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Subject:	Re: 2000 Catalog scans - TLC stance
Newsgroups:	lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate
Date:	Thu, 9 Dec 1999 18:00:54 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Eric Joslin writes: > Add to that the frequency with which those catalogues are displayed by > stores- stores that we KNOW Lego representatives visit, like Toys R Us- and I > find it a little difficult to beleive that TLC is going to be bothered too > much by the information hitting the internet. This has been said a couple of times (that these are frequently displayed in stores), but in the various threads here, I've only seen 1 person state that 1 store has done this. I also have never personally seen one of these catalogues - and believe me, if it was on the shelf at any Lego carrying store in my area, I'd see it - so I'm genuinely curious: Where does the idea that these show up frequently come from? James http://www.shades-of-night.com/lego/

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		Re: 2000 Catalog scans - TLC stance
(...) It was said as being common in Europe by a couple of folks, as well as being said to happen in a couple of US TRU's. I will say there's a store I shop in that makes it available to customers, if not for display. But they seem to have several (...) (25 years ago, 9-Dec-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)

		Re: 2000 Catalog scans - TLC stance
James Brown <galliard@shades-of-night.com> wrote in message news:FMHJDI.208@lugnet.com... (...) and I (...) too (...) in (...) that 1 (...) Call me two then. My only vendors catalog, a 1987 one, was from a retailer shelf. Actually, I went into my (...) (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)

		Re: 2000 Catalog scans - TLC stance
James Brown: [ LEGO retailer catalogues ] (...) I have seen them in at least two Danish stores. They are definitely not made generally available to the costumers. But on the other hand, they don't appear to be any more secret than that retailers (...) (25 years ago, 12-Dec-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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		Re: 2000 Catalog scans - TLC stance
(...) Clearly, I'm not Todd or Suz. Not as clearly, I'm not a lawyer. But I have to respectfully disagree with you here, Larry. The Fair Play policy, as quoted above, includes catalogues, which this was one of. It also specifically states that (...) (25 years ago, 9-Dec-99, to lugnet.admin.general)

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