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Lego Christmas Production Shortage

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the mental-blocks dept.

shadowspar writes, "Recent restructuring and production cuts have left Lego unable to fill orders for the upcoming holiday season. Affected products include Duplo bricks, Lego City sets, and (horror of horrors!) Star Wars and Lego Technik sets." According to the article Lego stands to lose $127 million in holiday sales.

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  1. Re:oh boy by flyingsquid · · Score: 5, Funny

    This is just terrible. You simply can't imagine the disappointment this will cause me- uh, I mean, will cause little Junior this Christmas. He really wants a Lego Millenium Falcon. It's just so cute when he says "ma-ma" but he just can't quite get "-llenium Falcon" part of the ship's name out. Of course, he'd just eat the mini-figures, so the set will have to stay in my room.

  2. Re:Anything important out of production? by mincognito · · Score: 4, Funny
    Yep. A big box of 2x4s, some of the other generic sizes, and kids will be fine. But you have to think about the fathers, too!
    Don't you mean think of the grandfathers. Be honest. Your ID number must make you at least sixty.
    --

    Ludwig Wittgenstein
  3. Re:While true it's all about toy competition... by Incadenza · · Score: 4, Funny
    It's all very complicated financial stuff I wouldn't expect you to understand.
    I wouldn't expect you to be able to explain.