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(...) Translation: "We like to promote the value of Mega Bloks when ever we can." (Quality doesn't matter in todays market to the average consumer, quantity is where it's at.) [snip] (...) accept (...) No actually 3033 is the only set that we don't (...) (23 years ago, 2-Jun-01, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: No more Blue Tub... And is this the kick in the pants that Eric dreaded!?
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(...) Unfortunately it is looking more and more like my prophesy is going to come true. It really is to bad because I fear that those that don't know about S@H will see no source for getting plain old bricks and might stop buying as much LEGO. (...) (...) (23 years ago, 2-Jun-01, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: No more Blue Tub... And is this the kick in the pants that Eric dreaded!?
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From what I understand the blue tub only shipped to stores during the spring, most stores have received their final stock of the 3033's by now. So you shouldn't have any trouble finding them in stores, but come fall most stores will probably be sold (...) (23 years ago, 2-Jun-01, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: No more Blue Tub... And is this the kick in the pants that Eric dreaded!?
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(...) Just one min this set 3033 was and still is available in Australia, you know the country which is not part of the USA but that you can still get it in. This set is only in k-mart stores? don't know why ? So the bloke who wrote back to Eric (...) (23 years ago, 2-Jun-01, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) I recently wrote to the Lego consumer services regarding the availability of Set 3033 (1200 bulk brick tubs) in the UK - wanted to find out whther 3033 would arriv in the UK, or not. I recieved a reply from the Global Consumer Service (...) (23 years ago, 1-Jun-01, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
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"James Brown" <galliard@shades-of-night.com> wrote in message news:GE9BvD.CqC@lugnet.com... (...) The other issue is price per piece. Currently, 1200pc tubs sell for 20.00, or at $.016/piece. You can't beat that price (well, you can, if they're on (...) (23 years ago, 1-Jun-01, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) The current bulk packs don't have 1x1's, 1x3's, 2x3's in any color; they don't have 2x2's, 2x6's in every color. But that's beside the point. I think Tim was suggesting a retail solution, that people who aren't aware of or don't use S@H would (...) (23 years ago, 1-Jun-01, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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"Tim Courtney" <tim@zacktron.com> wrote in message news:GE3vA3.DIx@lugnet.com... (...) like (...) in (...) 1200pc tub (...) assortment of (...) new LOM (...) castle (...) but why isnt just supplying these bricks in the current bulk packs on s@h the (...) (23 years ago, 1-Jun-01, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) I think it should be said that armor only matters to me if I can get helms, helmets and more styles of weapons to go along with them. I would prefer to see such sets broken up into Ninja theme armor, helms and weapons, Castle theme armor, (...) (23 years ago, 1-Jun-01, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) We know THEY (TLC) read this forum. Perhaps we can hope that they will understand this need. "Castle freestyle" would be perfect, but there should also be an accessory minifigure set and a Castle minifigure set made available to complete the (...) (23 years ago, 1-Jun-01, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: a question that popped up
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(...) People in LEGO do indeed read parts of Lugnet - specifically, lugnet.lego.direct, which is set up to be a forum for interaction with LEGO Direct. LEGO Direct is the part of LEGO that has brought us bulk bricks, sculptures, Mosaic, My Train, & (...) (23 years ago, 30-May-01, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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i was catching up on this news group and was wondering. does the lego company actually read this news group. and if so do they read any others? (23 years ago, 30-May-01, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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I understand that TLC has performed less than stellarly of late and I have to wonder if their current strategies may be a contributing factor. K-Mart and the other chain stores seem to be marking down a large amount of Star Wars stuff of late. Did (...) (23 years ago, 30-May-01, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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"Ray Sanders" <rsanders@svic.net> wrote in message news:GE3yDA.Kz3@lugnet.com... (...) tub (...) of (...) LOM (...) Cool. Neat speculation Jonathan. The only way I'd be super interested in a castle pack is if it came with a ton of gray bricks and (...) (23 years ago, 29-May-01, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Oddly, I suggested this almost 2 years back... (URL) Ray (23 years ago, 29-May-01, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) It wouldn't surprise me if the July surprise that has been said will be a boon to castle fans might be something along these lines rather than just small separate bulk packs. A single big bucket or tub with a name like "Castle freestyle" could (...) (23 years ago, 29-May-01, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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Maybe this has been brought up before, maybe not. My friend and I were discussing yesterday the need for bricks in colors like Gray, Dark Gray, etc....colors which aren't very common in bricks (except in Star Wars right now). I think an odd color (...) (23 years ago, 29-May-01, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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Dear Brad, This may have been asked already, but will there be new colours offered for the present lineup of Bulk Bricks from Shop At Home? For example, 45 & 30 degree slopes (4x2x1, 4x3x1) in blue, black and grey, dimensions in width x depth x (...) (23 years ago, 29-May-01, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) I'm sure they disappeared within hours of people realizing they were available. But they are showing up again. Here's one scalper's booty on eBay right now: (URL) guess he was one of the lucky ones who heard about it early. Tim Strutt 8^) (23 years ago, 29-May-01, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: FOTD, or maybe FOTW?... Plus some dark-ages theories
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(...) Not really, you can still get killed if you're building and driving..... :-) Matthias Jetleb VA3-MWJ (23 years ago, 27-May-01, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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