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Well, they do make them in blue, red, and yellow as seen in this set: (URL) emailed them with the same request but didn't get a response. Corey (no relation to Ray) :) (20 years ago, 12-Nov-04, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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Dear Lego, Please consider making the Extra-Large baseplate (#628) in other colors. Colors which immediately come to mind are... Blue, Tan, White, Black and Brown. This could be a one time special production run, packaged one of each color as a set (...) (20 years ago, 12-Nov-04, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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A few days ago, in this thread: (URL) mentioned the large group order that we (my co-workers & I) do every year about this time. This was our third annual and largest order yet. I'm not sure how many other people do this in their office/workplace or (...) (20 years ago, 7-Nov-04, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.market.theory, lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: S@H Exchange Rate?!?! (was Re: BNSF high balls it!)
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And what is worse/will keep prices up for LEGO in Canada, is that alot of the wholesale prices we have to pay seem to be set at 1.5 of USD prices, so very high. Some are coming down, but not nearly as far as the currency has come down. So LEGO in (...) (20 years ago, 6-Nov-04, to lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: S@H Exchange Rate?!?! (was Re: BNSF high balls it!)
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(...) I think I have to back Kevin on this one. Major international corporations charge a fixed exchange rate. This is an acceptable Accounting Practise. However, I would look back at year end (or whenever the audit would take place) and question (...) (20 years ago, 6-Nov-04, to lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: S@H Exchange Rate?!?! (was Re: BNSF high balls it!)
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(...) I'm going to have to disagree with your logic here. Main Street came out last year at an exchange rate of 1.31 (85Cdn vs 65US) and the Canadian dollar is doing MUCH better than last year. Why suddenly 1.50 versus 1.31, or the current ACTUAL (...) (20 years ago, 6-Nov-04, to lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: S@H Exchange Rate?!?! (was Re: BNSF high balls it!)
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Tim Strutt wrote in message ... (...) is (...) Simple. Canadians complained about having prices in US$. Lego changed to pricing for Canadians in CN$. When they decided to switch, the exchange rate was about 1.5 (earlier, it was even 1.6!). The rate (...) (20 years ago, 5-Nov-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: S@H Exchange Rate?!?! (was Re: BNSF high balls it!)
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(...) Hello All ! At this moment , I'm just happy that this train engine is now Available to Australia . Thank You Lego ! Did this post make a difference ? (URL) I did take notice of the price difference , and this is why, I have none coming my way (...) (20 years ago, 5-Nov-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: S@H Exchange Rate?!?! (was Re: BNSF high balls it!)
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(...) Tim, as Christian has pointed out, Canada is not the only country that gets screwed on S@H prices. Fortunately for you, you're more likely to have a travelling friend to get you one. Fortunately for us Aussies, the BNSF loco is not as bad as (...) (20 years ago, 4-Nov-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: S@H Exchange Rate?!?! (was Re: BNSF high balls it!)
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(...) Hey, forget about complaining about too high prices outside the US to S@H. Lego ist totally deaf on that ear. Besides, $CDN59.99 is about US$49.79, which is still cheaper than our EUR39.99, which in turn is about US$51.19. And the stuff is (...) (20 years ago, 4-Nov-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Whoa. I see what you mean. I just checked and at current exchange rate, we could be buying it in the US for $48.24Cdn, instead of the $60Cdn on S@H. I think I'll be calling a travelling friend in the US before I buy it at S@H prices for (...) (20 years ago, 4-Nov-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.loc.ca, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Can we help?
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(...) I fail to see how that is an outrageous claim. I was able to watch Shrek 2 on DVD several months ago, and the DVD is only scheduled for release on November 5th (according to Blockbuster). Yes, the quality was terrible, but it was the full (...) (20 years ago, 2-Nov-04, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) It would have been clearer to just say that instead of being clever. (...) So he has. (...) Sarcasm and mockery? Not really, no. (...) Your FUT cancelled (it's way off topic for .general) and FUT reset to admin.general (20 years ago, 2-Nov-04, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Sure is: Outrageous claim. Unrelated evidence. I see now that the poster has clarified his statement. It is now just an outrageous claim. (...) There's a point in there too, somewhere. I'm sure of it. Perhaps, Larry, you'd be kind enough to (...) (20 years ago, 2-Nov-04, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) There's a point in there, somewhere. I'm sure of it. Perhaps, Richie, you'd be kind enough to make it more clearly... as a personal favor to those of us who aren't terrifically clever and witty, like yourself, or who perhaps aren't as good at (...) (20 years ago, 2-Nov-04, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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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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| | Re: Can we help?
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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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