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| (...) Kevin Loch posted this explanation of Brickshelf policy to the WAMALUG list on 8/25/04: We discourage the use of "title" images (no matter how creative), especially those that use words. The first picture is used as the representative (...) (20 years ago, 5-Sep-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish, FTX)
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| | Re: Talk me into Bley at BrickFest
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| (...) Yeah, this has pretty much been my approach. The difference is that I very rarely bought sets just to display, and now I don't buy any. Like Bryan, my set purchases are way down - most dramatically in the past year. The old color sets have (...) (18 years ago, 21-Feb-07, to lugnet.color, FTX)
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marc, nelson
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marc, nelson
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marc, nelson
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| | BrickFair 2008 - who's getting paid?
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| Todd Webb, the organizer of (URL) BrickFair 2008>, has been kind enough to address the issues I have previously raised about (URL) BrickWorld 2007> and (URL) BrickFest PDX 2007>. Here is what I have learned: The first $10K of any potential profits (...) (17 years ago, 15-Oct-07, to lugnet.events, FTX)
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marc, nelson
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| | Re: Not at all a pact with the devil...
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| Jake- Thanks for bringing a little sanity and actual fact to this discussion. I am incredibly sick of all the self-righteous whining about a software company being 'evil'. I think some people need to open a history book or even turn on the nightly (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jan-01, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.general)
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marc, nelson
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| | Re: Behind the curtains - LEGO Factory AFOL Project Team
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| (...) snip (...) I completely sympathize with you on the color change issue, but that didn't stop me from being excited about the LEGO Factory contest/micro town theme. Granted, I would have been a lot MORE excited about the whole thing if the sets (...) (20 years ago, 17-Nov-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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marc, nelson
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marc, nelson
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| | Re: How's LEGO Factory working out?
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| (...) Well, on October 12 Jake answered some LEGO Factory questions on (URL) his blog> (also posted on (URL) LEGOFan>), but it doesn't seem like anything has happened since then. Jake's answer included this quote: We’re working on creating an (...) (19 years ago, 23-Nov-05, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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marc, nelson
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| | AFOL Wife Swap?
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| I just received this email - my address was apparently culled from the WAMALUG list: Hello, my name is Jodi and I am a casting producer for the show Wife Swap on ABC television. I am seeking families who involved in the subculture of adult Lego (...) (18 years ago, 1-Dec-06, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.people, lugnet.org.us.wamalug, FTX) !
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marc, nelson
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| | Re: So why all the whining about the color changes?
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| (...) The official reason given for the color change was that new colors were less "muddy" and would be more appealing to kids. No mention was made of the new colors being cheaper to produce (although that hasn't been denied). But Jake McKee has (...) (21 years ago, 20-Mar-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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marc, nelson
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| (...) A few nits of my own: The cursor no longer changes to reflect what tool you are using. In 1.3, if you pressed 'd' for the clone tool, the cursor switched to a little version of the clone icon. Now the only indication is that the current tool's (...) (19 years ago, 26-Aug-05, to lugnet.cad, FTX)
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marc, nelson
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| | Re: AFOLs feelin' no love
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| (...) (2 URLs) The total profit that went to BrickJournal Media LLC was about $13,000. This is in addition to the $3,000 that went to AMH Productions for use of the BrickFest name, as determined by an agreement that was signed in December 2005. It (...) (17 years ago, 18-Oct-07, to lugnet.events, FTX)
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marc, nelson
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| | Re: 10152 Update
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| (...) Wow, an excellent business move by TLC! These come once in a Maersk blue moon, so let's enjoy it. Yeah, yeah, the 10152 was supposed to be the last run of Maersk blue. But isn't this good news? - "Hey, we got some other company to subsidize (...) (20 years ago, 19-Dec-04, to lugnet.lego, FTX)
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| | Re: 10170 TTX Intermodal Double-Stack Car Preview
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| (...) Jake, I wish you hadn't turned this into a personal issue when it is a corporate policy issue. Do you see the words "Jake McKee" anywhere in my post? Now the "rally round Jake" LUGNET defense mechanism has been activated, and anything I say (...) (19 years ago, 2-May-05, to lugnet.trains, FTX)
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| | Re: Bad Policy #2 (Why all the secrecy, LEGO Direct?)
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| (...) I asked what that reason was (for not shipping outside territories) and got the answer at the top from Tomas Clark, basically, "that's not the way we do things", which is no answer at all as far as I'm concerned. I got a more detailed answer (...) (23 years ago, 7-May-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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marc, nelson
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| | TLG: Back in the black
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| (URL) From Forbes>: Lego Group H1 pretax swings into profit as sales rise 19 pct; ups FY guidance 08.16.2006, 08:18 AM COPENHAGEN (AFX) - Lego Group posted a pretax profit of 238 mln dkr for the first six months of the year, up from a loss of 202 (...) (18 years ago, 16-Aug-06, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.mediawatch, FTX)
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marc, nelson
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| | Re: New colors and other info
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| (...) There are two ways to take this explanation: 1. TLC is lying to us The real reason for the color change is that the new colors save a few bucks. TLC gave us the customer complaint story so they wouldn't look like heartless pennypinchers. I (...) (21 years ago, 19-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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