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In lugnet.announce, Jake McKee writes:
> I am happy to tell you all that the wonderful
> opportunity that I referred to when I announce BotB was going out of
> business is my joining Lego Direct!
Congratulations! As Larry said, I take it as a good sign that LEGO seems to be
hiring lots of AFOLs.
> I have come on board as a Senior Producer and am already working on some
> really cool projects. There is alot of really great things coming soon!
We look forward to them! And don't be afraid to drop hints about what you
might be working on....
> One thing I would like to offer a little more info on is the new Mosaic
> product. I have seen one of these first hand and it is awesome!! You get a
> large baseplate, and enough 2x4 45 degree slopes to create the frame. Then,
> based on your design, you will get enough 1x1 plates (that's plates, not
> tiles)to actually create the design.
Well, as soon as you get them to change it to tiles, you probably know you'll
sell about 5 times as many. And I know you'll get them to change it to tiles.
Right? Right? ;D
> More coming soon!
Looking forward to it, and good luck in your new position!
eric
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In lugnet.lego.direct, Eric Joslin writes:
> In lugnet.announce, Jake McKee writes:
>
> > One thing I would like to offer a little more info on is the new Mosaic
> > product. I have seen one of these first hand and it is awesome!! You get a
> > large baseplate, and enough 2x4 45 degree slopes to create the frame. Then,
> > based on your design, you will get enough 1x1 plates (that's plates, not
> > tiles)to actually create the design.
>
> Well, as soon as you get them to change it to tiles, you probably know you'll
> sell about 5 times as many. And I know you'll get them to change it to tiles.
> Right? Right? ;D
It will probably never be tiles.
How could you easily remove a misplaced tile in middle of the picture - sure it
would look better, but switch to tiles and you are seriously looking at a niche
adult market.
Tiles should be a bulk product.
-Jon
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In lugnet.lego.direct, Jon Kozan writes:
> It will probably never be tiles.
Didn't LEGO say it wants to be the company we want it to be? :-) If we want
the mosaics to use tiles and we can convince them that we'll buy more if it
is tiles, maybe they'll offer it in tiles as an alternative option.
> How could you easily remove a misplaced tile in middle of the picture -
Much, much easier than removing 1x1 plates, that's for sure! 1x1 tiles have
a fingernail groove -- 1x1 plates don't.
> sure it would look better, but switch to tiles and you are seriously
> looking at a niche adult market.
I wonder if they chose plates over tiles because every plate has a stud and
a LEGO logo on it. Thus, it's immediately obvious that it's made from LEGO
elements. Tiles -- I totally agree they would look better and I would be
much more inclined to buy a mosaic using tiles -- but it would look like any
other traditional mosaic (except it's square in LEGO colors rather than
arbitrary shapes in arbitrary colors).
> Tiles should be a bulk product.
Hear hear! And $.01 apiece! :-) I want to build LEGO mosaics using tiles!
Sell me all colors! I'll buy tons and tons!
--Todd
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In lugnet.lego.direct, Todd Lehman writes:
> In lugnet.lego.direct, Jon Kozan writes: • <snip>
>
> Hear hear! And $.01 apiece! :-) I want to build LEGO mosaics using tiles!
> Sell me all colors! I'll buy tons and tons!
>
> --Todd
To heck with *all* the colors, tell me (us) about that third shade of gray,
and in what quantity it will be available and in what other pieces besides
plates.
Rich
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Richard Schamus wrote:
>
> To heck with *all* the colors, tell me (us) about that third shade of gray,
Rich, I saw the medium gray this past summer at the Kidvention. Imagine a shade
of gray exactly in between the LEGO brick colors light gray and dark gray, and
there you have it.
-John
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> Rich
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*Retraction*
I did see the mosaic at the Kidvention, but must have been dazed because the new
color *is* lighter than light gray. I couldn't believe that I had remembered
something so significant so wrong, so I called Consumer Affairs and asked to speak
with someone who was actually at the Kidvention (thinking that maybe the mosaic at
the Kidvention was different from what is being offered now), and they said it was
the same.
I apologize to Rich and everyone else for disseminating false information;
apparently my memory isn't what it used to be, although I'm a little foggy as to
how good it used to be;-)
-John
John Neal wrote:
> Richard Schamus wrote:
>
> >
> > To heck with *all* the colors, tell me (us) about that third shade of gray,
>
> Rich, I saw the medium gray this past summer at the Kidvention. Imagine a shade
> of gray exactly in between the LEGO brick colors light gray and dark gray, and
> there you have it.
>
> -John
>
> >
> >
> > Rich
> >
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Todd Lehman <lehman@javanet.com> writes:
> Much, much easier than removing 1x1 plates, that's for sure! 1x1 tiles have
> a fingernail groove -- 1x1 plates don't.
But still, the 1x1 plates can be twisted, making them come off pretty
easily. Now, a 2x4 plate, say, on the middle of a large plate, that
is difficult to take off.
But the worst has to be the 1x1 joystick base. That one is really
hard to get off.
Fredrik
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In lugnet.lego.direct, Jon Kozan writes:
> Tiles should be a bulk product.
One of my thoughts is that the 90 piece bags will actually be bulk packs. I
won't be surprised to see them appear as such in the catalog.
Frank
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In lugnet.lego.direct, Jon Kozan writes:
> > Well, as soon as you get them to change it to tiles, you probably know you'll
> > sell about 5 times as many. And I know you'll get them to change it to tiles.
> > Right? Right? ;D
>
> It will probably never be tiles.
> How could you easily remove a misplaced tile in middle of the picture - sure it
> would look better, but switch to tiles and you are seriously looking at a niche
> adult market.
> Tiles should be a bulk product.
Plus, if they are tiles, it sure doesn't look very "Lego"...Just another
strange picture!
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Jake McKee
Senior Producer - Lego Direct
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Jake McKee wrote:
> In lugnet.lego.direct, Jon Kozan writes:
>
> > > Well, as soon as you get them to change it to tiles, you probably know you'll
> > > sell about 5 times as many. And I know you'll get them to change it to tiles.
> > > Right? Right? ;D
> >
> > It will probably never be tiles.
> > How could you easily remove a misplaced tile in middle of the picture - sure it
> > would look better, but switch to tiles and you are seriously looking at a niche
> > adult market.
> > Tiles should be a bulk product.
>
> Plus, if they are tiles, it sure doesn't look very "Lego"...Just another
> strange picture!
>
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> Jake McKee
> Senior Producer - Lego Direct
Hey Jake, Congratulations! I'm always happy when AFOLs get employed by TLC.
Any idea if TLC will reintroduce any of the classic windows (besides the 1x2x2 that
they're selling right now in white)? It is very difficult for AFOL's to build a
model of their own house with the current selection.
Gary Istok
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