The Disappointing State of Things

[snefroe]

honestly, people are buying truckloads of Lego in Belgium. Right now people are buying stuff for Sinterklaas, which is a kid's day, with lots of presents and... the inevitable chocolate, this is belgium after all, X-D , then there's christmas and newyear... it seems people are spending about 150euro per child, so Lego is doing some great deals here, the only thing is that i havent really seen big discounts and most of the sets right here are months old... havent seen anything new :-X

So i'd have to say Lego is doing very well. They sell pretty well and the quality of city, castle and sw is quite good, even though i think most of the models are a bit too large. the only problem that still is unresolved is the quality of packing (many instruction books are in a bad shape when i get them out of the box) and the quality of the bricks.

ah yes, prices are quite high too. Sure, they've done quite a lot already to push them down, but many sw sets are really too expensive for what's actually in there.

[john cleese]

ah yes, prices are quite high too. Sure, they've done quite a lot already to push them down, but many sw sets are really too expensive for what's actually in there.

I'm going to say something that'll really shake things up but I think Lego should drop the starwars license soon as it's not that relevant anymore. Then again they've targeted a whole new market of starwars geeks with this theme. Still the prices aren't justifiable. That's just my two schillings.

[snefroe]

I'm going to say something that'll really shake things up but I think Lego should drop the starwars license soon as it's not that relevant anymore. Then again they've targeted a whole new market of starwars geeks with this theme. Still the prices aren't justifiable. That's just my two schillings.

don't think they'll drop the line, it's a success, so why throw that away... However, i can see a moment when Lego will decide to only release the sw sets in the US, which is a very big market for sw, once the sales are going down... but that's still far away...

[Freddie]

I'm going to say something that'll really shake things up but I think Lego should drop the starwars license soon as it's not that relevant anymore.

...until the new live Star Wars series goes on air.

No reason for LEGO to drop a license/theme that harvests money. It's good buisiness practice, and today's toy markets are tougher and harder than ever. The Star Wars theme has been succesful for both Lucasfilm and LEGO so far, and I'm crossing my fingers that the license will be renewed when the current one is coming to and end.

[trooperdavinfelth]

...until the new live Star Wars series goes on air.

No reason for LEGO to drop a license/theme that harvests money. It's good buisiness practice, and today's toy markets are tougher and harder than ever. The Star Wars theme has been succesful for both Lucasfilm and LEGO so far, and I'm crossing my fingers that the license will be renewed when the current one is coming to and end.

I agree completely with you; however, only one thing will make Lego drop the license(and this is 'DROP', mind you): If they make every set from every scene in both trilogies, IMHO.