{"id":2035,"date":"2020-10-27T06:11:46","date_gmt":"2020-10-27T06:11:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsbites.hktdc.com\/?p=2035"},"modified":"2023-03-23T11:27:09","modified_gmt":"2023-03-23T03:27:09","slug":"navigating-covid-19-an-educational-toy-maker-how-lego-is-making-hay-while-the-economic-sun-doesnt-shine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsbites.hktdc.com\/trend\/navigating-covid-19-an-educational-toy-maker-how-lego-is-making-hay-while-the-economic-sun-doesnt-shine\/","title":{"rendered":"Navigating Covid-19: An Educational Toy Maker &#8212; How LEGO Is Making Hay While The Economic Sun Doesn\u2019t Shine"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2035\" class=\"elementor elementor-2035\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3c770d7e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3c770d7e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7d419878\" data-id=\"7d419878\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5268d187 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5268d187\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lego.com\/en-us\/aboutus\/lego-group\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The\u00a0<em>LEGO Group\u00a0<\/em><\/a>began manufacturing interlocking toy bricks in 1949 and has since expanded into movies, theme parks and far more. On average, every year it is estimated to produce enough bricks to circle the earth five times. In line with this,\u00a0<em>Brand Finance<\/em>, the London\u2011headquartered business valuation consultancy, once reported\u00a0<em>LEGO<\/em>\u00a0had replaced\u00a0<em>Ferrari<\/em>\u00a0as the \u201cworld\u2019s most powerful brand\u201d, adding that, on occasion, investing in certain\u00a0<em>LEGO<\/em>\u00a0sets had proved to be more profitable than investing in gold.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s no surprise then that with such a pedigree the company has established a production, sales, marketing and supply chain network which spans the globe. It is this, coupled with a powerful and well\u2011established customer recognition as an educational brand, which has allowed it to navigate the\u00a0<em>Covid-19<\/em>\u00a0crisis in a manner which has seen its fortunes remain robust \u2013 and even grow \u2013 according to Kenny Sham, the toy giant\u2019s Director, Head of Marketing for Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8263614 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8263614\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-50290ba\" data-id=\"50290ba\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6dea617 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6dea617\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Clever Marketing Strategies<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c9bab9e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c9bab9e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-78b9d1b\" data-id=\"78b9d1b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-620bafa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"620bafa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Whether in its global operations or more locally in Asia,\u00a0<em>LEGO<\/em>\u00a0has shown a canny mixture of playing to its core strengths and clever marketing strategies to weather the\u00a0<em>Covid-19<\/em>\u00a0storm. For example, a\u00a0<em>Legoland Discovery Center<\/em>\u00a0in the US state of Texas recently showed that the company was taking the pandemic seriously by arranging its collection of\u00a0<em>LEGO<\/em>\u00a0minifigures so that they were at least six inches apart from each other, reflecting official guidelines on social distancing.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-043436b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"043436b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0cb3ae5\" data-id=\"0cb3ae5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ea5fb73 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ea5fb73\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/newsbites.hktdc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/iStock-482835293-600x405.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-2042\" alt=\"lego_HKTDC sourcing\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsbites.hktdc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/iStock-482835293-e1606360736121.jpg 600w, https:\/\/newsbites.hktdc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/iStock-482835293-1024x691.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/newsbites.hktdc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/iStock-482835293-768x518.jpg 768w, https:\/\/newsbites.hktdc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/iStock-482835293-1536x1037.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/newsbites.hktdc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/iStock-482835293-2048x1382.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7aeddee\" data-id=\"7aeddee\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ac18867 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ac18867\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/newsbites.hktdc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/lego-shop-600x400.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-2043\" alt=\"lego shop_HKTDC sourcing\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsbites.hktdc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/lego-shop-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/newsbites.hktdc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/lego-shop-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/newsbites.hktdc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/lego-shop-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/newsbites.hktdc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/lego-shop-700x465.jpg 700w, https:\/\/newsbites.hktdc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/lego-shop.jpg 1489w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a3e3bfb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a3e3bfb\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4b919f1\" data-id=\"4b919f1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab435a8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ab435a8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Marketing head Sham says the level of buying, either through e\u2011commerce channels or in\u00a0<em>LEGO\u2019s<\/em>\u00a0five certified outlets in Hong Kong, has varied depending on the level of\u00a0<em>Covid-19<\/em>\u00a0restrictions imposed by the government. He said: \u201cThe rate and level at which people are buying via e\u2011commerce and physically in stores shifts depending on the level of lockdown in place. For example, online sales once dominated when the pandemic first hit the city in February, while revenge shopping was seen at our physical shops in May when there were no new confirmed cases for 23 days.