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Dear Lego and LD, These are the neatest pieces. I have heard of them many times but necer seen them until now, and man, how cool! I could foresee pack of 25 random mottled bricks for sale as a nostalgia pack, maybe $10. Other neat ways of selling (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jun-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: Poor Service to Toy Shops = No Lego
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This doesn't sound like too good of a situation. Maybe LEGO in the US can take a look at how LEGO Australia operates. In over 1 year Ozbricks has never had one cancelled order and the guys at LEGO Australia have everything under complete control so (...) (22 years ago, 6-Jun-02, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Poor Part Quality- 2x5x6 Castle Walls
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(...) Edges with "flash", thin brittle plastic, can be an indicator of an aging mold (no longer closes as tightly) or just sloppy process control (machine not adjusted for present conditions.) Stringy plastic (like cotton candy) on the top of studs (...) (22 years ago, 5-Jun-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Poor Part Quality- 2x5x6 Castle Walls
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Hmmm, Not all newer castle walls are like the ones I got. The gray corners were lighly textured and have a little gloss, the printed corners are pretty darn glossy, The Guarded Inn re-issue gray walls have a light bumby texture but still have some (...) (22 years ago, 5-Jun-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Poor Part Quality- 2x5x6 Castle Walls
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(...) It isn't on all the surfaces, however, which leads me to believe it is intentional. Jeff (22 years ago, 5-Jun-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Poor Part Quality- 2x5x6 Castle Walls
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(...) I went and checked some of my walls, and it does indeed seem that around 1996 or 1997 the "feel" of the walls' outer surface changes. But it's subtler than I would have expected--less gloss, more matte, but I hadn't figured it was a conscious (...) (22 years ago, 5-Jun-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Poor Part Quality- 2x5x6 Castle Walls
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They may very well be, but that is not the case with the wall elements. They are *supposed* to be textured that way. Jeff (...) (22 years ago, 5-Jun-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Poor Part Quality- 2x5x6 Castle Walls
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(...) What are waves and mold-slump? Are these caused by old molds or by pulling the elements out of the molds before they are fully hardened or whatever? But yeah, the quality is definitely slipping -- and has been for some time. I have seen more (...) (22 years ago, 5-Jun-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Poor Part Quality- 2x5x6 Castle Walls
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Sounds to me like TLG is running their molds WAY past their intended lifetime in order to cut costs. It's going to bite them in the behind if they don't watch it, as Ritvik's quality is improving while Lego's is degrading. Sooner or later, even (...) (22 years ago, 5-Jun-02, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Umm, Legoland CA - are you there? (Re: Announcing the next LEGO Modelmaking Experience at LEGOLAND W
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(...) That was true when the park opened, but they hired American Master Builders shortly thereafter. How do I know? We had a presentation at BricksWest by one of them. (...) There is a shop there where you can look in through a window and see LEGO (...) (22 years ago, 3-Jun-02, to lugnet.legoland.california, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Poor Service to Toy Shops = No Lego
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In lugnet.lego.direct, Jeremy Scott writes: [lots of snipping today...] I've had similiar experience myself when it comes to finding sets I *absolutely* need to have, but it turns out the idiots back at the shipping plant cancelled because of no (...) (22 years ago, 2-Jun-02, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Poor Service to Toy Shops = No Lego
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Jeremy, Just to clarify, the Lego stores (Imagination Centers, Outlets, and the brand store) are under Lego Retail, not Lego Direct. -Scott Lyttle (snip) (...) (22 years ago, 2-Jun-02, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Poor Service to Toy Shops = No Lego
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When I saw this thread, I remembered a series of conversations I had with a lego store manager.[1] Here is a summerized version of it: ---...---Week 1: Tuesday HER: Hello, Lego (TYPE) Store, (LOCATION). How may I help you? ME: I'm am interested in (...) (22 years ago, 2-Jun-02, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: LEGO software idea
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(...) You would think that Lego should try to capitalize on some of the more obvious accessories for their kits like custom stickers to "enhance the uniquity of the modelmaking experience", but instead, they stick to lame, and sometimes ideas with (...) (22 years ago, 2-Jun-02, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Umm, Legoland CA - are you there? (Re: Announcing the next LEGO Modelmaking Experience at LEGOLAND W
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I'm sure they know we want this in America, but I don't think it is possible. Last I knew, all the models for the California Park were being built in England. If this is true then there just aren't any master builder workspaces at the LL CA. And no (...) (22 years ago, 1-Jun-02, to lugnet.legoland.california, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Umm, Legoland CA - are you there? (Re: Announcing the next LEGO Modelmaking Experience at LEGOLAND W
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"William R Ward" <bill@wards.net> wrote in message news:m2n0ug5eyf.fsf@...rds.net... (...) It is interesting that to a large extent the britAFOL community *did* know about it. A large group of the britAFOL (or UKAFOL as we more commonly refer to (...) (22 years ago, 1-Jun-02, to lugnet.legoland.california, lugnet.legoland.windsor, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | LEGO software idea
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LEGO should partner with Avery or some other maker of printable sheets of stickers to produce a kit that people can use to make LEGO-compatible stickers. Imagine an 8x5"x11" sheet of minifig-torso- shaped stickers! It would come with a CD-ROM with (...) (22 years ago, 31-May-02, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Umm, Legoland CA - are you there? (Re: Announcing the next LEGO Modelmaking Experience at LEGOLAND W
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(...) in the US? (...) I don't think that will happen again though, now that the BritAFOL community knows about it... :-) --Bill. (22 years ago, 31-May-02, to lugnet.legoland.california, lugnet.legoland.windsor, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Umm, Legoland CA - are you there? (Re: Announcing the next LEGO Modelmaking Experience at LEGOLAND W
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"mfuss903" <mfuss903@aol.com> wrote in message news:Gwwu06.H3n@lugnet.com... (...) Be aware that the event at LLW isn't actually organised by Lego as such. Clearly LLW participate, but the actual event is organised and administered via Red Letter (...) (22 years ago, 31-May-02, to lugnet.legoland.california, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Umm, Legoland CA - are you there? (Re: Announcing the next LEGO Modelmaking Experience at LEGOLAND W
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WHY OH WHY can something like this not happen at Legoland, California? Are we not special? Do you think there is not a market for this? Do you think we do not want it? The thing that gets me is this is not their first one. I *wish* I could be there. (...) (22 years ago, 30-May-02, to lugnet.legoland.california, lugnet.dear-lego)
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