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In lugnet.lego.announce, Brad Justus writes:
> Greetings! After a somewhat longer-than-intended absence, I’m back, and with
> good news: LEGO Direct is pleased to announce that bulk sales from LEGO start
> today, June 14.
Well, everyone else has taken care of saying how neat this is, just add one
more tick mark to the chorus. Hopefully if we start to demonstrate that we will
buy lots and lots there may be some future improvement on pricing.
> Our first bulk releases include standard bricks (1x4, 1x6, 1x8, 2x2, 2x4, 2x8)
> in light grey, dark green, black, red, and white; as well as plates and smooth
> tiles in black, red, and white; windows and doors; and spruce trees.
What I actually wanted to comment on was the images. These are neat. I did a
little looking (especially at the spruce and at the transparent thinwall) and I
gotta say that I really like them. Can Brad or anyone from TLC tell us where
they came from? Check out the shading/highlighting on the lower part of the
thinwall.
I'm speculating but these don't look like they were hand drawn, rather they
look like program output
Any chance of some sort of future bridge between official TLG data and our
hobbist stuff?
> We hope that you are as excited as we are with the arrival of the bulk
> service. It is but the first of many new offerings which will be appearing in
> the coming months. For the next release of bulk elements later this year, we
> hope to incorporate some of your many requests, and will develop a more formal
> system on LEGO.com (but thanks, Jason Catena) for recording your desires.
Oh, and a big hats off to Jason for that.
++Lar
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> What I actually wanted to comment on was the images. These are neat. I did • a
> little looking (especially at the spruce and at the transparent thinwall) • and I
> gotta say that I really like them. Can Brad or anyone from TLC tell us • where
> they came from? Check out the shading/highlighting on the lower part of the
> thinwall.
>
> I'm speculating but these don't look like they were hand drawn, rather they
> look like program output
Probably the same Program as they use to generate Set
Instructions...
Steve
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In lugnet.lego.direct, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> What I actually wanted to comment on was the images. These are neat. I did a
> little looking (especially at the spruce and at the transparent thinwall) and • I
> gotta say that I really like them. Can Brad or anyone from TLC tell us where
> they came from? Check out the shading/highlighting on the lower part of the
> thinwall.
>
> I'm speculating but these don't look like they were hand drawn, rather they
> look like program output
>
> Any chance of some sort of future bridge between official TLG data and our
> hobbist stuff?
I've wanted to ask them this for over two years. It is obvious that the
quality of the instructions on brickshelf would be greatly improved if
the were directly output from their cad system instead of scanned.
It would also save quite a bit of time and effort (at least for recent ones).
They probably have some business reasons for not doing that, and we should
respect that. However, if they did want to use that method,
I would love to help them do it.
KL
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In lugnet.lego.direct, Kevin Loch writes:
> In lugnet.lego.direct, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> > What I actually wanted to comment on was the images. These are neat. I did a
> > little looking (especially at the spruce and at the transparent thinwall) and • I
> > gotta say that I really like them. Can Brad or anyone from TLC tell us where
> > they came from? Check out the shading/highlighting on the lower part of the
> > thinwall.
> >
> > I'm speculating but these don't look like they were hand drawn, rather they
> > look like program output
> >
> > Any chance of some sort of future bridge between official TLG data and our
> > hobbist stuff?
>
> I've wanted to ask them this for over two years. It is obvious that the
> quality of the instructions on brickshelf would be greatly improved if
> the were directly output from their cad system instead of scanned.
> It would also save quite a bit of time and effort (at least for recent ones).
Yes, in an ideal world, I'd like to see all the instructions available for
download in a single printable (PDF?) document. However, I expect TLG would
want to host that themselves (if at all). If they did, a high quality set data
base which, perhaps, gave some design background for the higher profile sets
would also be good. The end product would provide a useful data source for
AFOLS, and design/building inspiration/ideas for AFOLS and kids alike.
Scott A
>
> They probably have some business reasons for not doing that, and we should
> respect that. However, if they did want to use that method,
> I would love to help them do it.
>
> KL
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In lugnet.lego.direct, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> Well, everyone else has taken care of saying how neat this is, just add one
> more tick mark to the chorus. Hopefully if we start to demonstrate that we
> will buy lots and lots there may be some future improvement on pricing.
Wow, I'm more impressed than I thought I'd be. Pricing is a little whacky on
some elements in some colors, but that comes from Lego looking at a grey brick
as the same as a red brick since they probably cost them the same to make.
Doubt it'll have much of a negative impact on parts sellers for a while (some
individual's prices will need to be adjusted downward, while most won't (or
could go up - we now have a real "market value" for pieces, I suppose).
And the bulk discount thing is way cool.
> What I actually wanted to comment on was the images. These are neat. I did a
> little looking (especially at the spruce and at the transparent thinwall) and
> I
> gotta say that I really like them. Can Brad or anyone from TLC tell us where
> they came from? Check out the shading/highlighting on the lower part of the
> thinwall.
The images are very professional-looking. Now that I've seen the copies at
Brickshelf. :) Companies keep running heavy traffic sites on NT and IIS
<shakes head>. Maybe I need to apply for that NT Admin job with Lego Direct
after all.
> Any chance of some sort of future bridge between official TLG data and our
> hobbist stuff?
With that kind of quality, we can only hope.
Kudos, Brad. I've been reluctant to seem hopeful about this in the past, but
this looks good. In a year or so I might have no reason to buy up a bunch of
sets to get the parts I want, which means I can stop spending all my time
selling parts and get my 3rd bedroom back for just building instead of
storage. :)
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Mike,
> Doubt it'll have much of a negative impact on parts sellers for a while • (some
> individual's prices will need to be adjusted downward, while most won't • (or
> could go up - we now have a real "market value" for pieces, I suppose).
Indeed. Actually, most of my prices are lower, except for the tiles and the
light gray elements. I am almost ready to launch. I can't wait to buy a lot
of thoe 1x4x3 trans-blue thin wall parts. Good part call, Lego Driect! : )
Scott S.
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In lugnet.lego.direct, Scott Edward Sanburn writes:
> Indeed. Actually, most of my prices are lower, except for the tiles and the
> light gray elements. I am almost ready to launch. I can't wait to buy a lot
> of thoe 1x4x3 trans-blue thin wall parts. Good part call, Lego Driect! : )
I'm still reeling at the thought of being able to buy 200 small spruce trees
for $78.50 ($80 * .9 + $6.50 for shipping). I just hope they bring back the
egg-shaped trees at a similar (or heck, not so similar) price.
I for one am looking forward to the day when I can buy what I need, without
the thought of buying a bunch of other stuff to sell off to make back what I
spent.
It ought to be so easy for them to incorporate some sort of online "voting"
system for the upcoming parts runs. Heck, most people here have said before
they'd be willing to prepay. Seeing this now, in less time than I thought it
would take them (I'll eat some crow on that) gives me hope that LD will prove
just how profitable a more direct relationship with us can be.
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Yep, I've written down a $200 order and will be calling it in tonight.
I wonder what the expanded selection will be. I'd love to see smaller tiles.
Heh heh heh.... 'MO window pieces.
Jason
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