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Re: Introducing LEGO Direct
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lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego
Date: 
Thu, 9 Dec 1999 22:15:32 GMT
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johnneal@(stopspam)uswest.net
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There *is* justus after all!!;-)  Brad, I can hardly believe what I just read!
This is wonderful news!  I applaud your foresight and willingness to cooperate
with the AFOL community.  I think you will not find anywhere a more devoted
customer to any product than we are to LEGO.  This is truly a milestone is my
book.  WOO-HOO!! {:^D

-John

Brad Justus wrote:

To LEGO enthusiasts everywhere:

We hope that we are the bearer of some holiday cheer for you all. For those of
you who have felt that your love for LEGO was unrequited, this is a new day.
With this missive, the LEGO Company asks to open a dialogue with you, our
consumers. Whether you are an AFOL, or a parent purchasing a first DUPLO set,
or a KABOB (Kid with a Bunch of Bricks ? we just made that up), here are some
words that should gladden your hearts: We are listening. And more than that,
we will endeavor to be very responsive to your needs and desires.  We want to
have the best possible relationships with all of you who want to have a
relationship with us. That is what LEGO Direct ? our new direct-to-you
communications and commerce channel (which I am heading) is all about. LEGO
Direct embraces all the company’s direct-to-consumer efforts on a global
basis, both on- and off-line: Shop@Home, our Internet presence(s), e-commerce,
LEGO clubs worldwide, community building activities, and more.

In creating this new enterprise for the company, we take one more step towards
reaching our strategic intent: we want to be the strongest brand in the world
amongst families by the year 2005. It’s a very bold goal, and one that we
believe we can reach ? but only if we are capable of listening and responding
to the people who buy our products. You. Hence the creation of LEGO Direct.

As a first step, we at LEGO Direct want to participate actively in these
newsgroups from now on ? that is, if such participation is something that you
want. Please realize that it will take some months for all our new efforts to
be fully visible ? we will be redesigning our entire Web operation (as well as
our offline direct services), and intend to have the first release ready for
you by late next Summer. But here’s a little preview that we think you’ll
like: we are planning to make bulk ordering ? albeit initially in a restricted
format ? available by then.

We are right now in the process of establishing new office space in New York
and expanding the LEGO Direct staff. It will take a little time, so please
understand that we’re not yet able to handle a deluge of incoming e-mail ? but
we’ll be happy to engage in a dialogue with you in these forums. We will do
our very best to respond to everything that we can in a timely manner. We want
to be a company with whom you want to be involved. We want to be the company
you’d like us to be. And to do that, we need your input. What do you love?
What do you hate? How can  we help you? Tell us ? we want your input. We know
you’ve got a lot to say ? we’ve been reading your postings for a little while
now. We are very encouraged by the commitment and intensity of the LEGO
community online ? and that includes AFOLs. Perhaps, if traffic warrants it,
we ought to consider creating a new newsgroup (or simply reformat lugnet.dear-
lego) to serve as the online communication-to-LEGO channel. It’s up to you.

We cannot tell you how excited we are to be working with you all. We hope you
are equally encouraged by the renewed commitment we are making to you. We look
forward to a very rewarding collaboration.

Happy Holidays. And Play Well.

? Brad

Brad Justus
Senior Vice President, LEGO Direct
legodirect@lego.com



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  Re: Introducing LEGO Direct
 
John, You are sentenced to walk barefoot over a football field covered in 2x2 bricks piled 6 inches deep for that pun! (...) -- | Tom Stangl, Technical Support Netscape Communications Corp | Please do not associate my personal views with my employer (24 years ago, 9-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)

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  Introducing LEGO Direct
 
To LEGO enthusiasts everywhere: We hope that we are the bearer of some holiday cheer for you all. For those of you who have felt that your love for LEGO was unrequited, this is a new day. With this missive, the LEGO Company asks to open a dialogue (...) (24 years ago, 9-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, lugnet.dear-lego) !! 

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