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    New Service Packs for 1999.. —Gary R. Istok
   Dear LEGO, You've gotten some good new 1999 service packs. First of all the black sloped bricks are great (even though 2 important black sloped pieces are missing from this set). The green bricks as a separate pack are great also, as are the black (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jan-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
   
        Re: New Service Packs for 1999.. —James Brown
     (...) Gary is absolutely right! These would be a great addition to the service line-up. The only thing here that I wouldn't buy in multiple quantities & colors is the windows pack, and that's only because I'm not a town guy. Now, if only S&H Canada (...) (25 years ago, 19-Jan-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
   
        Re: New Service Packs for 1999.. —Kevin Wilson
     (...) Better yet... how about letting us have _all_ the windows which used to be available, not just the 2x2's! I have the windows from my childhood 60's and 70's Lego and they are far more use if you want to build realistic buildings than the (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
    
         Re: New Service Packs for 1999.. —David Blomberg
      (...) And please remake all those 4x2 windows and 6x2 windows (4&6 studs wide by 2 bricks high) that were once made. The windows that were the entire width, the ones that had two windows in 4 stud wide frame, and the "picture" window in the 6x2 that (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
     
          Re: New Service Packs for 1999.. —David Blomberg
      and garage doors. what ever happened to garage doors? Here's an idea. Maybe sell town jr. stuff that can be extended with a second accessory kit. Rearrange 6332 and 6554 so the vehicle bays are wider, sell them at TRU/Walmart sans doors, and then (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
     
          Re: New Service Packs for 1999.. —Larry Pieniazek
       (...) A "superdetail"(1) kit. What a great idea. 1 - that's the Model Railroad term for it. ++Lar (25 years ago, 21-Jan-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
     
          Re: New Service Packs for 1999.. —David Blomberg
      and thinking about this some more... this should be extremely profitable. when TLG sells an item through Target, Walmart, TRU, TLG gets 60% of the retail price (i think someone in the newsgroups stated the rate) but when TLG sells something through (...) (25 years ago, 21-Jan-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
    
         Re: New Service Packs for 1999.. —Gary R. Istok
      (...) Kevin is correct, I DO want all of the old "Classic Style" windows & doors (but I was being more realistic). However, as owner of one of the largest Classic window & door collections in RTL, I would love to get more. So..... Dear LEGO, please (...) (25 years ago, 21-Jan-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
   
        Re: New Service Packs for 1999.. —Jeff Stembel
     (...) I'd Suggest making 5149 Doors & Windows in other colors, especially White and Blue. I'm tired of having all my homemade buildings have red doors! (...) I'd Like to see 25 degree and 45 degree slope packs in Green and Yellow, also. (...) Don't (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
    
         Re: New Service Packs for 1999.. —Richard Dee
     On Wed, 20 Jan 1999 14:45:56 GMT, Jeff Stembel uttered the following profundities... (...) "I see a red door and I want to paint it black...." (25 years ago, 22-Jan-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
    
         Re: New Service Packs for 1999.. —Jasper Janssen
     (...) "No longer will my green Dragon turn a deeper blue.." Jasper (25 years ago, 23-Jan-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
   
        Re: New Service Packs for 1999.. —Ed Jones
     (...) And left side hinged doors!!!! In all colors!!!! (...) Definitely!!! I never have enough arches! (...) Put me down for 5 sets of each color to start with (...) Gary, How may blue slopes do you want - I have a ton that I never use. (...) Or (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
    
         Re: New Service Packs for 1999.. —Tom Stangl
     (...) This Dacta Tile Set isn't available through Dacta anymore either, is it? Because if it IS, I want to know the cost and part number now! (25 years ago, 23-Jan-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
   
        Re: New Service Packs for 1999.. —Thomas Main
     Gary: This letter is well-worded and expresses which parts packs a lot of us would like to see issued by Lego. A few months ago there was a suggestion on rtl that actual letters be sent to Lego by rtl'ers, each expressing specific wants for new (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
    
         Re: New Service Packs for 1999.. —Jeff Stembel
      I would support a variation on this. Each month, a Form Letter is posted on a website specifying a parts pack. Everyone who supports this would then download it, sign it and send it in. It would be much more organized that way. Maybe the month (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
     
          Re: New Service Packs for 1999.. —Steve Bliss
       Form letters are much less effective than individually written letters. Steve (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
      
           Re: New Service Packs for 1999.. —Jeff Stembel
       It's not like it matters much. They only seem to look for the phrase "I would like to suggest..." and then they send you a form letter. Jeff (...) a (...) way. (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
      
           Re: New Service Packs for 1999.. —Larry Pieniazek
       (...) Which, to this consumer anyway, is much less effective than an individually written letter would be. :-) I was at the LIC at MoA in MPLS last nite (met with John Neal, that was fun... more in the mpls group later this AM) Before we met I was (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jan-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
      
           Re: New Service Packs for 1999.. —David Blomberg
       It would be useful to post addresses and names of individuals that we should write to. (25 years ago, 27-Jan-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
      
           Re: New Service Packs for 1999.. —James Brown
       (...) Agreed. I've been following the "we should write letters" thread, and (while I come down on the non-form letters side) I agree that it is a good thing. However, most people don't have the slightest clue of where to send such a letter. Could (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jan-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
      
           Re: New Service Packs for 1999.. —Todd Lehman
       (...) ^^^...^^^ (...) ^^^...^^^ If you mean assistance in concealing the identity of a poster who wants to post the name and/or address of a TLG employee, then the answer is No Way; anonymous postings are against the Terms of Use of the lugnet.com (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jan-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
      
           Re: New Service Packs for 1999.. —James Brown
       (...) by (...) post (...) anonymous (...) Absolutely! I was unclear. Even disregarding the Terms of Use (which I'm not), I have personal moral objections to the forwarding of private information, anonymous or otherwise. What I had meant to state is (...) (25 years ago, 27-Jan-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
     
          Re: New Service Packs for 1999.. —Gary R. Istok
       Whatever you folks would like, is fine with me. By the way, does anyone know if Peter Eio is still the President of TLG/USA? He knows who I am (he's replied to several letters about bulk orders several years ago). I would probably also send a copy (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
      
           Re: New Service Packs for 1999.. —Thomas Main
       Gary, Peter Eio is listed in the latest press release as being in charge of Lego, Inc. in Enfield. I also think that individual letters would make more of an impact than a form letter. I am assuming Lego will send a form letter back, but if we keep (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
     
          Re: New Service Packs for 1999.. —Mike Stanley
      (...) I know others have mentioned that form letters aren't as effective as as personal letters, but how about a compromise - an online form that you could go to and select standard items you wanted to comment on (lack of slopes in all colors, same (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jan-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
    
         Re: New Service Packs for 1999.. —James Gowell
     In article <36A896B1.9EB2378A@a...tate.edu>, main@appstate.edu says... (...) <snip> (...) I say we need to continue discussions here, to create a web site that'll have sample letters, the topic of the month, and a place for people to "register" once (...) (25 years ago, 26-Jan-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
   
        Re: New Service Packs for 1999.. —Richard Dee
   On Tue, 19 Jan 1999 18:53:07 GMT, Gary Istok uttered the following profundities... (...) Todd Lehman first suggested it, and I still think it would be a brilliant idea: These packs to be available in silver, and available globally, not just the USA. (25 years ago, 22-Jan-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
 

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