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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)
| | | | | Re: What Happens To Returned Legos?
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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)
| | | | | Re: What would it take?
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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)
| | | | | Re: What would it take?
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| In lugnet.dear-lego, Dave Schuler writes: <snip> (...) <Snip> I think alot of us are still bitter over the introduction of juniorisation nad the change in marketing strategy. I think for many, it came as a total surprise. Most of us grew up during (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jan-01, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
| | | | | Re: What would it take?
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| (...) I see your frustration, Dave!, and I'm sure others feel the same way. We've seen a lot of negative reactions to stuff LEGO is or isn't doing. I know they're trying their best to do their job and to work with us, and I _know_ there is a lot (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jan-01, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
| | | | | Re: What would it take?
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| (...) Here's where I disagree with you- I definitely feel that we are better off LEGO-wise than we were even as recently as, say, 1998 or 1999. The sets are better, with far less juniorization; we have bulk packs available, and more on the way; we (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jan-01, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
| | | | | What would it take?
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| With the recent Microsoft announcement, a number of us have expressed opinions of varying negativity for reasons ranging from the well-founded to the kneejerk. Similarly, following the implementation of the bulk sale service, quite a few people (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jan-01, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
| | | | | Re: Questions about creator
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| (...) I dunno about the new figures. They are certainly better proportioned, but also slightly "dumbed down", as their hands cannot twist. But then again, it looks a bit like their head has a ball joint, like the Technic figures. A good thing is (...) (24 years ago, 10-Jan-01, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
| | | | | Questions about creator
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| Well since we now have pictures of the 2001 German catalog see: (URL) want someone to explain the new Lego Creator line to me. On one hand it seems to be positioned to replace Lego Basic. Yet the new minifigures compete with the scale of the current (...) (24 years ago, 9-Jan-01, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
| | | | | Re: Future of Belville
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| Wes Loder wrote in message ... (...) Well, you have till Feb 15th to get them in for the Town building contest! Kevin ---...--- Victorian House: Limited edition kit (URL) Kits & Custom Lego models: (URL) store: (URL) auctions: (URL) Lego Web page: (...) (24 years ago, 9-Jan-01, to lugnet.belville, lugnet.dear-lego)
| | | | | Re: Future of Belville
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| (...) Sorry. I only have a few pics up of some of my earlier vehicles. Take a look at: www.personal.psu.edu.../m/w/mwl2/ Lego_homepage.html Will have to see what I can do soon concerning pictures of houses. Cheers, WES (24 years ago, 9-Jan-01, to lugnet.belville, lugnet.dear-lego)
| | | | | Please re-release the old baseplates!!
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| I was looking through a small Lego catalog from 1991 and was wishing for some more baseplate choices. The runway plates would be great to have again <set:5158> and <set:5159>. Of course, the most sought after would be the black space landing plates (...) (24 years ago, 8-Jan-01, to lugnet.dear-lego)
| | | | | Re: My best day yet at shop.lego.com...
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| LOL, true -very true. It takes forever to load - and just when you think its done NOPE, gotta download the menus! ARG!!!! I do not understand the website - I just stick to the cataolg, they have lots more stuff in there anyway! I have only ordered (...) (24 years ago, 8-Jan-01, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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