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(...) Yea, definitely bad packaging. (...) I certainly enjoyed the movies, and I have kept some of the models together, but to me the attraction is the parts they offer. The biggest attraction of course is peasants for castle set ups, but almost (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.lego)
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(...) We (...) good (...) the (...) every (...) The "sets" Lego introduced were completely irrelevant to my collection. I have so much money to spend. If Lego puts out good stuff, I buy that. Otherwise, I buy DACTA and used Lego. It ebbs and flows. (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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"Dave Schuler" <orrex@excite.com> wrote in message news:G72BJq.L6y@lugnet.com... (...) to (...) a (...) would (...) deal (...) at (...) I'm glad you brought this up. I agree most of what you're saying here. This is, BY FAR, the most significant (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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(...) Where do you live? I'd never thought of looking to Goodwill for cheap parts - good idea. The Stars Wars UCS series may be the worst packaging of any retail set Lego has ever sold. I can't say I've ever understood the fascination with Star Wars (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.lego)
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Jonathan Mizner <mizners@aol.com> wrote in message news:G74EML.F1J@lugnet.com... (...) They do not resell them, instead LEGO buys them back and puts them into large boxes called K8's. They use these boxes for play area LEGO at events around the (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.lego)
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(...) Here where I live most (but not all) l TRU returns or damaged boxes are routed through the local Goodwill. Goodwill removes the UPC from the box then uses *way* too much masking tape to tape up the boxes to prevent people from opening it in (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.lego)
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Unfortunately, that doesn't always apply to damaged sets at TRU (Australia, anyway). I found a already opened UCS X-wing on a shelf the other day and asked what they could do, and they said emphatically "Nothing, it goes back to Lego". Might depend (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.lego)
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No. TLC wants to make money. If a partnership with Microsoft (which as myself and obviously some others agree, is a vile and worthless armpit of a company) will help TLC, then they will form a partnership with Microsoft. If diversifying their (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jan-01, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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Dear LEGO: I just visited this page: (URL) on that page I clicked the "Read more" icon, which took me to this page: (URL) that page displayed simply: "The requested resource is in use." I had to hit the Reload button 7 times before the page finally (...) (24 years ago, 14-Jan-01, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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"Marc Nelson Jr." <manjr@bricksonthebrain.com> wrote in message news:G74FIM.H98@lugnet.com... (...) to (...) they (...) taped (...) I saw some similar sets at TRU yesterday. They were marked about 30% off. Mike - mike_walsh@mindspring.com (24 years ago, 13-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.lego)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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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