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| (...) I work in a local supercenter (i.e. a Wall Mart or Target with a grocery section). It's pretty simple, they tape it up, reduce the price substantially and chuck up on a shelf in a clearence section. Sometimes they may wait until there's (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.lego)
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| (...) I have bought a few sets at Wal-Mart that were opened. The boxes were taped back together and they were in the clearance isle at 50% off or so. -Marc Nelson Jr. (24 years ago, 13-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.lego)
| | | | | Re: zactly
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| (...) I feel I need to point this out, LEGO has *ALREADY* changed, I want it to change MORE, preferably towards the style of sets that they used to make. If that's not possible, then towards quality designed sets that are overly juniorized. I can (...) (24 years ago, 13-Jan-01, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| Paul Hartzog <panarchy23@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:G72I40.IGJ@lugnet.com... [snip] (...) It seems to me that the loss of market share is caused primarily by three things: (1) the expansion of Lego into "non-brick" products; (2) divergence (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jan-01, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
| | | | | VERY well said Duq
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| all of your post was so true, so true, but not changing the world just because its hard? that's an easy road to take. remember yoda? the dark side is easier, more seductive. If humans are going to have anything more than a 2 second attention span (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jan-01, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
| | | | | Re: What would it take?
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| Well spoken! (do you write for something published?) I've only been in computer since mid-eighties, with dark ages for years after Amiga died.... And I hate MS as well. Problem is that like so many others I'm stuck with them because of the company I (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jan-01, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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| hooray Amy, well said. I too have been comptering since the mid70s and abhor mediocrity in all of its nasty nasty forms. specialized toys are faddish and never last, while traditional Lego, by being merely a component, can be reused for ever to (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jan-01, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
| | | | | Re: What would it take?
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| (...) !! I wasn't singling you out, and I'm sorry if I seemed to be. For my interests, Microsoft is fully suited to my needs, so I don't have any reason to check out another OS. If my needs change, perhaps I'll shop around, but until that time (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jan-01, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
| | | | | Re: What would it take?
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| (...) This is a good point. Folks are responding, I think, not out of beligerence or because they're mean people, but rather because they feel strongly about the hobby and have certain ideals they'd like to see advanced. (...) That is a *great* (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jan-01, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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| (...) Hey, I resemble that remark :-) Actually, my groan isn't knee-jerk at all. I've been programming computers since about the time Microsoft bought MS-DOS and then foisted it upon the world. They got where they are on IBM's name, not their own, (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jan-01, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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