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Re: Commentary on Recent Lego Direct Marketing Moves
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Sat, 9 Jun 2001 18:02:06 GMT
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In lugnet.build, Richard Marchetti writes:
> In lugnet.build, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> > Like I've said before, I wish they WOULD move faster, but doubt that they
> > are *capable* of it without organizational change.
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> Such a pity...I have no first-hand experience with TLC such that I can
> actually comment with any real force. I will defer to your greater
> knowledge and first-hand experience here, Larry. I still think some changes
> should be happening more quickly.
On this we can both agree.
> Why it doesn't happen is of less interest
> to me...
We have slightly different portfolios of hobbies, I guess. I love studying
organizations and groups and group dynamics to try to understand why they
are the way they are. But ya, you're right. Understanding why something is
the way it is if you have *zero* chance of affecting it may not be all that
interesting. (picture the English anorak... standing on the platform
counting the cars on each train as it goes by the local railway station. He
knows every detail of what trains go where and when, but even with all that
internal knowledge, he can't do a thing about a line closure!)
Still, maybe part of the reason I DO speculate about this org gorp is in the
wish that I can find some way of changing things (other than inserting money
into the input hopper the way we all do, which isn't much of a lever to pull
on, is it?) a little bit. Certainly you won't begrudge me a little wishing,
will you? :-) Don't let my wishing... what is the phrase?... get up your
snout. :-) Yes. That's it there.
> > Again, we may need to agree to disagree. I think there is value in
> > speculation about why stuff is more or less likely to be possible. I'll be
> > blunter than I was in my comments about airport shuttle... I sincerely
> > believe, for good and sufficient reason, that the monorail motor is going to
> > be a very tough part to revive. I'd be delighted to be wrong. But why get
> > your hopes pinned on something that isn't likely to happen if you can wish
> > for things that MIGHT?
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> I am not actually disagreeing with this either, but I would like to point
> out that we were referencing slightly different items as our examples. As
> you have pointed out elsewhere, your example item is a complex element with
> internals that is far more than just some plain, old, molded element. My
> example item, the castle pitchfork, IS a plain, old, molded item.
You are correct, sir. Point taken, they are indeed very different.
I hope the pitchfork does come back and, unlike the mono motor, can't see
any reason why it is any less likely to do so than any other simple element.
Because, as you say, none of us have no idea whether it's an old or new
mold, how many shots it has left in it, etc. etc.
I would hope, though, that the fact that I am wishing *harder* for the 1x1x1
window and the 1x2x3 window to come back is not taken as a slight on
pitchfork fans everywhere. (and pitchforks ARE useful and worthy items,
don't get me wrong)
You touched on a good point, what is the line between wanting *your* stuff
badly and begrudging that someone else got *their* wish first? In the past I
think you thought I had crossed it.
It is a line I do not *want* to cross (and if in the past I gave the
impression that I had, it sincerely was not my intent).
> There is often a lot of speculation revolving around whether an element mold
> still exists, is it usable, can it go right into production or is it of
> another type and must needs be "knocked off" first to fit the new molding
> equipment, etc. etc. I don't have any problem with speculation for the sake
> of speculation -- I DO have a problem with claims of authority on this
> subject without people knowing the situation from "inside the castle"
> itself, and I mean from inside TLC having borne witness to the manufacturing
> process from design to full implementation. Would it be feasible for TLC to
> bring back the pitchfork element? I don't know, nor does anyone else here on
> lugnet whose comments I have read.
Yep. One question, who is claiming authority? Not me. All I claim is that my
speculation may be a bit better than someone elses. (but then, that's the
sort of charming guy I am, it's a wonder my head fits through normal doors
some days) I think this misunderstanding may be part of where we stumbled a
bit in the past.
> -- Hop-Frog (Join the Lar and Hop-Frog "love-in"!)
Cats lie down with dogs... Can world peace be far behind???
++Lar
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