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Hi all. As some of you know, I recently went to work for a small educational toy shop in North Seattle. I actually found the job thanks to LEGO! The owner was considering starting to carry LEGO, and was at a SeaLUG meeting. Well, it took quite some (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jun-02, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Lego, LD Sell these bricks! (was: Re: Mottled Bricks and Plates!)
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(...) The Jelly Belly factory in our area puts their malformed jelly beans in 1 lb. bags and sells them as "Belly Flops" in their factory store-- for about half price! They taste just as good only you can't choose the flavors-- so all the bags (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jun-02, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: Lego, LD Sell these bricks! (was: Re: Mottled Bricks and Plates!)
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(...) This would be a great item for LD's auctions. If they had ten lots, each one pound of swirled elements, I bet they could fetch pretty good money...maybe mine. Chris (22 years ago, 9-Jun-02, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: Lego, LD Sell these bricks! (was: Re: Mottled Bricks and Plates!)
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(...) Supply and demand? If people are interested in buying them, and there are few items available, it's only natural to see a high price point. It's like stamp of coin collection, I suppose. Stamps and coins which are produced with some kind of (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jun-02, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Re: Lego, LD Sell these bricks! (was: Re: Mottled Bricks and Plates!)
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Why on earth are you asking them to sell them for such INSANE prices? It's not as if regular bricks are cheap through bulk. You do realize those mottled bricks are "trash" as far as Lego is concerned, right? They either throw them out or grind them (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jun-02, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.lego.direct)
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| | Lego, LD Sell these bricks! (was: Re: Mottled Bricks and Plates!)
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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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(...) 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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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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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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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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(...) 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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