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(...) Maybe they are trying to avoid "hurting the feelings" of some tribe somewhere, but perhaps they should consider the hundreds of thousands of kids who will be disappointed that their favorate toy will be gone. (23 years ago, 30-Oct-01, to lugnet.technic.bionicle, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) And rightly so. Shame on TLC for cowtowing to such complete and utter BS. God, how much longer will this total BS "PC" climate last????? *I* better end now before I say something I might regret:-/ -John (...) (23 years ago, 30-Oct-01, to lugnet.technic.bionicle, lugnet.dear-lego)
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I need to build train bridges in black and gray. So I would buy them in 10s. "JP Brown" <envcons@ameritech.net> wrote in message news:GL89CE.B9n@lugnet.com... (...) (23 years ago, 30-Oct-01, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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This is EXACTALLY what I said would happen! ((URL) only thing left open by the article is if LEGO will continue the line with new names, but that's not very likely seeing as names in contention are main characters and all. I am so ticked off about (...) (23 years ago, 30-Oct-01, to lugnet.technic.bionicle, lugnet.dear-lego) !
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What do you think of today's LEGO-sets? Do you like them or not? I think LEGO is going the way, the sets aren't interesting anymore, expensive and I can hardly find the studs on the pieces ... But maybe you don't agree. Please, sign my LEGO-forum if (...) (23 years ago, 26-Oct-01, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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Ok, the typo was fixed. Apparentely, *someone* is watching... :-) Pedro (23 years ago, 24-Oct-01, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Yep, that would buy me a car. A *real* one... Somebody should tell the folks at LEGO that this pricing is wrong on their webpage. It may be scaring customers away... Anyway, it isn't a question of changed commas/dots - I'd wish it were so. The (...) (23 years ago, 24-Oct-01, to lugnet.loc.pt, lugnet.dear-lego)
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Just a quick note to say thanks for the "Bob the Builder" Duplo sets ... not sure if that should be a sarcastic "thanks" as it now means my 2 year old daughter has just started her LEGO collection and is going to cost me a fortune in the long run ;) (...) (23 years ago, 24-Oct-01, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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"Pedro Silva" <el_gordo@netc.pt> wrote in message news:GLoH2E.KM4@lugnet.com... (...) Eek! That's just over £12,000, right? If that was 8000.00 BEF then that would be a bit cheaper than the UK price by around £35, so I think someone missed the (...) (23 years ago, 24-Oct-01, to lugnet.loc.pt, lugnet.dear-lego)
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Sorry, I just noticed that I did not mention the country: it is Belgium. Yesterday I saw a price of about 800000 BEF for that set (and that is WAY_TOO_MUCH!) Pedro (...) (23 years ago, 23-Oct-01, to lugnet.loc.pt, lugnet.dear-lego)
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Hi all, I was browsing and I came across with this: (URL) this price right? If so, why? Is this set a limited edition or so? Pedro (23 years ago, 22-Oct-01, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) It's great that Fast Company did a followup to the article. Good journalism for a good cause... now if only LEGO would understand the error of their ways... (23 years ago, 15-Oct-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Heh. Just about everyone does it (calls LEGO Bricks "legos"); athough I find it rather amusing that a show about law and lawyers misuses a trademark. :) thanks, James (23 years ago, 15-Oct-01, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.mediawatch)
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As I was watching ABC's The Practice last night, I noticed that they were using "Lego" repetitively without saying "bricks" or "building toys". I read the Fair Play statement not long ago and was surprised to hear TLC's trademark being so blatently (...) (23 years ago, 15-Oct-01, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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This is *such* a good idea. I'd be buying them in 10s. (23 years ago, 15-Oct-01, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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In lugnet.dear-lego, John Heins writes: >Unfortunately it seems that the whole Technic line is moving away from the (...) I think that the LEGO company is "missing the boat" big time when it comes to promoting the educational value of their product. (...) (23 years ago, 15-Oct-01, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) YES! YES! YES!!!...!!! and isn't this ironic, people BEGGING a company to let them buy their product....... Ironically, I see a parallel in another hobby. I have a few old convertibles that GM no longer makes parts for. For a while, I'd pay (...) (23 years ago, 15-Oct-01, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.technic)
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(...) John... you have a great point here, I agree with you whole-heartedly. (...) Your two paragraphs above make a point that perhaps isn't always easy to see. Let me put it in my own terms and see if we can't get the point across. More than 1/2 of (...) (23 years ago, 14-Oct-01, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.technic)
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(...) "Expert Bionicle Builder" for best results... :) - David (23 years ago, 14-Oct-01, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.technic)
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(...) Me too. (...) Well, you've summed up the argument perfectly in two lines. Maybe though as the Technic brand is being so poorly catered for at the moment we should pitch this as a Mindstorms basic bulk pack. Just changing the name not the (...) (23 years ago, 14-Oct-01, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.technic)
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