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Re: Train groups and LEGO
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.trains
Date: 
Sat, 25 Nov 2000 15:15:54 GMT
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johnneal@STOPSPAMMERSuswest.net
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Dean Husby wrote:

The other day it occurred to me that North America has probably 80% of
the worlds LEGO train clubs... And yet, LEGO refuses to sell the Train
Stuff in the stores... you tell me where the logic is...

If there is any logic ( and I assume there would be), then it would be
that the stores don't *want* the train stuff to sell.  For example, look
at Target's luck with selling the 4561.  Now I have a pretty good idea
how well they sold at retail prices, because they end up blowing out $129
set for $34.  Perhaps Target considers the 4561 a type of lose-leader and
doesn't care about 1 set.  But a whole train line?

And speaking of the whole train line, I think that the current offerings
in terms of sets are pretty weak.  Now, if TLC started selling cool sets
and made some improvements to the trains line, then I think it would be a
different story.  That is my hope, and, eventually, one would see the
LEGO trains line sold in hobby stores as well (8 &14 wides:-)

Hey, a guy can dream, eh?

-John






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The other day it occurred to me that North America has probably 80% of the worlds LEGO train clubs... And yet, LEGO refuses to sell the Train Stuff in the stores... you tell me where the logic is... Dean -- Coin-Op's For Sale!: (URL) Lego Workshop: (...) (24 years ago, 25-Nov-00, to lugnet.trains)

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