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| | | (...) Then it will bankrupt the company anyway, because if they think kids want either this junior junk, or their unusually lame CD-ROM games -- then their whole marketing theory is wrong. They need to get back to brick basics and pronto. TLC's (...) (24 years ago, 21-Feb-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | | | | Re: Brad Justus... —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | (...) Apples and oranges. Yes, the current line of sets is rather less than we could wish, but instituting a service in which I can buy one tile for 1 cent is going to bankrupt the company. Some restrictions will be needed or it will fail. Why does (...) (24 years ago, 22-Feb-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | | | | | | Re: Brad Justus... —Dean Husby
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| | | | | | (...) The one thing I think people are missing is this. TLC must be careful not to make the Bulk ordering too easy for the consumer. If I got all the special bits I needed I wouldn't be buying all the dud sets (Or multiples of sets) to get a few (...) (24 years ago, 22-Feb-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Brad Justus... —Mike Stanley
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| | | | | | | (...) Me. I don't pass up on deals. And no matter what Lego Direct does or does not do, there will still be clearance sales and there will still be a place for the small-time parts seller/auctioneer to work. We might have to adapt, but we'll be (...) (24 years ago, 22-Feb-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Brad Justus... —Frank Filz
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| | | | | | | Dean Husby wrote in message <38B216BE.ED52CF50@a....bc.ca>... (...) consumer. (...) sets (Or (...) clearance (...) Well, all they have to do is make sure their return on investment for selling bulk bricks is as good as or better than for sets. Of (...) (24 years ago, 22-Feb-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, lugnet.market.theory)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: Brad Justus... —Doyle G. Nelson
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| | | | | | | | Hello All, :) Most likely they will use the quanity price ratio with a set minimum. I do know one thing, whether it would bankrupt TLC or not (which in my opinion it would, I agree with Lar on that.) There will be a minimum order and dont expect (...) (24 years ago, 22-Feb-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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| | | | | | | | Re: Brad Justus... —Richard Marchetti
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| | | | | | (...) I can't help you or TLC here, I won't pay full retail for a dud set. I may not even pay 50%. I am not sure how low some Rock Raiders stuff has to go before I would even be interested. I buy only what I like, not everything I see. Call me (...) (24 years ago, 22-Feb-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | | | | Re: Brad Justus... —Selçuk Göre
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| | | | | Richard Marchetti wrote: <snip> (...) <snip> Yeah, that might be great, but it would be certainly "off-topic" in a Lego Forum..:-) Selçuk (24 years ago, 22-Feb-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | | | | megabloks answer our requests (Re: Brad Justus...) —Joseph Gonzalez
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| | | | In lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, Richard Marchetti writes: --snipped-- (...) --snipped-- (...) dictionary! gotta throw my two cents in here and admit that i seriously believe megabloks is answering the afol's requests. i picked up the smaller tank (...) (24 years ago, 22-Feb-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | | | | | Re: megabloks answer our requests (Re: Brad Justus...) —James Simpson
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| | | | | (...) With all of the positive comments that I'm reading about Megabloks, I'll have to take a second look at them. I sincerely hope that Lego is reading this thread. Memo to Lego: Does it mean anything to you that some of your most loyal fans are at (...) (24 years ago, 24-Feb-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | | | | | | Re: megabloks answer our requests (Re: Brad Justus...) —Mike Petrucelli
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| | | | | | | (...) to (...) This past Christmas I helped my 6 yr. old cousin (I am 20 FYI) build one of his Chirstmas presents. A Megablocks NASCAR racer. One of the big ones. Not only was the color variation annoying but the bricks were either too loose or too (...) (24 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: megabloks answer our requests (Re: Brad Justus...) —Dave Schuler
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| | | | | | | | | (...) Lots of people make this assertion, or similar ones, and I can only say that I must be extremely lucky in my experience with MegaBloks, because I've never encountered problems like those you describe. I'd estimate--without shame, mind (...) (24 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | | | | | | | | | | Re: megabloks answer our requests (Re: Brad Justus...) —Mike Petrucelli
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| | | | | | | | | | (...) Fascinating, seriously. Everytime one of my cousins gets mega-blocks and asks me to help them with it I tend to verbally berrate my aunts and uncles. I have not ever encountered a Mega-Bloks set that didn't suffer the problem of half the (...) (24 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: megabloks answer our requests (Re: Brad Justus...) —Roger Rothhaar
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| | | | | | | | (...) Given Mr. Gordon's difficulties last season and at the 500 this year: Maybe the model "won't stay together" because the MB designers did too good a job making it like the real car.......(snicker) Roger If MORE is better, then TOO MUCH should (...) (24 years ago, 28-Feb-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | | | | | | Re: megabloks answer our requests (Re: Brad Justus...) —Jonathan Reynolds
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| | | | | | (...) model (...) for (...) plates. (...) neve (...) to (...) thread. (...) are (...) 2nd (...) are (...) It looks like TLG have already chosen their direction on this - witness the escalating number of Robot/Technic and Junior sets compared to the (...) (24 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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| | | | | | Re: megabloks answer our requests (Re: Brad Justus...) —Dave Schuler
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| | | | (...) Here's a brief review of the tank: (URL) Dave! (24 years ago, 25-Feb-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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