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(...) approach. (...) Well, proof is that it already works quite well for a number of products. For instance: My wife is heavily into "scrap booking" (making very elaborate photo albums). The consultant that she goes to makes > $15k a year doing (...) (25 years ago, 5-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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Hey, why not place tiny ads in the back of news papers all over the world, or maybe infomercials on late night TV ... (...) (25 years ago, 5-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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I REALLY like this idea. In theory it would be fantastic. But I don't think the market outside of AFOL's would support it. I mean how many "parties could you possibly host? No AFOL's would come. They'd be busy trying to have their own parties. How (...) (25 years ago, 5-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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To Lego Direct (Brad Justus) Brad, I'm an AFOL and an avid LUGNET reader. The topic of Lego Direct has been on a lot of peoples minds and while thinking about it, I had an idea (although not a new one). Have you considered selling Lego Bricks (...) (25 years ago, 5-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) When I talked to them about WAMALUG doing the Upper Marlboro show they talked about how impressed they are with the NGLTC's layout. They asked if we wanted to do another show with them in March, but we had to refuse because of a GATS show on (...) (25 years ago, 5-Jan-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.trains, lugnet.dear-lego)
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Hey that was the NGLTC(www.ngltc.org) showing at the October show, they (Greenberg people) were quite amazed with the LEGO trains. They wanted us to do thier show again this coming weekend, but it's just too close to the holidays. I would be really (...) (25 years ago, 5-Jan-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.trains, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) At LLC, they have a single mold pushing out 2x4 red bricks. Being a complete and utter layman when it comes to the injection molding industry, all I can really say is "it looked neat". :) James (URL) (25 years ago, 5-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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I think that's also the reason why TLC sells the segments seperately (#2468) so that you can make your chain as large as you want it to. It's good to know that they still count on their old system that allows you to combine your toys and to "build" (...) (25 years ago, 5-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.primo)
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(...) (URL) Martin (25 years ago, 5-Jan-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.trains, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) I would 'guess' they are waste. Most of the time the trees have some type of contamination for human hands, dirt, dust, grime, or maybe even mold release agent. Also, the energy required for remelting of the solid trees would be greater than (...) (25 years ago, 5-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Hear Hear... There is about zero reason for TLC to preserve the collectible value of older sets. Except for a small handfull of "limited edition" sets, TLC has never presented their sets as collectors items. (25 years ago, 5-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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The new issue of "Train of Thought" which is the newsletter for Greenberg's Great Train and Collectible Toy Shows (1) arrived at my mailbox yesterday. They had a small blurb about LEGO showing that there may be interest in promoting the selling of (...) (25 years ago, 5-Jan-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.trains, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Are the trees actually waste? I'd expect them to be thrown into the raw materials bin again.. Jasper (25 years ago, 5-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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I just opened up and played with the 2514 LEGO® BABY Activity Friends rings set. (No, I don't have children) And I am so amazed. LEGO has done it again! They've invented a new twist on an existing system that makes all the older elements super cool (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.primo)
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Selçuk wrote in message ... (...) Well, yes, but I am talking price (actually price differential between) of a single brick and plate. If taking into account the cost of ABS in large quantities, 16.8 gr.. difference in weight vs. total ABS used in (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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I am fortunate enough to own copies of Lego Idea books 200, 226, 250, 260, and 697. Even after 20+ years of building with Lego, I still gain ideas and general building tips from the older books as I look through them. For the past few weeks I have (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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R2 <r2eng@primenet.com> wrote in message news:FnsGBG.4xI@lugnet.com... (...) vs. (...) You are half right half wrong. Molds are very very expensive to produce, especially when they should satisfy 0.00X type of dimensional accuracy, but if you are (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) apologies to readers, Larry, and TLC. -Suz (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Just a FYI: I weighed a 2x4 plate at 18.6 grains, and a 2x4 brick at 35.4 grains. The brick is about 2x the weight of the plate. However, when calculating "cost" to produce a plate vs. brick, the 16.8 grains of ABS is not even a "blip on the (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) I agree. And make them thicker in the middle than at the ends, for authentic scale models. (the problem being of course that that's used for perspective views looking up from the bottom of the temple, so not quite appropriate for scale models) (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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