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| (...) I have to concur with John. I've worked in the injection molded plastic business, molding lexan parts for computer chip manufacturing. (Lexan is a high strength GE plastic). Any time you reuse plastic, the quality does drop a little, as the (...) (22 years ago, 14-Oct-02, to lugnet.lego)
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| | Re: Holy Mackerel! LEGO survey...
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| (...) Yes, in fact I do. (...) They hold my 4-year-old son's attention much longer than most toys. It's also something he and I can do together, for many hours, so it's a great bonding experience as well. (...) For kids, I'd get a bit more licensing (...) (19 years ago, 18-Apr-05, to lugnet.lego)
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| | Re: Holy Mackerel! LEGO survey...
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| (...) Yes - within certain boundaries (...) Because I still consider Lego to be one of the best toys ever, regardless of the mistakes the company made and makes. I would not buy Bionicle for a kid, nor would I buy some action-and-violence-centered (...) (19 years ago, 18-Apr-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego)
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| | Re: Holy Mackerel! LEGO survey...
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| (...) Yes (...) Because kids don't really want to spend their entire life behind the 2-D-computer, and building with bricks gives the third dimension. (...) I would subtract, not add. There is more than enough LEGO marketing as is. (...) Produce (...) (19 years ago, 18-Apr-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego)
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| | Re: Holy Mackerel! LEGO survey...
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| (...) If I had them, I would, but I'm my own child! (...) Lego is simply the best toy a child can have. 'Nuff said! (...) LEGO? I'll start with features I would delete? Rocco J. Carello hit the nail on the head; fads die. The Star Wars line is (...) (19 years ago, 19-Apr-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego)
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| | Re: Holy Mackerel! LEGO survey...
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| (...) I agree with Kelly on this - You appear to be having trouble getting the company to realise how many of us there are and, most importantly, how much we are trying to get our points/wants across. If you had asked me how many responses to the (...) (19 years ago, 17-Apr-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego)
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| | Re: Lego company survey now on LegoFan.org
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| A few comments on the survey: A couple of questions seemed like trick ones to see if you are really an AFOL - like which themes are part of TLC, and which ranges would you recommend to an 8-year old boy's parents. I hope no-one recommended Clickits (...) (19 years ago, 16-Apr-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Holy Mackerel! LEGO survey...
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| In lugnet.general, Jake McKee wrote: snip (...) Y and N (...) Sorry for the confusion there, Yes I would buy Lego for a child, but I would not enjoy giving it to them as I would rather add it to my collection. Basically I buy Lego for a 54 year old (...) (19 years ago, 18-Apr-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego)
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| | Re: Another resignation: I'm stepping down.
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| (...) I am saddened to see someone of your caliber having to make a choice such as this. I remember you coming on board LUGNET as a newbie and have watched you grow both in your building abilities and your contributions to the community. It is (...) (19 years ago, 18-Apr-05, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX) !
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| | Re: Holy Mackerel! LEGO survey...
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| (...) Yes, I would. Actually, I am buying lots of Lego for my own child (which will be born around july 1st) and for several other children. (...) Because I believe that apart from the play value of Lego, the building system helps children to (...) (19 years ago, 17-Apr-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego)
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| | Re: Holy Mackerel! LEGO survey...
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| (...) Yes (...) Because they're versatile and inspire creativity. (...) More light/motion features in regular building sets. Integrate some small motorised or technic features into smaller town/space/train sets. This would make them more attractive (...) (19 years ago, 17-Apr-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego)
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| | Re: Holy Mackerel! LEGO survey...
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| (...) Yes, if I was buying toys for someone 0-11, I would definatly consider lego. (...) Because there is some good products on the shelves at the moment. (...) Change the focus away from things that emphasize play and back to sets that emphasize (...) (19 years ago, 17-Apr-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego)
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| (...) Yes, I am buying Duplo right now. (...) I have to start corrupting my nephew as young as possible to keep him away from video games. (...) More fan interaction - the US Truck Tours have *always* made a good local splash. Use those tours for (...) (19 years ago, 17-Apr-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego)
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| | Re: Holy Mackerel! LEGO survey...
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| In lugnet.general, Jake McKee wrote: **snip** (...) Yes (...) Lego is a fun and creative toy. No kid should grow up without Lego. (...) Lego doesn't need "features" unless you count going back to its roots a feature. Lego is all about building, not (...) (19 years ago, 16-Apr-05, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego)
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| | Re: Holy Mackerel! LEGO survey...
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| In lugnet.general, Jake McKee wrote: **snip** Since some of these questions weren't asked in the original survey, I'll answer them here. (...) YES (...) Good for encouraging creativity, fine motor skill development, elementary engineering skills (...) (19 years ago, 16-Apr-05, to lugnet.lego)
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| | Re: Never noticed this before . . .
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| (...) Over the long term the colors most prone to yellowing (due to sunlight) are blue, gray and white. Of course with all the new Lego colors out, it will be interesting to see which new colors also have this tendency (obviously those that are (...) (19 years ago, 9-Apr-05, to lugnet.color)
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| | Re: different types of bricks in different years?
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| (...) As Clark stated, dating Lego can be very tricky. Old molds were often used at the same time as new molds. TLG rarely discarded them if there was still life left in them. Here is a list that shows major brick changes (between Cellulose Acetate (...) (20 years ago, 1-Apr-05, to lugnet.parts)
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| | Re: sales Sept 17-
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| Costco has a couple of more sets in store. 60035 Arctic outpost and 60075 Excavator and Truck for $42.99 each (S@H $59.99). They also have the large storage bins that look like 2x4 bricks for $29.99 in red, blue and yellow. They look cool, but don't (...) (9 years ago, 22-Sep-15, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: What is this thing?
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| (...) Ah. The old "precision vs.accuracy" thing. Got it. The funny (well, maybe it's funny--you tell me) thing is that I stumbled onto that listing by hunting for clone bricks. I searched "+tandem +block*" and that's what turned up. Dave! (20 years ago, 5-Apr-05, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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