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| Why does the release date keep getting pushed back in the US? When I pre-ordered mine, the shipping date was November 11, 2004. Then it got pushed back to November 24th. Now it says it will ship by december 8th! What going on? -Juan (20 years ago, 26-Oct-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.dear-lego)
| | | | | Re: Can we help?
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| (...) Now this may sound naive, but: WHY do you (and so many with you) object to production in China? I have seen some very good quality coming from over there (Atlas model trains comes to mind). I realy don't know why China would be a worse place (...) (20 years ago, 26-Oct-04, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| Hello! (...) I wouldn't think less, either, because it's almost impossible. And I wouldn't buy less than I already do because I almost don't buy any new products due to some (Attention! Bad word following!) colour change. But as a citizen of the (...) (20 years ago, 26-Oct-04, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| (...) As an AFOL who complains long and loud about TLC actions that I disagree with, I feel I have a duty to chime in here: I will not think less of TLC for moving production to China, and I will not buy less from TLC if they move production to (...) (20 years ago, 25-Oct-04, to lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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| (...) And some of us go out of our way to find toys that are NOT produced in China. Sometimes, that's dang difficult, but I for one think it's worth the extra effort. JohnG, GMLTC (20 years ago, 25-Oct-04, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| (...) To be completely clear... we have NOT announced we are moving production to China. Rather we have simply been mentioning that, as good business practice, we are looking at options. As was mentioned elsewhere, 80% of the toy business has it's (...) (20 years ago, 25-Oct-04, to lugnet.dear-lego)
| | | | | Can we help?
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| Dear Lego, Is there something we can do to help prevent the move to China? I know it's probably not possible, but can we show either a form of support or try to prove long term harm of the company's image (I wish Lego Co. the best, but expect the (...) (20 years ago, 25-Oct-04, to lugnet.dear-lego)
| | | | | ?Quality Standards?
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| (...) Could some one clarify, didn't TLG plan-on, or already move some production/ warehouse facilities to Eastern Europe to cut-costs?!? Anyways, i'm betting quality standards will slip in China... (i know, this nation is making better products (...) (20 years ago, 22-Oct-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.year.2005)
| | | | | Good bye, light yellow :-(
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| Hi, by digging through the (URL) "Wühlkisten">, a special action for the german "Idee & Spiel" toy dealers which have mixed Lego bins with about 100 litres each, from which you can grab about 1 litre for the price of EUR 6,99 in a plastic bag named (...) (20 years ago, 16-Oct-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.color, lugnet.dear-lego, FTX) !
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| (...) I would say that it is proven that the Vikings did (URL) discover North America>! Christian (20 years ago, 11-Oct-04, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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| In lugnet.adventurers, Nelson Yrizarry wrote: snip (...) snip Yes I saw that when you first posted, just hadn't had a good look at it yet. Looks good, I might try and produce one myself later. snip (...) Snip But what would they discover ? what kind (...) (20 years ago, 7-Oct-04, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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| (...) All good ideas, and (URL) others can be found here>. Generally I think that potential new themes will be different from previous themes. So Japan, Europe-castle and Antarctic is unlikely. Christian (20 years ago, 7-Oct-04, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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| (...) Ken, I've been reading the other replies to your post. I like the idea of Atlantis, but I think the idea was (over)done by Disney with their movie just a few years ago. Time travel should be left to the Time-Cruisers (Twisters). I had already (...) (20 years ago, 7-Oct-04, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
| | | | | Its a shame TLC does not make these train cars
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| Now why can't TLC make seasonal x-mass train cars like this? (URL) See the full details here: (URL) -Ahui (20 years ago, 6-Oct-04, to lugnet.trains, lugnet.dear-lego, FTX)
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| (...) Yeah, I saw this in the paper too and also meant to post something about it. Unfortunately that didn't quite work out. :) So my question to LEGO is - why wasn't this event promoted here? If it actually was and I missed it, just ignore me. (...) (20 years ago, 26-Sep-04, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| (...) I would note that all 5 10001s I got in the discount sale had yellow rails - every last rail was badly oxidized. I was not happy about that, but considering the price I got them at, I may not call Cons Aff about swapping them. (...) You can (...) (20 years ago, 24-Sep-04, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.lego, lugnet.trains)
| | | | | Worn Tyres and Rusty Rails
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| Jake, please would you put in a request for replacement train motor tyres to be made available separately, so that I can replace ones that have worn down through normal use. I suggest a pack of eight, and I will buy quite a few packs since I have (...) (20 years ago, 21-Sep-04, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.lego, lugnet.trains)
| | | | | Re: Lego Commersials?
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| (...) Sounds very similar to the loop we are discussing - the one I saw was in the Downtown Disney LEGO store in Anaheim, CA. I asked one of the store employees about it and they said it comes on an satellite feed from the LEGO A/V department. (I (...) (20 years ago, 21-Sep-04, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego)
| | | | | Re: Lego Commersials?
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| (...) Well, I know something like that exists. There is a compilation of commercials and documentary footage running in a loop inside the waiting area for the "LEGO Factory Tour" at Legoland CA. I sat there for twenty minutes watching it.. As (...) (20 years ago, 21-Sep-04, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego)
| | | | | Re: Lego Commersials?
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| (...) Yes, that would realy be a great DVD. I rember staring at the tv for hours back in the early 80's, looking at the movie of the mailman who became a policeman, a fireman and back to mailman. Lego, please release such a DVD. It would also help (...) (20 years ago, 21-Sep-04, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.lego)
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