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6aa5aea elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6aa5aea\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3e0eb73\" data-id=\"3e0eb73\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-96a0759 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"96a0759\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"429\" src=\"https:\/\/newsbites.hktdc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/iStock-475556594-600x429.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-2044\" alt=\"lego_HKTDC sourcing\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsbites.hktdc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/iStock-475556594-e1606360747561.jpg 600w, https:\/\/newsbites.hktdc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/iStock-475556594-1024x732.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/newsbites.hktdc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/iStock-475556594-768x549.jpg 768w, https:\/\/newsbites.hktdc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/iStock-475556594-1536x1097.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/newsbites.hktdc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/iStock-475556594-120x85.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-60b5086\" data-id=\"60b5086\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3321638 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3321638\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" src=\"https:\/\/newsbites.hktdc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/iStock-458320633-600x399.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-2045\" alt=\"lego_HKTDC sourcing\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsbites.hktdc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/iStock-458320633-e1609827707221.jpg 600w, https:\/\/newsbites.hktdc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/iStock-458320633-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/newsbites.hktdc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/iStock-458320633-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/newsbites.hktdc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/iStock-458320633-1536x1020.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/newsbites.hktdc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/iStock-458320633-2048x1361.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/newsbites.hktdc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/iStock-458320633-700x465.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-57b78a6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"57b78a6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3b1a034\" data-id=\"3b1a034\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e11f5d1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e11f5d1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Go online and offline<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c85b68a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c85b68a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-76428c1\" data-id=\"76428c1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2bc2e12 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2bc2e12\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u201cMore recently, e\u2011commerce has spiked again as fresh waves of infection set in. However, traditionally our customers enjoy coming into the stores and physically touching the products, so that is something we don\u2019t think is replaceable, while obviously upping our presence in the e\u2011commerce sphere.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As a creative and forward\u2011looking entrepreneur,\u00a0<em>LEGO<\/em> started to recalibrate its distribution and product development plans some two years ago to pay more attention to online sales and STEAM education. As a result of these timely moves, the giant saw its online sales grow from no more than 1% of yearly turnover to now more than 10%.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-48a0942 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"48a0942\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c55b72b\" data-id=\"c55b72b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c152b2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1c152b2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Its\u00a0<em>Hidden Side<\/em>\u00a0collection, which enables kids to build a multi\u2011layered model and use a free interactive augmented reality (AR) app to hunt and trap ghosts, has proven to be a great success as a creative building toy, tech toy and AR game all rolled into one.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b19a53a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b19a53a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4bbc545\" data-id=\"4bbc545\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a1e48cb elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a1e48cb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"419\" src=\"https:\/\/newsbites.hktdc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/mario-600x419.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-2046\" alt=\"super mario_HKTDC sourcing\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsbites.hktdc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/mario-e1606361108555.jpg 600w, https:\/\/newsbites.hktdc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/mario-1024x715.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/newsbites.hktdc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/mario-768x536.jpg 768w, https:\/\/newsbites.hktdc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/mario-120x85.jpg 120w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c7758bb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c7758bb\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b1ba95e\" data-id=\"b1ba95e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d6d5f74 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d6d5f74\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Also noteworthy was the brand\u2019s 1 August release of the video\u2011game\u2011in\u2011real\u2011life\u00a0<em>Super Mario\u00a0<\/em>play sets \u2013 a Starter Course and two Expansion Sets \u2013 amid the onset of the third wave of coronavirus crisis. 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