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Re: The Relationship - LEGO and its Fans (was: Re: Official vs. unofficial LEGO postings)
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lugnet.admin.nntp, lugnet.lego.direct
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Fri, 16 Mar 2001 06:22:18 GMT
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Yep, its a me too post. I couldn't have said it better than Frank.
I think that stuff like S@H announcements, and the DYA example, suggests a
double standard. Unless, I am misunderstanding something...
-Tim
Frank Filz <ffilz@mindspring.com> wrote in message
news:3AB193AC.ECA4917@mindspring.com...
> Eric Kingsley wrote:
> > 1. Time = Money
> > The time I have to dedicate to reading LUGNET is somewhat limited. I am • not
> > interested in what contest LEGO is running today, or why Bionicle masks • arn't
> > properly randomized, or that S@H just got some Fort Legorado's in. I • prefer to
> > *spend* my *time* reading fan posts and looking at pictures of MOC's.
>
> So you would prefer to hear about the Fort Legoredo's from some AFOL
> posting that he just found out that S@H got a bunch in and he just
> bought them all? What is different from Brad telling us "hey Shop at
> Home got this pile of nice sets" and a fan saying "I just got off the
> phone with Shop at Home and the sales person was kind enough to ask me
> if I might be interested in any of these nice older sets"?
>
> Based on this feeling, do we tell folks like DYA to not post, or do we
> create a lugnet.dya?
>
> And hey, if we're worried about folks posting here who want to make
> money off us, I wonder if we should tell Larry he can no longer talk
> about his kits here.
>
> > 2. LEGO came here for one reason, to make more Money.
> > I agree that LEGO should make as much money as they can, but don't do it • on my
> > dime. If I want to know what LEGO has to say and I have some free time • I will
> > check out the .lego. groups. My reason for being here is to be with • fans. I
> > don't plan on consulting for LEGO for free to help them make more money. • I
> > will gladly spend my money on LEGO but I don't want LUGNET to become a • big LEGO
> > advertising forum.
>
> Is TLC having the capability of answering our questions in the forum
> they are asked in TLC making more money on your dime?
>
> Oh well, it seems Todd is highly unlikely to change his mind. I wonder
> how many TLC AFOLs we now have no chance of ever hearing from because
> they don't happen to have the desire to set up to post using a non-TLC
> e-mail address. I wonder how many useful "official" answers we will now
> never get because another set of TLC employees set up to only use their
> personal e-mail.
>
> I also wonder what effect this will have on things like Brickshelf and
> the set databases when TLC gets their own up? I doubt it will have a
> negative effect, but who knows.
>
> Frank
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