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Re: LEGO Company in the News : Bionicle release
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Thu, 1 Feb 2001 19:06:54 GMT
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In lugnet.technic.bionicle, Suzanne D. Rich writes:
http://www.msnbc.com:80/news/524730.asp?cp1=1

"The linking of the Bionicle line to a multimedia adventure story is an
attempt to capitalize on a successful formula for the toy industry in recent
years"

I think they are self-deluded.

It's easy to point to the successes of this "formula" while conveniently
overlooking the flops. Ask Hasbro.

Where's the cartoon series, the cornerstone of such schemes.

Marketers reciting magic formulas?



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  Re: LEGO Company in the News : Bionicle release
 
(...) I agree with Erik. This kind of Bionicle junk is NOT how TLC got their bricks listed as one of last century's favorite toys. Personally, I hope this Bionicle stuff blows up in their smug corporate face. I can easily think of half a dozen easy (...) (23 years ago, 1-Feb-01, to lugnet.technic.bionicle)

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  LEGO Company in the News : Bionicle release
 
Today on MSNBC/WSJ: "Lego leaps into action-figure fray with Bionicle heroes, adventure story" "Talk of violence and weapons grates on Lego executives" By Joseph Pereira, The Wall Street Journal (URL) new core value on the way?) ;-) Don't miss the (...) (23 years ago, 1-Feb-01, to lugnet.technic.bionicle, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)  

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