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Yes, and the other point here is that THEY would be making ALL of the money, not selling it to TRU at a near-zero profit margin because TRU buys so much. With bulk ordering, even though the operating costs will probably be higher, so will the (...) (25 years ago, 6-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Oh.. I've heard you say that more than once, I thought. Oh well. Greg "(URL) Majewski citrusx__@yahoo.com (URL) (25 years ago, 6-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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Don't worry, Onyx, I think JW has irritated everyone at some point or another. I think the VCR is awesome, great job! :) BTW, your reaction is what I was thinking when I read his post back! Scott Sanburn (...) (25 years ago, 6-Aug-99, to lugnet.cad)
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Frank Filz <ffilz@mindspring.com> wrote in article <snip> (...) <snip> (...) What do you guys mean with "cannibalization of the retail market"? (25 years ago, 6-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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lego-robotics@crynwr.com wrote<050899217.5353....32.42>... <skip> I guess, I just have bad luck, but when I received my Cye (#64) just three (3) weeks ago it didn't work at all. (I bought it from Mondo-tronics, Inc.). The problem is, that it won't (...) (25 years ago, 6-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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(...) Sorry, but air is indeed considered a fluid in fluid dynamics. The flow patterns of any fluid obeys the same general principles, whether it be air, water, oil, etc. You may very well argue that hydraulics implies not just a fluid but a liquid, (...) (25 years ago, 6-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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In lugnet.general, Greg Majewski writes: <snip> (...) Well, kinda. I said something like it, but in effect I said "Go Gary, PNLTC and GMLTC" (and of course, anyone else that wants to join the bulk sales effort). My first reply to this thread was (...) (25 years ago, 6-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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---...--- At this point, I wonder if this thread could be made hugely more valuable to the LEGO-robotics community: I wonder if anyone would like to write up a short bit about mass-dashpot-spring suspensions and why they are useful from a viewpoint (...) (25 years ago, 6-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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Hey, I have been searching for the instuctions for set #6394 Metro Park & service tower for over 6 years about 2 years a go i found the instuctions for it on www.kl.net/scans but the all the scans are terrible except for the vehicles and i cant make (...) (25 years ago, 6-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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Mike, The address is 2400 Stevenson Boulevard Fremont, California 94538 510-745-1400 See map at (URL) 880 to Fremont Exit Stevenson Blvd East Drive about 2 miles past Paseo Padre It's the big grey building on the right The Fukaya room is on the (...) (25 years ago, 6-Aug-99, to lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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(...) Do these contests (guess the number of bricks in this big huge model) strike anyone else as... well, really kinda difficult? With the kind of contest it's based on- guessing the number of pennies in a jar, jellybeans, etc- the items you're (...) (25 years ago, 6-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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You might as well add to the list 3.1 A little gloating is common in the RTL/LUGNET community Examples: "Look at my cool MOC", "I am now 9V complete", and any of the various FOTW, FOTY, FOTC, FOTLT (of which Sanjay seemed to find) Ken (...) said (...) (25 years ago, 6-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I've been wondering about this for decades) show the tires off-center on the hubs, such that they are expanded in diameter by the wheel edge on one side? Some show them put on correctly, so I guess there's nothing weird in the shape of the (...) (25 years ago, 6-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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Hey I got an idea! Lets go after all of those people that post a FOTW (FOTY etc.). I hate to hear how they leave two sets of three on the shelf without posting an address and a phone number of the place they were. How dare they not buy those other (...) (25 years ago, 6-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) <snip> There *certainly* was a 12V-110V trafo. I used to own it! It was Lego blue with a red dial and had (I think 6xn) surface of Lego studs along the top. There were three outputs on the side (12V, 0-12V, and?) -- Thomas Main (...) (25 years ago, 6-Aug-99, to lugnet.market.buy-sell-trade)
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(...) No, all you need to have is a scheme underwhich bulk ordering is as profitable or more profitable than selling sets. That will probably mean that the price per piece on bulk orders is higher than that in a set (but we know the market is (...) (25 years ago, 6-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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I went to K-mart yesterday and as soon as I walked in and took a left to head to the Lego section - BOOM! There was a HUGE (at least 6 feet tall) Darth Vader guess the number of bricks display. Very cool. Prizes were kinda lame, 1st $30 system,2nd (...) (25 years ago, 6-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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Hello, I have found something odd about this year's Technic set numbering. There is an 8444 (Helicopter), 8445 (Rae Car), 8446 (Crane Truck), and 8448 (Auto Chassis), but no 8447. Could TLG be saving something big that is waitng to be released later (...) (25 years ago, 6-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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Very cool car!!! That would make an awesome Model Team set!! :) Ryan ***...*** REPLY SEPARATOR ***...*** (...) and (...) detail. (...) roof and (...) V8 with (...) bonnet/hood. (...) (25 years ago, 6-Aug-99, to lugnet.publish)
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(...) Wrong-o. Sorry to be flameish about this, but generally speaking (approximately) four states of matter are accepted: solid, liquid, gas and plasma. Liquids and gases have fairly distinct differences having to do with the degree of (...) (25 years ago, 6-Aug-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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