Talk:Coleco

message: What a second? Maurice Greenberg is 78 years old as of 2004. If that is correct, he couldn't have founded Coleco in 1932 at age 6! Previous unsignedcomment dated 02:33, 19 December 2005
If there's a Maurice Greenberg born in '1926, it wasn't the founder of Coleco. What data do you have? Coleco was definitely founded by a guy named Greenberg, whose two sons took over the business. We called them Lenny & Squiggy. They had a very high opinion of their ability which was not necessarily borne out b event. One of the problems we had was immense overhead from building an HQ during the fat days of Cabbage Patch that became a huge burden when the craze fell back to normal levels; another was a tendancy to go for sales rather than profit. It was really fun in the short run, not so much fun in the long run. rewinn 06:25, 16 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Comment

message: I wonder if this section can be expanded a little bit.  I'm curious how a company can be teetering on the edge of bankruptcy in 1984, when in 1983 they introduced one of the most successful toy lines ever (the Cabbage Patch Dolls)  --68.47.81.141 08:11, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, that's a good point. Coleco's mismanagement of its CPK wealth should be legendary, but it didn't actually crash until 1988 per http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DE6D8113BF930A25754C0A96F948260 http://www.nemesisworld.com/starcom/coleco.html . Also I think the Colecovision lasted at least until 1985, according to the history at http://www.thedoteaters.com/p3_stage4.php ... rewinn 05:51, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  "teetered on the edge of bankruptcy" 

message: Although there's no need to delve into the minutiae of Coleco's product lines, the article does fail to address ventures such as the acquisition of Scrabble for a brief period of time. I don't know enough myself to state whether this was an oddity, or that Coleco made a more extended attempt to diversify into board games, etc. D. Brodale (talk) 11:53, 5 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Board Games, etc. 

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message: Coleco was Pixelated, Merged and Acquired by Amazon Since 1996.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:1700:6EF1:57D0:51D7:CA58:2C09:8A94 (talk) 23:26, 30 August 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Some of them are FICTIONAL 

message: One of the things that has been infuriating me since looking online is an oddity. As a youth I owned a "Coleco Vision". But my Vision looks nothing like all the pictures and videos I found online. To the contrary after research I discovered a second device named the "Coleco Gemini" instead. The article is light on details so does anyone know what prompted creation of second console (according to article in same year even). Is this a regional thing? (Vision was USA model and for us in rest of world we get Gemini which is branded as Vision?) Confused to say the least and Gemini seems to have far fewer details online to help clarify. Kav2001c (talk) 20:37, 28 February 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: The ColecoVision and the Coleco Gemini are two entirely different consoles.  The ColecoVision was distributed in the US and Canada by Coleco themselves.  In the UK, Europe and Australia the ColecoVision was distributed by CBS Electronics and was slightly rebranded to be the CBS ColecoVision.  The Coleco Gemini is an entirely different beast and is simply a clone of the Atari 2600 console.  There's a good YouTube video that covers the Gemini here : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojwlfXEvpGI.  Hope this answers your questions. Ikrananka (talk) 20:49, 28 February 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Coleco Vision vs Gemini 

message: https://coleco.com/
Should it get a mention on page? Doremon764 (talk) 20:55, 19 August 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Why ask the question on the Talk page and then immediately go ahead and add the website link to the Coleco page anyway?  Regardless, that website has nothing to do with Coleco Industries Inc. and so has no place in the Coleco Industries info box.  The only appropriate places for it might be in the "Brand" section or the "External Links" section. Ikrananka (talk) 21:10, 19 August 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Added to “External Link” section.Doremon764 (talk) 21:28, 19 August 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Coleco website 

message: Unless I missed it - 
There was no mention of the "Cabbaga Patch Kids"  - - - another Phenomenon in itself 
Amazing story  (Coleco) 2001:569:52E5:3700:F8A5:3F16:CBA:7933 (talk) 17:43, 8 October 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cabbage Patch Kids ?????