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Re: 9v Train status report.
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lugnet.trains
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Sun, 2 Apr 2006 03:48:32 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Jonathan Wilson wrote:
> 3.Unlike pretty much every other toy train which are either battery
> operated or unpowered, LEGO trains require plugging into the wall (which
> limits the market to kids old enough to play with toys that plug into the
> wall and parents willing to buy their kids toys that plug into the wall)
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> Consumers interested in LEGO (talking the general consumer, not the people
> who go to train shows or the line) are more likely to buy something else
> (because of the high cost of LEGO trains and also because they require
> being plugged into the wall which could be a safety risk for younger kids)
> Consumers interested in trains will buy a competing train set
> (because of the high cost of LEGO trains and also because they require
> being plugged into the wall which could be a safety risk for younger kids)
Interesting that "plugging in" is veiwed as a negative. Most of the people I
know (myself included) would never buy a battery powered anything if a plug in
version was available. That is the reason I never bought a Mindstorms kit. When
I had saved up for one I found that all the new kits couldn't be plugged in.
That translates as completely useless and undesirable to me. I guess I better
stock up on metal track in the fall when they are gauging sales just in case
they get rid of them.
-Mike Petrucelli
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 | | Re: 9v Train status report.
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| (...) The "lack of interest" is comming mainly from the big box stores like Toys-R-Us, Wal-Mart, Target etc. The problems for those stores are: 1.Compared to other toy trains (such as blue track thomas the tank engine or any of the various wooden (...) (20 years ago, 31-Mar-06, to lugnet.trains)
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