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Here's a third: Dear LEGO, We don't like them either. Dad won't let us play with his old ones so please bring the multipart trees back so we can get some more. - Taya (10) and Nik (7) "Our dad has more LEGO than your dad" (25 years ago, 7-Mar-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Dear LEGO, I'd like to reinforce this. There has been at least one lengthy discussion about this that I'm aware of: (URL) this pieces is not a successful choice. The previous trees were what LEGO is all about - flexibility and modularity. This (...) (25 years ago, 7-Mar-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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Dear LEGO, I personally believe that your 4x4, 3-piece palms take the fun out of building (you can't it two feet tall). And I would suggest that you consider bringing back the old, multi-piece palms. Sincerely, Jamie Bliss age 11 dedicated lego (...) (25 years ago, 7-Mar-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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Shiri Dori wrote: [...] (...) Impossible to know. (...) Below are my facts as described (some years ago) when I dropped my domain name. Note, the Fair Play document has since moved to: www.lego.com/info/fair.asp (URL) update: Because Lego failed to (...) (25 years ago, 7-Mar-00, to lugnet.publish, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) I'm sorry. Maybe I should have elaborated on my prior post to state that although they realized a loss in 1998, they have since rebounded. I was simply stating that there was a point in recent years (and even though we are in the year 2000, (...) (25 years ago, 6-Mar-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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Why wont you let stores sell online that want to unless they are really big? Also why wont you let all stores carry the train track and accessories? Also why wont you sell the train accessories stuff in australia (You cant get for example the train (...) (25 years ago, 6-Mar-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) I aggree, they vcould have made the engine better. How about making an anerical 440 class steam locomotive TLG? -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (URL) (25 years ago, 6-Mar-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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"John Neal" <johnneal@uswest.net> wrote in message news:38C30982.EE4F5B...est.net... (...) problems. A (...) rule. This stinks. Lets hope TLC get tired of us calling up and asking for replacments - then they may sort the problem out. Why did you (...) (25 years ago, 6-Mar-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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"Larry Pieniazek" <lar@voyager.net> wrote in message news:38C28072.77256A...ger.net... (...) No. No. No. The 4559 is quite good. Sure it has problems, but these can mostly be sorted. My kids really like this set. So much so that they have 5 between (...) (25 years ago, 6-Mar-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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I would like to take this opportunity to publicly thank the folks at Lego Shop @ Home. Some background information is in order, however: Back in early January (on the 5th to be exact), I placed a rather large order with S@H. My credit card was (...) (25 years ago, 4-Mar-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.market.shipping)
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(...) Right, I'll do about a 50car freight train, but I'd like to finish the 20car grey 4558 and the 5-10 car black 4558 before diving deeply into the freight train ;-) -- Tom Stangl ***(URL) Visual FAQ home ***(URL) Bay Area DSMs (25 years ago, 6-Mar-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Spoken like a man with terminal Train Jones. Thing is, I have it too, and I probably can hold off somewhat, because, while passenger is nice, FREIGHT is where all the action is. (25 years ago, 6-Mar-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Ah, no. We've had that debate already. MOST sets have track and a power pack included but it's not required. I think I've been active in MR since before you were born. (25 years ago, 6-Mar-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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(...) Right, TLC indeed lost money in 1998, but they got on their feet in 1999. (they attributed their renewed success to Mindstorms.) -Shiri (25 years ago, 6-Mar-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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I purchased 44 3225s last year and I'd say most had peeling sticker problems. A perfectly flat and well-preserved sticker sheet was the exception, not the rule. -John (...) (25 years ago, 6-Mar-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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(...) 3225 is not a set it's a train - it deserves it's own category along with 4558 and 4565. A set in the model train world is something that can operate just using the components in the package. (...) It's been said before, 4561 would be so good (...) (25 years ago, 5-Mar-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.trains)
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(...) I may be wrong, but I seem to remember reading somewhere, recently, that they experienced a loss in 1998. -Jonathan (25 years ago, 5-Mar-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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(...) Last I heard they weren't. Ben Roller (25 years ago, 5-Mar-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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(...) TLC is not a corporation it is a family owned buisnesss. Unfortunatly they run it like a corporation. i.e. they no longer seem to care about quality over cutting corners to save money. Now they wonder why they are losing money. (...) I prefer (...) (25 years ago, 5-Mar-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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