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Subject: 
Re: Introducing LEGO Direct
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego
Date: 
Thu, 9 Dec 1999 22:21:25 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Brad Justus writes:
> To LEGO enthusiasts everywhere:

Big Brother, he speaks! whooho!

> We hope that we are the bearer of some holiday cheer for you all.

Lots of it :-) And welcome!

.
> 
> As a first step, we at LEGO Direct want to participate actively in these
> newsgroups from now on – that is, if such participation is something that you
> want. Please realize that it will take some months for all our new efforts to
> be fully visible – we will be redesigning our entire Web operation (as well as
> our offline direct services), and intend to have the first release ready for
> you by late next Summer. But here’s a little preview that we think you’ll
> like: we are planning to make bulk ordering – albeit initially in a restricted
> format – available by then.

Could we please have some space stuff like the trans-color quarter domes? :-)

> we’ll be happy to engage in a dialogue with you in these forums. We will do
> our very best to respond to everything that we can in a timely manner. We want
> to be a company with whom you want to be involved. We want to be the company
> you’d like us to be. And to do that, we need your input. What do you love?
> What do you hate? How can  we help you? Tell us – we want your input. We know
> you’ve got a lot to say – we’ve been reading your postings for a little while
> now.

I would really like to see rereleases of older sets.  Especialy space and
castle. Being born in 1984, most of the sets I really want were discontinued
long before I had the money to by them. And as being a teenager I can't afford
ebay prices.

> We are very encouraged by the commitment and intensity of the LEGO
> community online – and that includes AFOLs. Perhaps, if traffic warrants it,
> we ought to consider creating a new newsgroup (or simply reformat lugnet.dear-
> lego) to serve as the online communication-to-LEGO channel. It’s up to you.

I am sure Todd would be *very* happy to do that. :-P

> Happy Holidays. And Play Well.

Oh, We will!
            Robert



Message is in Reply To:
  Introducing LEGO Direct
 
To LEGO enthusiasts everywhere: We hope that we are the bearer of some holiday cheer for you all. For those of you who have felt that your love for LEGO was unrequited, this is a new day. With this missive, the LEGO Company asks to open a dialogue (...) (27 years ago, 9-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.announce, lugnet.dear-lego) !! 

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