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(...) No, no. I posted that first, before Brad's momentous announcement -- albeit but mere hours before it. I am thrilled at the crack in the facade of TLC, at last! I hope something truly fruitful for all concerned may come of it. If all goes well, (...) (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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To Brad Justus and all at LEGO Direct, Greetings! It is terrific that LEGO wants to deal directly with customers and to discover what they want. From the early responses it ought to be pretty clear what the "Top Ten" list should look like (bulk (...) (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) <snip> (The original message DEFINITELY deserves to be in the Spotlight section.) I have never seen so many responses to single a message. Brad, you have come to us bearing great news, and I'm sure we're all excited about it. With this move, (...) (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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Brad Justus <legodirect@lego.com> wrote in message news:FMHtE5.Kp2@lugnet.com... (...) <snip> (...) These that I've just read are unbelievingly wonderful. I hope you won't forget there are Lego fans living outside of Central/Western Europe and USA, (...) (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) DECEMBER 9 On this day in history, 1845 U.S. President Polk offers Mexico $25M to buy California (Mexico refuses offer) 1865 The New York Stock Exchange has new home on Broad St. 1940 British launch their first major offensive of WWII in North (...) (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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If you need them for a skyscraper, remember to get extra for the maintenance man's repair room ;-) (...) -- Tom Stangl ***(URL) Visual FAQ home ***(URL) Bay Area DSMs (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) convention (...) Along the same lines: make your parts available in LDraw format, or some other format that you already use and publish the details so we can convert them to LDraw format! Welcome! I'm a recently revived AFOL (I gave up when (...) (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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And I"m not kidding! KL (...) (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) You're absolutely right! What I need is 1x4x6 three-pane trans-lt-blue or trans-green windows with black frames. KL (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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You forgot to note what color frames ;-) And add 50-100 for me ;-) (...) -- Tom Stangl ***(URL) Visual FAQ home ***(URL) Bay Area DSMs (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) I think it's a great idea. --Todd (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Brad and colleagues at LEGO Direct: Wow! 8^) Not sure where to begin... Reading through the flood of positive responses, it seems that with one single post you have given hope to thousands of adult LEGO enthusiasts online and to tens of (...) (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) I can second that, hire Craig as a designer! He is a Minifig genius not to be overlooked and he is without parallel for background designs utilizing just a few of the right kind of bricks. He forgot to mention: (URL) there, Brad, you won't be (...) (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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Brad, Let me join everyone else in welcoming you to LUGNET. Without a doubt, this one of the greatest moves TLC could make. I wish you well in it. Above all, it's wonderful to have AFOL's recognized as a valued sector of the market. Thanks! I'm sure (...) (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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P.S. I'd like to place an order for 842 1x4x6 trans-lt-bliue Town-Jr windows Dont' ask. KL (...) (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Ooh, ooh, and the LDRAW database. I would like to see Lego's naming convention of parts (meaning the stuff they use) published for the Ldraw community. Ben Roller (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Excellent suggestion. I can't help but think that ldraw technology is necessary for the parts ordering system. This would prevent them from using proprietary technology which may have held up this in the past. There are alot of web developers (...) (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) What a GREAT idea Ray. Also, I think it would be safe to say that we'd be ok if there were links from current sets to the Lego web site to buy them. Kinda like some of the sets that say\said "You may be able to purchase this set online at (...) (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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Hello Brad; Welcome to Lugnet & rec.toys.lego. Your announcement of LEGO Direct is excellent news, a wonderful Christmas present indeed. Bulk purchasing has to be the single most common desire we LEGO fans have. Providing that service as soon as (...) (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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Richard Marchetti wrote in message ... (...) doing (...) for (...) AFOL (...) capitalism. (...) other -- (...) their (...) as (...) silence (...) posting (...) the (...) one (...) no (...) wrong, (...) do (...) certainly (...) issue. (...) with (...) (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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