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"ben medinets" <bmedinets@aol.com> wrote in message news:G7IoqM.GIL@lugnet.com... (...) Um, hello? I believe you have those numbers reversed - kids are about 90% of TLC's market, and the AFOLs are about 10%. LEGO will NEVER cease to be a kid's toy. (...) (24 years ago, 21-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Maybe they can return some things, but my experience is that most times when an employee says that, they are using it as an excuse not to mark down a damaged set so I can buy it at a discount. /Eric McC/ (24 years ago, 18-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.lego)
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(...) Over the past several years, I have had a *few* store employees tell me that they can return unsold Lego back to TLC. I seem to recall that something was said about qty, but I can't remember the exact phrase. Like I think they can return a (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.lego)
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"Kevin Loch" <kloch@opnsys.com> wrote in message news:G7BrsF.CDr@lugnet.com... (...) spoiled (...) Well, that's what I understood from a couple people at Brickfest, I forget who said that though. IIRC they were people who arranged with LEGO Direct (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.lego)
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(...) the (...) Brickfest, (...) Do they? I thought K8's were created from manufacturing overstock, and spoiled boxes at the factory/warehouse. I've seen many sets at the Outlet store that appeared to come from store returns. I suspect this is what (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.lego)
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Tim Courtney <tim@zacktron.com> wrote in message news:G7BAFC.568@lugnet.com... [snip] (...) as I (...) pieces in (...) their (...) They wouldn't need to market them at all. Just let us AFOLs know that they are available for purchase and I'm sure (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.lego)
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I don't know the exact dimisions of the K8 boxes, from what I understand they are packed by wieght, 42lbs to be exact. jt (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.lego)
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"Jonathan Mizner" <mizners@aol.com> wrote in message news:G78Eyo.Cou@lugnet.com... (...) the (...) Brickfest, (...) They probably wouldn't sell these -- they use them for events only, as far as I understand. A K8 would have a few hundred dollar (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.lego)
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Thomas, Interesting way to look at this, it really got me thinking. Thanks for posting your thoughts on this. -Andy Lynch ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Main" <main@appstate.edu> (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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Thomas Main <main@appstate.edu> wrote in message news:3A646922.9F1517...ate.edu... (...) assumption (...) child. (...) turned (...) to (...) who (...) all of (...) consumer (I (...) loyal (...) the (...) than (...) Thomas: Well said. I'm not (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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(...) <snip> (...) The world continues to change. I work at a university where some of the buildings were built brick by brick by masons who were most likely proud of their work and effort. There are cornerstones on some of them with the date of (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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(...) Interesting. I would like to purchase a few "K8's". Maybe we can get Lego to bulk sell K8's to the Lugnet community? It would be nice to buy bulk amounts of relatively current sets at extremelly discounted prices. Do you know if Lego Direct (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.lego)
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(...) The first time I saw these boxes I just said wait for them to show up at Goodwill. I purchased my first UCS X-Wing less than 3 weeks later for 35.00. It has gotten so bad that when I see new sets in the store I gauge their ability to stand up (...) (24 years ago, 16-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.lego)
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(...) Do you really think that this is the way TLG thinks? Do you really think TLG will "turn off" completely because we complain too much? I think not - I think they will be looking at our complaints and going "if this is what will make them give (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general)
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(...) Thank you. Red Roadster! wonderful! The blue and yellow vehicles are no slouches either :-) ... [All would be excellent for the town contest!] (URL) history of Belville page on your site is an excellent resource. Your perspective of how (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.belville, lugnet.dear-lego)
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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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