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<LEGEND>
                               SCHEDULE 27.1

This schedule contains summary financial information extracted from the November
28,  1998  Financial  Statements  included  in the  Company's  Form  10-Q and is
qualified in its entirety by reference to such Form 10-Q.
</LEGEND>

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<NAME>     ICON Fitness Corporation

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