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In lugnet.castle, Eric Kingsley wrote:
> In lugnet.castle, Pawel Nazarewicz writes:
> > To be honest, that is all that I can think of for now. If they brought the
> > above mentioned pieces, I think I would order from Lego direct and nothing
> > else ... ;)
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> Thats exactly why you probably will never see everything you want from LEGO
> Direct. TLC is not stupid and while I think they will work to satisfy most of
> our needs they will still limit us enough were we have to buy at least some
> sets. That is OK with me. Just to be able to get all the Gray, DkGray, Tan,
> Brown, and primary colored Bricks, Plates, and slopes In the sizes and
> quantities you want will be enough for me.
It's interesting. When writing about the historical way TLC has ignored AFOLs,
people tend to make two rants:
1. There aren't enough AFOLs to make a financial impact on TLC.
2. TLC won't offer direct parts ordering, because then nobody would buy the
sets.
I never really thought about it before now, but these two positions are mutually
exclusive. So which is it? Do we make a difference to TLC, or not? I'm
guessing we do. Perhaps in indirect ways (primarily, we influence other people
to buy more LEGO sets), but we do have an impact.
Steve
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| On Tue, 29 Feb 2000 19:26:46 GMT Steve Bliss <blisses@worldnet.att.net> wrote concerning 'Re: Lego direct for castle ...': (...) heh, that's a very good point, and I think you're right. The two positions are mutually exclusive. IMO, AFOLs do not (...) (24 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Something else which always bugs me is the assumption that TLC will "lose" money with Lego Direct. If they price the parts correctly, and do a good job on the distribution system, I believe they can sell them for less than the per piece cost (...) (24 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) I assume that these are the Arch windows that you can also get now in Gray in 6094 - Guarded Treasury. (URL) so these would be #2 on my list after your #1. Otherwise I like the rest of your list. (...) Oh I hope your kidding ;-) (...) Thats (...) (24 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.castle)
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