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On Tue, 29 Feb 2000, Gary Istok (<38BBF30F.5B5ABBE@umich.edu>) wrote at 16:25:52 (...) From a commercial pov, the overheads on distributing to 20 people have got to be less than doing it for 80, so I know what I'd be tempted to do. But then again, (...) (25 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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On Tue, 29 Feb 2000, Steve Bliss (<ld7obsggkqkh3cuh77...kh1hsj2@4a x.com>) wrote at 19:38:49 (...) Or we could do it. I can see the potential for cooperatives/syndicates being set up to buy the bulk volume that LD will want to sell, and then (...) (25 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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(...) <major snippage> (...) I think this would be a successful product. This would be a fun idea for children and adults. My son loves the trapdoors and anything else that is hidden or a surprise in a LEGO set. And adult fans might find some useful (...) (25 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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(...) Right. BUT, I'd also like to see a low-volume purchase option, where we (the insane) could purchase any current parts which aren't availble in service packs (or bulk purchase). This would be buying in small volumes, for a premium unit price (...) (25 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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(...) UNLESS we could get better doors. The 1x4x6 door frames and doors (used in the McDonald's Restaurant) would be very nice to have, IMHO. (...) (25 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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(...) ALMOST!???? <ripping clothes> -John (...) (25 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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Gary Istok <gistok@umich.edu> wrote: <chop> (...) ...I long ago mentioned Games Workshop's 'Outrider Program' as a model that should be copied by LEGO. GW actively encourages and helps out local groups and individuals to go out and champion their (...) (25 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) So BAYLUG *and* NOVALTC are chopped liver...;-) -John (...) (25 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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This is a RE-Post of a previous message Subject: Re: Just imagine... From: "Farlie A" <ba124@city.ac.uk> Alex Farlie Newsgroups: lugnet.town, lugnet.dear-lego Followup-To: lugnet.dear-lego Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 11:02:08 GMT Dear Mr Justus - Some (...) (25 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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(...) NOVALTC is gone, WAMALUG rose from it's ashes. -Chris (25 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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My request for a nonstandard item: When you change plastic colors in a mold, I understand there is a small set of bricks with mixed colors. Don't throw them away, sell them to us! Pat Shepard P.S. Thanks to Chris Weeks for the idea, from a (...) (25 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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(...) Although what I'm about to mention here is almost certainly not be a "purist" solution, one that I've found that works reasonably well is using ordinary oil-based hobby paints like you'd use on plastic models. Most of the ones I've found are (...) (25 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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(...) ??? That's right, there are many. What do you call: GMLTC WAMALUG GMLUG PNLTC NGLTC BAYLUG BayLTC GFLTC NOVALTC NELUG Chopped liver? (Well, okay, the BAYLUG maybe...;-) <g,d,r> -John (...) (25 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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(...) Gary, I think this list should be titled "Parts that town builders use a lot of on just one building." I'd vote for this list. Now I'll quibble with it: 1x4x3 window frames shouldn't be overlooked. The rest of us have been using them. (: White (...) (25 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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(...) Stephen, I do hope some of the "LEGO Bigwhigs" (Peter Eio are you listening?) read this. I've said long ago that we AFOLs are TLC's "LEGO Ambassadors at Large". Gary Istok (25 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Nope... I'm thinking of building *huge*, *massive* castles and citadels, with *really* *thick* walls, ... [flashback actor="billy crystal" persona="grumpy old man"] the way they were made in the *good* old days, where a castle would last (...) (25 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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(...) You may well get your on production run. Hang on a second, would 5000 burps not be just as good? Scott A (25 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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Mr. Justus, Thank you for your post. Bearing in mind what you wrote, about basic bricks only for starters, I'd have to say that my most probable request for my first order would be -- depending on the actual final costs, of course -- a lot/order of (...) (25 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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(...) Agreed 100%. I think we are looking after sought after volume parts which are in current sets. I'm thinking of parts like castle walls, 4561 thin wall windows and the like. I doubt you'd ever get parts like 4561 nose as those parts only have (...) (25 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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(...) Well yes, I am pointing to the parts I want, but I didn't list all colors because we don't really know if, when we pick a piece, are we restricted to a single color? Or will they say "OK 2x2 tiles it is, in what colors do you want?" Too early (...) (25 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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