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In lugnet.technic, Micah J. Mabelitini writes:
> But it's not that simple. LEGO's marketing and development as of late
> isn't simply a new avenue of exploration, but rather an abandonment of
> their ideals.
I couldn't agree more.
> LEGO has
> cut out a niche in the toy market which is being threatened by clones,
> but instead of competing by releasing better products, they're competing
> by abandoning the very market which is being threatened by the
> interlopers, by producing some sort of hybrid toy which doesn't have a
> strong claim to either the construction toy market or the action toy market.
Your completely right, who's ever tried to compete by bringing out a WORSE
product than they already make (admittedly still much better than the
competion's product).
Steve
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| (...) But it's not that simple. LEGO's marketing and development as of late isn't simply a new avenue of exploration, but rather an abandonment of their ideals. It would be like if Caddilac started manufacturing riding lawn mowers, cut back (...) (23 years ago, 25-Apr-01, to lugnet.technic)
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