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Well. Wow. What can I say? It certainly appears as if we have opened Pandora’s Bucket… First, allow me to thank you all for your overwhelmingly warm welcome. I can assure you, it is as thrilling to us to be able to make the announcement of LEGO (...) (25 years ago, 22-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.announce) !
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<snip lots of wonderful news> I would just like to say thank you once again and welcome. I like everyone else can't wait to share our feelings and ideas with you. I am sure some of us will be more critical than others but without constructive (...) (25 years ago, 22-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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Brad Justus wrote in message ... (...) can (...) Thanks for the response. We are very excited to have you join us. This news is as exciting as waiting for Kevin Loch to upload scans of the 2000 catalog, however not as immediately gratifying. Rose (...) (25 years ago, 22-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) I should point out that Rose was referring to the 2000 consumer catalog I found in a set I purchased, not the vendor catalog :) KL (25 years ago, 22-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Phew. *as fingers start to come off of the red button at TLC* Just stopped WWIII before it started :) -Tim (25 years ago, 23-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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Brad, I'm really glad to see this second post about Lego Direct. To keep the rumors down, could you do at least a monthly posting to keep us abreast of progress? Regarding direct sales you said: (...) The part about finalizing initial offerings is (...) (25 years ago, 23-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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Kevin Loch wrote in message ... (...) Err, Ummm, Yes, Kevin is right (whipping myself for such an almost destructive post). :>S Rose (25 years ago, 23-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Wow! Brad is a Mel Brooks fan! Cool. -John <snip> (25 years ago, 23-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Another great missive. Here's my comment. So far we've been all over the map on feedback. No topic is off bounds because, finally, someone actually popped up and said "yes, we want to listen". But too much of a muchness is too much(1)! So to help (...) (25 years ago, 23-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) What set number is that? S@H has never heard of that one! :-) All kidding aside, the idea has been previously raised of themed buckets to distribute theme-based pieces a la Freestyle, and I think it's a great idea! I'd love a Res-Q bucket, or (...) (25 years ago, 23-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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Dear Brad, Whether we like him or not, Larry is our Leader. I do not know Larry, but have been reading his posts for the past >year. Larry can come to the quick on most any topic quite lucidly. Listen to Larry, he is our man. Build On! John Matthews (...) (25 years ago, 23-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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Whoops! Sorry for the *ugly* post! 80 characters per line? Is it me, MS, or other? I hate it when that happens! I still meant what I said about Larry, though. John John Matthews <jmatthew@columbus.rr.com> wrote in message (...) (25 years ago, 23-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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All Hail Larry! At the risk of drifting off-topic allow me to digress a moment. John, are you a lurking Larritarian?! If so, rejoice! Send your 1 brick love offering to Larry in Ada and receive a bounty 100 fold!! Do not take this offer lightly... (...) (25 years ago, 23-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Brad - here's a critical one - there is a need for a SuperBrick - an RCX brick with many more I/O (like 8 as a minimum), for controlling trains, or very complex robots/machines. I know your Sales and Marketing guys were caught flatfooted on (...) (25 years ago, 23-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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Amen, brother John! Hey, who unsubscribed me from that group?! -- "Hail to the chief!" Have fun! John The Legos you've been dreaming of... (URL) weird Lego site: (URL) Hooray! Hooray! Its Y2K! A new decade starts next year. John Neal wrote in (...) (25 years ago, 23-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) He is? Don't get me wrong, I like Larry and all, but I didn't even know we HAD a leader. I assume you're just being silly, but let's not give Brad the wrong impression! (25 years ago, 23-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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Hi, Brad Justus <legodirect@lego.com> wrote in message news:Fn5rAD.5Mt@lugnet.com... (...) Pandora's (...) can (...) of (...) Not at all..:-) <snip> (...) expressed (...) are we (...) our (...) you (...) (or (...) launch, (...) Thank you very much (...) (25 years ago, 23-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Yup. Larry's a good egg, and has possibly the best business sense of anyone on Lugnet(1), but this particular member of a motley rabble doesn't call him boss. 1:but that kind of thing is difficult to ascertain from a newsgroup James (URL) (25 years ago, 23-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Cool, can we now do a Space sub-theme based on SpaceBalls ? I think one of the Technic helmets painted black and put on a minifig would work for 'Dark Helmet'. But what do we do for Barf ? The Winnebego should be easy, plenty of space wings to (...) (25 years ago, 23-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I found this joke and the others in Brad's post really fun... I guess because I didn't expect the intelligent humor. I think TLG picked the right person to communicate with this online group of (fill in your favorite term to describe this (...) (25 years ago, 23-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) We *already* have silver buckets for the piss boy (Timmy, of course;) -John (...) (25 years ago, 23-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) What was the last funny Mel Brooks movie? Didn't he do something about Frankenstein a few decades ago? That's the last funny one I can think of, though he was amusing in The Muppet Movie, as I recall. Dave! (25 years ago, 23-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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John Matthews wrote in message ... (...) Bzz, sorry, thank you for playing. Larry does not speak for me, nor is he my leader. If anyone is in charge here on LUGNET it is Todd and Suzanne. No offense, Larry. I just don't want Brad and Lego to get the (...) (25 years ago, 24-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) I thought Men in Tights was funny. (And a heckuva lot closer to the Robin Hood story than that forgettable attempt by Middle-Aged Corn Boy.) Lotsa references to other Brooks films, too... And Spaceballs before that. Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 24-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I agree. I think the post was mostly in fun, and my head has returned to its normal (for me, that is, somewhat swelled) size. (...) Right. And I didn't even get a sword thrown at me, much less meet a watery tart! (25 years ago, 24-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) It's all in fun. Lighten up, Frances;-) -John (...) (25 years ago, 24-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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Just to clarify, I was only about half serious. The other half was just me being mischievous. Sorry for the misunderstanding. John Matthews Matthew Verdier <matthewv@digital.net> wrote in message news:Fn7y5o.Dx6@lugnet.com... (...) he (...) (25 years ago, 24-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Actually, it;s worth pointing out that "It's good to be the Santa" is a direct quote from an episode of Mystery Science Theatre 3000. I'm not saying that he (like the writers of that show) wasn't intentionally referencing Mel Brooks, and the (...) (25 years ago, 24-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) 1. They were definitely referring to History of the World, Part I by Mel Brooks 2. If Brad is a MST3K fan......Cool! -John (...) (25 years ago, 25-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) [snipped Brad's letter: part 3] (...) Yes, that would! I'm sure there would be MUCH controversy over that, though. Maybe it should be catagorized (by themes, I mean - i.e. Castle parts, Train parts, etc.). (...) I second the motion! I'll buy (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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On Thu, 23 Dec 1999 05:09:16 GMT, Larry Pieniazek uttered the following profundities... (...) But can you convince Novera that there is benefit/realisable reward, for receiving its payment in train doors&windows?? (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Hehe, naaa... we'd want cash, or a slice of the rev just like we do with everyone else. (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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On Tue, 28 Dec 1999 23:50:46 GMT, Larry Pieniazek uttered the following profundities... (...) Of course! But what about your slice of the pie, then........ Finders fee, whatever! "Please remit my finders fee in X number of train windows!" (25 years ago, 30-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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