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| (...) I guess the point I was trying to make is that if TLG moved production to China, they would be spending more resources on combating theft of intellectual property than what they are currently used to. I am not an economics major, but moving to (...) (20 years ago, 1-Nov-04, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| (...) Bad form to reply to my own message, but judging from some replies to my posting, I can see that I didn't make myself clear in the original posting. What I meant to say was this: If LEGO moves production to China, expect an enormous amount of (...) (20 years ago, 1-Nov-04, to lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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| (...) Already happens. Sometimes people get unauthorized access to dealer catalogs (those which local stores use to order stock from), and other times people sneak photos at early toy shows that are not supposed to be open to the press (like the one (...) (20 years ago, 1-Nov-04, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| (...) A good observation! With production outside China, there are no leaks of set designs or copying of clone sets... (...) Another good observation! It was obviously a huge mistake to start producing those Hollywood films in China... Cheers Richie (...) (20 years ago, 1-Nov-04, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| (...) Just a word of warning, and pointing out the obvious: If LEGO moves production to China, expect leaks of set designs, the copying of sets by clone bricks, etc. to happen on a regular basis. The legal department will have their hands full! Just (...) (20 years ago, 1-Nov-04, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| (...) SNIP I got the same set, & though i wish the wall pieces were like the classic castle wall pieces, i'd say it's a decent set with good playability. when i built it i remembered this set: (URL) 6062 Battering Ram> & realized that this could be (...) (20 years ago, 30-Oct-04, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.reviews, lugnet.castle, lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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| (...) SNIP (...) Thank you for the quick response. If LEGO {does} move to china, Lego must make sure the workers are verifiably well treated & paid AND the facility is a safe, healthy place for them to work. Kinda like 'transparency' in operations. (...) (20 years ago, 30-Oct-04, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| In lugnet.dear-lego, John Barnes wrote: SNIP (...) Hi, look here: (URL) number of that 100ltr. bin is 4521. In there are also a lot of interesting but sometimes frustrating (only left or right wedges) parts. The same bins were offerded at the (...) (20 years ago, 26-Oct-04, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| (...) that is exact.. here in europe, for the BNSF, the initial ship date was 11/09/04 and it has finally been shiped 10/24/04. Didier Enjary (20 years ago, 26-Oct-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| This is probably a question for Jake, but there may be other sources of info. How did 4679 come to be? With its odd but very useful collection of additional bits, you have to buy quite a few just to make sure you get some of the different versions. (...) (20 years ago, 26-Oct-04, to lugnet.dear-lego) !
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