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(...) Thanks for the correction Richard, you have heard of "fuzzy logic"? I sometimes have "fuzzy memory" :^) (...) That is pretty much the point I was trying to make, more or less, well the hesitant part anyways. (...) I am also happy that Mr. (...) (24 years ago, 13-Nov-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) I have to correct you and others reading this part of the thread. The *FIRST* person with a Lego repliable email address was the manager of the Potomac Mills Lego Outlet store. According to what I've heard (first hand mind you, and when it (...) (24 years ago, 13-Nov-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) possible sales and the number of consoles in the market when they decide what to develop for. Also the projections are made in advance so if they are wrong it may already be to late given the lead times in developing games. Besides, if they (...) (24 years ago, 13-Nov-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) I don't work for LEGO either, but until the time that Brad J. showed up it was impossible to find a publicly acknowledged EMAIL address AT ALL, let alone get a reply. So this is already a step in the right direction. I assume that this was (...) (24 years ago, 13-Nov-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: New 2001 Lego Racers
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(...) Whoaah! Someone at TLC needs a wakeup call! I didn't ever recognise it as LEGO (I first checked the 'recent uploads' at Brickshelf before I read this post). What is LEGO thinking? What marketing research do they have to back this up? "If we (...) (24 years ago, 12-Nov-00, to lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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jsimpson@rice.edu (James Simpson) wrote in <G3ErpE.883@lugnet.com>: (...) The only POOPs in the pictures I've seen are the "Podracer(tm) engines". (Well, I guess there aren't too many other uses for the canopy. ;-) I see lots of rounded bricks in (...) (24 years ago, 11-Nov-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) AFAIK, it is designed to control trains. In fact, it does not just control the motor, but can also control lights, whistles and trackside objects. -Frank Followups to lugnet.trains (24 years ago, 10-Nov-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.trains)
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I am not sure about DCC, can it control automatically? Zhengrong (...) (24 years ago, 10-Nov-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.trains)
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(...) I think we're all being a bit selfish here. I still distinctly remember when I got my first set, a 111 starter train set, and how much I loved it. According to LugNet, it has 120 pcs, a large number of which are rails / sleepers. Its something (...) (24 years ago, 9-Nov-00, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) We would be better off with DCC. Dean -- Coin-Op's For Sale!: (URL) Lego Workshop: (URL) Lego Club: (URL) (24 years ago, 9-Nov-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.trains)
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I want to use RCX or Scout in TRAIN series ASAP, but RCX or Scout is too big and sometimes too complex, I hope TLC can make mini-RCX or microi-Scout for TRAIN series, these two don't need baterry and the power can get from outside: Idea1: Mini-RCX, (...) (24 years ago, 9-Nov-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.trains)
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| | Re: Juniorization Manifesto
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(...) Actually, I thought that back in the late 80's, when Tyco Super Blocks first appeared. However, I've been told that the patent hadn't expired, and the TLC entered into a big lawsuit against Tyco for patent infringement, with Tyco winning in (...) (24 years ago, 9-Nov-00, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Lego, Research, and "Juniorization"
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From the brief (but appreciated) remarks that appear here from Lego employees and managers, "juniorization" is a result of toy trends and Lego's own research. It's hard to argue with research (though as someone pointed out, you often discover what (...) (24 years ago, 9-Nov-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) pieces to (...) As (...) If simplicity and customization-challenge is key, then perhaps a block of wood is the ultimate toy. The problem is when the pieces become too big and specialized to be good for anything else. Paul Davidson (24 years ago, 9-Nov-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Call for clarification of Brick-o-Lizer™ User Agreement
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Dear LEGO: I am a potential customer for your new "LEGO Mosaic" product. I am confused, however, by the product's User Agreement: "By submission of YOUR picture, YOU further represent and warrant that at no time will the LEGO Mosaic product be used (...) (24 years ago, 8-Nov-00, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.lego.direct) !
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(...) There's another reason for Juniorization (and other manifestations of special-purpose pieces) that doesn't seem to have got much airtime in this debate. No doubt I'll be corrected, but Lego's basic patents have expired. This is why we are now (...) (24 years ago, 7-Nov-00, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Concerns regarding Brick-o-Lizer™ User Agreement (was: Re: New stuff at shop.lego.com)
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(...) This is cool! It looks like the SCALA gray might be available in bricks. I have some non-trivial concerns about the User Agreement, though: (URL) quote the User Agreement in its entirety below, interspersed with good faith commentary. UA> By (...) (24 years ago, 7-Nov-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego) !!
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(...) <snip> I still have to wonder if it is MB market research or MB just trying to fill a market gap they hope they can squeeze into. I started seriously watching for MB sets when the dinosaurs came out about 6 years ago. In all that time it (...) (24 years ago, 7-Nov-00, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Juniorization Manifesto
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Juniorization Manifesto I'm going to try and share my thoughts about juniorization. It is my utmost hope that I can present reasons for and against it, though I fear that my arguments shall be slightly one sided. I don't expect to get a formal (...) (24 years ago, 7-Nov-00, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) And you spelled juniorization wrong in the process :) Sometimes I'm too anal-retentive (yes, it has a hyphen) for my own good. Adrian -- www.brickfrenzy.com (24 years ago, 7-Nov-00, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.dear-lego)
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