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Re: More train ranting (sorry)
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lugnet.trains, lugnet.dear-lego
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Mon, 24 May 1999 13:39:09 GMT
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[cmasi@cmasi.chem.]nospam[tulane.edu]
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Cool job. To bad so many people had to lose their jobs.
John Kelly wrote:
> I was in Enfield as a model builder. Went back for a reunion, and a week later
> they laid off 2/3 of the department. Bad time to be working for LEGO, but I
> did hear that the severence was good....
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> -john
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> In lugnet.dear-lego, Christopher Masi writes:
> > Hey! I'm 10+ years removed from LEGO Systems Inc. Did you work in Enfield? I • was a
> > factory grunt; how about you?
> >
> > Chris
> >
> > John Kelly wrote:
> >
> > > I have never known LEGO to ever use anything other than their own internal
> > > ideas for what might sell. Set design and process has always been done in
> > > Demark (But as some of you know that has changed with the restructure of
> > > Futura...) One of the guys that I knew who used to work on sets talked • about
> > > trying desperately to get LEGO to use some of the dinosaur mania that • occurred
> > > around the Jurassic parks movies to do a type of tie-in. There was zero
> > > interest. To be perfectly honest with you, I'm quite surprised that they • would
> > > do a tie-in with Star Wars. It just hasn't been their style.
> > >
> > > Think about how long people have wanted to buy bricks in bulk. Regardless • of
> > > the answer that LEGO officially gives, they just don't want to. They'll • spin
> > > it nicer than that of course, but frankly they just aren't interested. We • used
> > > to be able to order bricks by the color shape and size of box in the model
> > > shop, so I don't buy the logistics don't exist story. It's not a logistics
> > > problem, it's a management decision.
> > >
> > > I think it's fun to talk about what we'd like to see, but to be honest, I • think
> > > it's mostly dreams. Although it is probably more possible now that LEGO is
> > > having a more difficult time making sales goals. Maybe now they'll listen • more
> > > to the fan base they have instead of being so arrogant about what they want • to
> > > produce....
> > >
> > > john 3
> > >
> > > just two cents, I'm 5+ years removed from being a LEGO employee now, so who
> > > knows, maybe I'm way off base about how they run the company now.
> > >
> > > In lugnet.trains, John Neal writes:
> > > > The service pack thread has my undies in a bunch. Why? Because it is
> > > > as if we are asking for *so* much, when in reality it is *so* little.
> > > > We are asking (practically begging) TLG to create a product from which
> > > > they will make *a lot* of money. What possible reason could there be
> > > > for not creating a train window and door pack tomorrow? I'm serious.
> > > > It *can't* be because they fear they will lose money! IT WOULD BE THEIR
> > > > BIGGEST SELLER! It's inconceivable.
> > > >
> > > > Also, I have a question. When was the last time a unique train element
> > > > was created? Different colors don't count. I'm thinking about how many
> > > > new elements went into the Insectoids, Throwbots, UFO's,themes that will
> > > > die quickly. Would it hurt to create a few new elements each year for a
> > > > theme that has been wildly successful for 8 YEARS! It's as if they are
> > > > actually *trying* to kill the theme, by not producing anything unique
> > > > and releasing abysmal sets.
> > > >
> > > > Someone tell me I'm way off base, and tell me how TLG could possibly
> > > > sabotage the train theme *more* than what they are currently doing.
> > > >
> > > > <rant off>-John
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