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As Kevin L also noted, AFAIK, the bricks molded in the US were only destined for the Americas. (...) -- Tom Stangl ***(URL) Visual FAQ home ***(URL) Bay Area DSMs (24 years ago, 24-Dec-00, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Concerning only basic bricks being moulded in the US... There is currently another thread about shipping containers being lost overboard while travelling across the Atlantic, (URL) inventory only showed special elements, which may confirm your (...) (24 years ago, 22-Dec-00, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) <snip> (...) Lets try a different approach to understanding this. TLC recently opened a new production facility in the Czech Republic. This is talked about in this press release... (URL) The important part is the last lines in the release "It (...) (24 years ago, 22-Dec-00, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) I believe they were only molding basic bricks at the Enfield plant. Considering how few basic bricks are in the current sets, it probably bade good business sense to shut it down. I wonder if they will discontinue bulk buckets and tubs? KL (24 years ago, 22-Dec-00, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) be (...) and (...) costs (...) This seems glaringly obvious to me but apparently is eluding many. It is probably cheaper to ship molded parts to the US then to ship molded parts to Europe. If the plant in Enfield was shipping more to Europe (...) (24 years ago, 22-Dec-00, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Well, according to (URL) letting 1,000 people go they save £83Mil(122,159,397 USD) I'm not sure. Kevin <snip of Larry's post> (24 years ago, 22-Dec-00, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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I still fail to see how this will save them money, unless: 1 - having the extra sets of molds/machines is killing production costs 2 - the raw ABS is ONLY available from Europe. I can't see how molding the bricks overseas and shipping them to the US (...) (24 years ago, 21-Dec-00, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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In lugnet.dear-lego, Kevin McMillin writes: <snip> The news articles all got it right and correctly identified molding as ceasing. There's a nuance there, though, in that they're saying that they will continue to pack sets (using pieces molded (...) (24 years ago, 21-Dec-00, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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Hope it hasn't been mentioned earlier. When I heard about the Enfield closing, I sent a letter to LEGO in Denmark, asking why the sets were simplified and if the sets would still be packaged in Enfield. I got the following back on an (...) (24 years ago, 21-Dec-00, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Indeed. Assuming TLC solves the "license one person's design so others can order it" problem in a way that makes it attractive for designers to contribute, and in a way that makes it easy for consumers to find "the good stuff". Some people (...) (24 years ago, 18-Dec-00, to lugnet.year.2002, lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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Yeah, I think you've misunderstood just a bit. I personally think it's a great idea. Why? Well, to be honest I wouldn't use it myself, but I don't think it'll replace the new sets. Lego is looking to expand itself, not radically change suddenly. (...) (24 years ago, 17-Dec-00, to lugnet.year.2002, lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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One thing to consider is to look what is happening to the 'e-business' companies such as Amazon.com and Etoys.com. They are not making any $$. This Christmas is the 'make or break' for them to actually turn a profit. I don't see e-commerce taking (...) (24 years ago, 17-Dec-00, to lugnet.year.2002, lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) But think of this: there are people here who design way better technic models than Lego ever does. You could buy *those* as sets! (24 years ago, 17-Dec-00, to lugnet.year.2002, lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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It isn't/won't. TLC will always design sets - heck, the have the SW license through 2007! The new software will be a supplement product, like Mosaic. As to the exact details of what it will contain, none of us know yet. Will it be a wide range of (...) (24 years ago, 17-Dec-00, to lugnet.year.2002, lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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Most people love the idea of being able to design sets online and order them. I don't like it. I might try it, but I really hope that TLC continues to design sets to sell in stores. Here's why having all LEGO online would be bad-- - They would (...) (24 years ago, 17-Dec-00, to lugnet.year.2002, lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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This whole discussion, plus some work I've been doing recently to produce a video that shows what my FLL team has been up to over the last 12 weeks, leads me to ask a question (note: I don't own studios, and I run Win2K, so if I did own it, only my (...) (24 years ago, 15-Dec-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) I have Windows ME. I originally had Win2000 which the catalog said they also supported. Tech support assured me it would not work in Win 2000, only in Win98SE and Win ME. I switched to Win ME and it loaded fine and I can use it. I have not (...) (24 years ago, 13-Dec-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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But on the website, they say they support ME as well: ---...--- Will LEGO Studios and the LEGO Cam work with Windows Millennium Edition? LEGO Studios currently supports the Windows 98 operating system. We realize the release of Windows Millennium (...) (24 years ago, 13-Dec-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) <snip> (...) remotely (...) I have to agree with one of the other posts. Your idea that the large SW ships are too big for Lego to bother could be wrong. Someone had a really good idea about the Tantive IV being made into a set. Ok. Well, I (...) (24 years ago, 13-Dec-00, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.dear-lego)
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In lugnet.dear-lego, Jason Rowoldt writes: <snip> (...) Well I think this might be your problem. If you look at the box you will see that LEGO, in their infinite wisdom, have made LEGO studios only compatible with Windows 98. Pretty silly I think (...) (24 years ago, 13-Dec-00, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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