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Re: Introducing LEGO Direct
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lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego
Date: 
Fri, 10 Dec 1999 01:00:15 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Brad Justus writes:
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.

Yes!!!!!!!...........I'm glad to see TLC taking this step.....I suggest making
a Train/Model Team doors and windows pack, AFOL's and some KABOBs have been
ranting about that for years.
Bulk ordering of bricks would REALLY help us out (Many a person has asked for
bulk grey bricks).
And mabey a Town Windows and doors service pack, with the 1x4x6 windows in
diffrent colours......

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?

Town, Trains, ships..

What do you hate?

JUNIORIZATION!!!!!!!
But, I think you should make diffrent lines to accomodate the demands (Town
Jr, Town Sr, Castle Jr., Castle Sr. ect.)

How can  we help you? Tell us – we want your input. We know
you’ve got a lot to say

1. Bring back NAUTICA!!!!! That was a great line!
Sure it only had several sets, but the sets were really, REALLY good!...and I
think you can bring them back......maybe even make more!! (Ferries, Yacht
Club, Tour boats).

2. Make a REAL town line! Houses, gas stations, parking garages, schools,
hospital...(Maybe even make the school, and hospital sets come as seperate
sets, Like CLASSROOM #1)

3.Bring back some of the older 1980's 90's sets....AFOL's and KABOBS would
love to see Airport Monorail back again!

4.Bring back METROLINER.......well......maybe not the exact thing, but maybe
something like the ICE train

– we’ve been reading your postings for a little while

Good.

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.

I think Lugnet should go along with this...

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.

As do we.

Happy Holidays. And Play Well.

– Brad

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

Oh forgot one thing... (So stupid and sloppy of me)

WELCOME TO LUGNET!!!! :-D

Erin
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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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