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(...) I'm with Steve on this one. What difference is it that its a sub-market when its one of the more successful ones? And I don't care who says different, AFOL hold the purse strings too! The buck "starts" here... Is dogfood marketed to dogs or to (...) (25 years ago, 3-Mar-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: LEGO: The Movie?
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(...) that (...) Agreed. It would be foolish not to use it, esp. if they turned these things out at a pace of roughly a new one a week for 26 weeks. (...) Well, to be technical, it be would be too late for that if everyone knew that it was an (...) (25 years ago, 3-Mar-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) But KKK credits TLC's amazing turn-around in 1999 to Mindstorms and Star Wars. Adults being responsible for 3/4 of the purchases in one of the two wunderkind lines is definitely worth noting. And I'm willing to bet that adults make up a larger (...) (25 years ago, 3-Mar-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: an update -- and an apology
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Mindstorms for Mac. My letter says it was going to be released in 1999. Chris (...) (25 years ago, 3-Mar-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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(...) ^^^...^^^ ^^^...^^^ ^^^...^^^ (...) Note the sub-market. --Todd (25 years ago, 3-Mar-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) and note also this quote from the aforementioned article: (...) A 300 percent increase is not inconsequential. If that single fact is true, we adult fans of lego ARE the lego market!!! I want to know that this increase in sales is going to (...) (25 years ago, 3-Mar-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Some input for Brad on Pieces in quanity. :-)
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Doyle wrote in message ... (...) large (...) Today I'd like; Half a pound of minifig hands, mixed colours (including brown, tan and Dk grey) Half a pound of minifig arms, left, mixed colours, Half a pound of minifig arms, right, mixed colours, 100 (...) (25 years ago, 2-Mar-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: an update -- and an apology
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R2 <r2eng@primenet.com> wrote in message news:Fqp8up.Mtu@lugnet.com... (...) also (...) isn't (...) There is already a "LEGO club". You join by sending in the applications found in most sets, and then you get the LEGO Mania magazine. This is the (...) (25 years ago, 2-Mar-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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Erik Olson wrote in message ... (...) I (...) couldn't move (...) always a (...) stores (...) store) (...) to do (...) when (...) I also visited the Construction site last year and I was thrilled to find that they carried the train sets. I also (...) (25 years ago, 2-Mar-00, to lugnet.trains.org, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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(...) What about lego making a lego cartoon, with animated minifigs driving animated lego cars etc? -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 2-Mar-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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With the current trend for doing animations of Lego(R) bricks. How long will it be before Lego Media decides to relase a feature film or TV series? It of course could be stop frame but this is time consuming and I suspect that CGI would be used (...) (25 years ago, 2-Mar-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Me further, Anyone at TLG/TLC seen your ideas? You could certianly work for Futura. (...) Personally I think that larger scale dino models would be just the thing for older children (Dino Model Team?) giving an opurtunity to build something (...) (25 years ago, 2-Mar-00, to lugnet.build, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: an update -- and an apology
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If you build it, it will come. If LUGNET readers want a haunted hous range in Lego, speak up! I think I need to get at least 50,000 names before I can suggest it to Lego properly. Same goes for Centuria.... Alex (...) (25 years ago, 1-Mar-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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| | Some input for Brad on Pieces in quanity. :-)
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Hello Brad, Here are a few items which I know would sell big and would be useful in large quanities, at least for me. :) ALL COLORS IN LIGHT GRAY UNLESS NOTED. Tiles 1x1,1x2,1x4,1x8,2x2 Arches 1x3,1x4,1x2x6,1x5x4 harlf arches Slopes 1x2, 2x2 medium (...) (25 years ago, 1-Mar-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: an update -- and an apology
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(...) I thought I saw a troll that looked like you over in Berkeley... :-) (...) Such as it was... it smelled just like a Konishiki-sized deepdish anchovie and spamcake pizza left out in the Arizona sun. ;-P I could say more, but don't wanna. -Tom (...) (25 years ago, 1-Mar-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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(...) How do you know this? -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 1-Mar-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Dearest LEGO...
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Well said! I couldn't agree more! :) EC (25 years ago, 1-Mar-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: an update -- and an apology
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John Neal wrote in message <38BC1AB0.4D6B9FEB@u...st.net>... (...) isn't (...) These are regional Lego clubs. I would find it hard to be a member living in Idaho. Rose (25 years ago, 1-Mar-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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Mike P wrote, re John N: (...) Hey, he's a size queen.<g,d & r> Kevin (25 years ago, 1-Mar-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: megabloks answer our requests (Re: Brad Justus...)
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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 (...) (25 years ago, 29-Feb-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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