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Brad, Rolling garage doors are VERY popular. They are also relatively rare because they were only available in the 80s. PLEASE check to see if it would be possible to bulk order them (assuming the old molds didn't wear out and are stored somewhere). (...) (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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(...) 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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(...) Ditto - and add black, green & tan to that list. Although I would probably only purchase thousands. The same list of colors in 1x4 bricks. (thousands again) (...) Ditto, again adding tan (and dk grey and white) to the colors. (I'd probably (...) (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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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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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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Dear LEGO, As you know, I am planning to build a replica of the Empire State Building. However, smaller houses do prevail. Sloped bricks of available colors and configurations are necessary. Hips and gables are a necessity to distinguish any house, (...) (25 years ago, 23-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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John Neal wrote in message <3861A7FE.587FEB44@u...st.net>... (...) Well, I guess I can give my wish list. I am going to hope the Marketing folks at Lego will archive these posts and perhaps do some analysis on them that leads to some type of bulk (...) (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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Well, despite having just posted that I think we should wait to see what they're looking for, I have to point out that no list is complete without the canonical trainhead wishlist... 1x2x3 windows and their glass... with the train style divider (...) (25 years ago, 23-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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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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Brad- From your latest post I take it that you are soliciting advice as to which bricks should be offered in bulk. Although this topic has been discussed at great length many times and in different NGs, I thought that perhaps it would be good to go (...) (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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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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(...) Ditto for 6067. But not 6071. I can't see myself buying more than about 20. :) I agree - I'd guess that the vast majority of AFOL's go for parts, not profit. James (URL) (25 years ago, 23-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Ah, who cares about preserving the value of older sets for collectors? I think you could make the argument that blue or red torsos would be better or cooler, but I for one wouldn't give a flying rodent's behind about the effect revising older (...) (25 years ago, 23-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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(...) I think he's talking about the Imperial Soldiers (Redcoats and Bluecoats) in the old Lego Pirates theme. Based on the minifigs in my possession, by comparing the print jobs on White-Torso minifigs to the print jobs on (Other)-Torso minifigs, (...) (25 years ago, 22-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Yo Timbo! (As taken from the current James Bond themes, Yo Jimbo!) Revive? Did they ever produce them in the first place? Scott S. (25 years ago, 22-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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