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(...) Frank, I cannot speak for the rest of Europe, but I have always been surprised at how much more Lego variety I have found in German toy sellers, as compared to the USA. And I have been to over 100 German Lego retailers (in 13 visits to (...) (24 years ago, 25-Sep-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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First, it's this flash thing, but what really drives me nuts is the web club. I use Netscape Communicator 4.5 Mac version, have cookies, plug-ins and javascript enabled, but not java. First, I tried to log in to the web club several times, but my (...) (24 years ago, 24-Sep-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general) !
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(...) <snipped your URL since it has your sessionid in it> No, actually, you cannot. You cannot, for example, buy my favorite connector, the 1.2L pin/stud in light gray, in 100 packs. What you can buy is a pack that has an assortment of some of the (...) (24 years ago, 21-Sep-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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I wish Pitsco had more of the oddball gears, such as the double-bevels, the clutch gear, the ball gears, the Vision Command gearboxes, the oddball sized gears, the clear-hole gear. I also wish they would make a set of specialty gears including: (...) (24 years ago, 21-Sep-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) You can get the connectors from pitsco/dacta: (URL) Steve (24 years ago, 21-Sep-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) more options, but would personally want to see bricks & plates in colors & sizes not currently offered. James (x-posted to dear.lego for this particular poll) (24 years ago, 21-Sep-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) We just need to see the return of 8277 Giant Model Set. If you're willing to go to some effort to get one, the TRU in Danville VA had a couple just before Labor Day. I agree though that for bulk packs related to Technic we need: each size beam (...) (24 years ago, 21-Sep-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Actually, I'd love to see a Technic Bucket containing lots of beams + some connectors and gears and other fancy technic parts. Seems like this would be a good robotics companion piece. (24 years ago, 21-Sep-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Mail ordering is starting to bloom here in the sector of computer hardware. Often you can buy your stuff, especialy cables and extentions, cheaper over the internet than in a specialised computer store. I think that is because they have lower (...) (24 years ago, 19-Sep-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Yes this is very encouraging news.... very encouraging. And I expect more little bugs in the future, but by the sound of it, TLC is on top of it. And it is very gratifying to see that we are listened to after all. (God Bless you KKK and the (...) (24 years ago, 19-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Why not allow wire transfers? It's my understanding that this is a very common way of transferring money in Europe. (24 years ago, 19-Sep-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Well, if that really is the case, you folks in some ways have it better than we do in the US. Very few stores even carry the full line of what is typically sold in the stores, and there are bunches of things like train track (which apparently (...) (24 years ago, 19-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Cool! I think this is one of the most positive messages we have seen from TLC that they really do want to reach out to us. I'd almost hazard that this is more positive than Brad's involvement here. To those that feel that TLC "just doesn't get (...) (24 years ago, 19-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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Hey Frank, I've been one of the most optimistic ones among all. I didn't like all these negative tones either, since I was too happy about each and ervery small step forward that Brad Justus announced. I kept believing that everything will be (...) (24 years ago, 18-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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Hi Ben, the entire story has been pretty easy, so here's a short version that may hopefully answer all your questions: I called LEGO S@H early this morning and I was very excited about how it works. I couldn't wait to place my first order. However, (...) (24 years ago, 18-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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"John Neal" <johnneal@uswest.net> wrote in message news:39C67132.AF7873...est.net... (...) great (...) I agree :-) I have been reading this group for quite a while and it saddened me that the majority of posts have a negative tone. For some strange (...) (24 years ago, 18-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) <snip> (...) Hmmm.... Susan's daughter, perhaps;-) All seriousness aside, thanks for sharing, Christian-- I think that is a great example of how things are going to be different from now on IMO. I really believe that TLC has turned the (...) (24 years ago, 18-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) I think that is great that a manager called you on this. I have some thoughts and questions on this. Did she say specifically that she called you because of your postings on the Web? It is possible that the managers/trainers are actively (...) (24 years ago, 18-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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Hi all again!!!! I know I am replying to my own e-mail, but something GREAT happened that pushed my dissapointment at least a far step away, although I am still sceptic. Wow, please let me share the latest news, since it's been an interesting story! (...) (24 years ago, 18-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: I still can't believe it's true! ()was: S@H Germany, joke of the new century
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(...) <snip> (...) <snip> (...) I have to admit that I wasn't exactly thrilled when I saw what is available through S@H over here in the Netherlands (from what I saw it's about the same as in Germany). The list is twice as short as the US version. (...) (24 years ago, 18-Sep-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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