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| (...) Frank, I cannot speak for the rest of Europe, but I have always been surprised at how much more Lego variety I have found in German toy sellers, as compared to the USA. And I have been to over 100 German Lego retailers (in 13 visits to (...) (24 years ago, 25-Sep-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| (...) Even in Germany they don't undercut the retail prices. I went to the Goebel Porzellanfabrik near Coburg (Factory where they make the world famous M.I. Hummel figurines), and their factory store prices are at the German retail level. When USA (...) (24 years ago, 25-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego)
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| (...) Does this sound familiar??? Q22: ….Lego direct is targeted towards an older audience, how does this affect the rest of LEGO. A22: I don’t agree that Lego Direct is geared towards an older audience. Yes we are doing call them collectable but we (...) (21 years ago, 16-Dec-03, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | September 6 Meeting Confirmed Starting at 9:30
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| To allow for better trading/buying/selling opportunities, the next LUGOLA meeting will start at 9:30. Brian will only be here for 1/2 hour, but several other members have indicated their desire to supply bricks as well. Note: I only received one (...) (21 years ago, 23-Aug-03, to lugnet.org.us.lugola)
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| | Chat with Kate & Jake
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| Hello, On www.1000steine.de, we had a Chat session this evening with Kate and Jake from LEGO Direct. First I have to say a huge "Thank you", since both ventured to chat with one of the most critical communities in the world - with the griping (...) (21 years ago, 8-Dec-03, to lugnet.general) !!
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| (...) Mail ordering is starting to bloom here in the sector of computer hardware. Often you can buy your stuff, especialy cables and extentions, cheaper over the internet than in a specialised computer store. I think that is because they have lower (...) (24 years ago, 19-Sep-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| In lugnet.lego, Frank Filz writes: <snip> (...) Hero sets? Could you please describe them with numbers? Jude (24 years ago, 19-Sep-00, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Why not allow wire transfers? It's my understanding that this is a very common way of transferring money in Europe. (24 years ago, 19-Sep-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| (...) Well, if that really is the case, you folks in some ways have it better than we do in the US. Very few stores even carry the full line of what is typically sold in the stores, and there are bunches of things like train track (which apparently (...) (24 years ago, 19-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| Browsing around brickshelf today I found Ryoichi Takagaki's folder. (URL) not sure if he has ever publicized his creations here, but his three mortar heads are awesome. Down to the last detail they look amazing. He also has made instructions for (...) (21 years ago, 20-Aug-03, to lugnet.build.mecha)
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| (...) I think he was referring to the new "collectable" minifig sets with the minifigs on little stands. Do a LUGNET set database search for "hero" and they should come up. BEN GATRELLE (24 years ago, 19-Sep-00, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) There are MANY reasons for S@H to not undercut retail merchants. The world is not yet ready for retail merchants to be replaced completely by on-line ordering direct from the manufacturer. In the US, I can get 90% or more of what is in the (...) (24 years ago, 19-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego)
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| Tim, I'm fully aware that shopping online doesn't necessarily mean low prices. Especially not in case of LEGO. But: I can get almost EVERYTHING (except for the bulk items, of course) at local stores, at the same price, sometimes cheaper than at (...) (24 years ago, 18-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego)
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| Apparently Shop at home is working well at USA. I’ve already ordered from there, and it was a pleasant experience. You promised the same (or similar) service would be availible for Europe soon. Unfortunately, you forgot to tell us LEGO has hired a (...) (24 years ago, 18-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego)
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| (...) 'The thing is', that in countries like Germany and the Netherlands, every corner's toy store does already have the full (european) line. So Shop-at-home will only have any business here if: - they offer non-european sets - they offer accesory (...) (24 years ago, 19-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego)
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| (...) This would be nice, but it seems like LEGO doesn't want to have the same range of products in every country. (...) I'm sure they'll do that at some point. It takes some time to print catalogs. (...) If they do make printed catalogs, they'll (...) (24 years ago, 18-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego)
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