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Re: Znap popularity?
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Wed, 19 Apr 2000 01:08:58 GMT
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Philip Ogston wrote:
> I'm just curious: What do people forsee for the future of Znap in the US?
> Here's what I know based on observation, rumor and innuendo...
I don't think there is one. I bought a patch of ZNAP because it's semi-sorta-LEGO
compatible, and it will make for some good decorative pieces on my ships. (I'm in
New Jersey.)
> My hypothesis is that european distributors overstocked the "fabulous" new Lego
> line in 1998, and in late 1999 after storing it for two years and with no hope
> of ever moving it, put it all on an westward bound container ship and threw
> rotten vegetables after it as it disappeared over the horizon. Of course
> that's all conjecture (except the part about the vegetables, I'm sure of that
> part), maybe Lego always planned to introduce the 1998 Znap line in the US in
> 2000.
Nah, I think that LEGO overproduced, expecting replenishment orders from retailers
that never came. I have a feeling that what we got here is Billund's overstock,
not the extra stock from, say, Bart Smit.
> Any thoughts? Where did it come from? Why is it here? What will we do with
> it? Will it stick around, or is it destined to turn up in Japan and Australia
> in another couple of years? Why do my thumbs hurt so much and why is my dog
> making that funny choking noise? (just kidding, I know why - it's canine
> emphysema, he smokes 3 packs a day)
If your dog's smoking is making your thumbs hurt, perhaps you should eat fewer
carrots. Usually that will make the chickens stop.
best
Lindsay
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| (...) I've heard that they decorate ships strangely in New Jersey, but I've never actually seen it... (...) Warning: disturbing imagery pending... Funny you should mention carrots - I really haven't been eating many recently, ever since a stormy day (...) (27 years ago, 19-Apr-00, to lugnet.znap)
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| I'm just curious: What do people forsee for the future of Znap in the US? Here's what I know based on observation, rumor and innuendo... I gather that Znap never really took off in Europe when it was introduced in 1998. When I was in the (...) (27 years ago, 18-Apr-00, to lugnet.znap)
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