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Well, yet again through procrastination - I have been beaten to an idea. I think that this would be an excellent theme... My wife teaches fifth grade and got me hooked - have read all three books and anxiously awaiting July when the next book comes (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: UK 1999 Christmas Catalouge-(You made me Cry!)
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(...) Here, here. I agree fully. I received my first (and last) order of Town lego and was horrified! I will not be buying any more of that crap. Dean (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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James Gowell <jgowell@umich.edu> wrote in message news:3889162F.926F64...ich.edu... (...) to (...) schedule (...) to (...) out, or (...) the (...) as (...) ARE (...) knows (...) cards! (...) Interesting "grab bag" idea. What I was getting at, (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) I didn't read the story, but their was an article in the L.A. Times mentioning something about the possiblity that Steven Spielburg might do a Harry Potter movie. Bruce (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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Dear Sir: A train would be an important element also. sheree rosenkrantz (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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Dear Sir: As the mother of a 4th grade girl who loves her lego bricks, I would like to see more set lines/themes to draw both boys and girls further into "The Wonderful World of Lego." Drawing on the immense well deserved popularity of Harry Potter (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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Please read the orignal postings as well! In followup (...) Something is happening inside TLG..... I went to Hamleys on Saturday and spoke to thier Lego rep and floated the haunted house idea. He said that he would able to pass on any drawings/Ideas (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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Dear Sirs, Whilst I accpet that perhaps your traget market has change, I was saddned by the lines in the 1999 Christmas catalouge. This is not a rant but genuine upset at the recent dumbing down of your product lines. I am not annoyed by the recent (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) There's nothing quite like nostalga to make people want, nay - need, something. Someone at my work saw my offer on the internal newsgroup to buy any childhood LEGO from them and contacted me, ready to sell. I made the mistake of pointing them (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Well, speaking of wheels, please discontinue your current wheel design and create trucks they way exist in reality-- the design is actually simpler and would require fewer bricks! <wink,wink> What is really needed is one size wheel for (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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Lawrence Wilkes wrote: <snip> (...) That may be true, but I think many non-AFOL parents (who played with Lego as children) would buy the re-released classic sets "for their kids." It might even bring alot of people out of their dark ages. --Colin __ (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Some Important Questions regarding TLG Policy?
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Attn: Mr B.Justus Dear Sir, I was wondering if you could clarify some issues for me. (i) New Concepts- Sugesstion and discussion of Given that some ideas for new theme crop ocassionaly. I am asking whether it is alright to put these up on the (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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ATTN Mr B.Justus TLG,Billund,Denamrk Lego(R) UK Ltd, Wrexham. Lego Futra. LUGNET Readers. Dear Sirs, (With apologies to any Female Readers.) In a followup to my existing post( which has caused contetion over what ideas WERE original.) NB Note to (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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It seems I went too far in claiming certian things! (...) Agreed. (...) systems such as LGB. Therefore I propose the following. (...) Accepted. (...) Again Accepted as not new. (...) Again Accepted as not new. (...) But not an offical Lego(R) one (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Idea for Bulk Ordering ANY current Lego piece
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Why not even borrow from some of the large piece auctions that allow you to combine multiple winning bids into a shipment. Release the production schedule for 3 months and require all bulk orders come in at once. This allows TLC to have the info (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) My understanding is that you can't copyright an idea either: copyright protects an *expression*, ie a poem, a computer program, a piece of music. Writing a program to print a calendar means you have copyright in the program, but not the idea (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.dear-lego)
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Perhaps, but are those labor costs more than the cost of trans-Atlantic (...) than (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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Totally unrealistic. The labor costs to break down the sets would cost more than selling them at a discount. (...) -- | Tom Stangl, Technical Support Netscape Communications Corp | Please do not associate my personal views with my employer (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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Of course there is always the obvious, that TLG might decide to break slow moving sets from the previous year or two and sell those pieces individually instead of their current practice of reshipping unsold sets back to Europe for markdown in that (...) (25 years ago, 22-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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In lugnet.dear-lego, Timothy D. Freshly writes: Cool idea! (...) This might not be a problem if TLC allow bulk ordering to take up to 3% of piece A, and 5% of piece B etc. So however they distribute the excess is up to them? I don't think we'd make (...) (25 years ago, 21-Jan-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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