Lego unable to meet demand for Christmas

AP/Houston Chronicle:

Children hoping to get Lego toys for Christmas may be in for a disappointment.

The Danish toy maker is having a hard time keeping up with demand for its popular plastic building blocks as toy stores stack their inventories for the Christmas season, a company official said today.

"Many of our most popular products are sold out," Lego spokeswoman Charlotte Simonsen said. "As part of efforts to restructure the company and focus on our core business, we had to make some cuts and the company has not had time to readjust its production."

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It is a pretty good bet that the demand is not coming from the Muslim religious bigots who have pushed a boycott of Danish products since the cartoon tantrums a few months ago. I know my grand sons were delighted with the Legos I gave them for their birthday this year. This has to be a disappointment for preachers of hate who rallied the rabble into burning Danish flags and other acts of street theater.

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  1. Sean Carter5:13 AM

    This is really bad... Lego toy's has a shortage problem already and still 2 entire months are left for christmas... Hope Santa comes to the kids rescue as always... Peep into my Christmas Blog to check out some really cool stuffs and unique ideas

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