Re: Minifigs...
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lugnet.starwars
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Wed, 2 Jun 1999 02:46:48 GMT
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In lugnet.starwars, Richard Dee writes:
> 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)
> > wrote:
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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..
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> 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.
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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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