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"Brad Justus" <legodirect@lego.com> wrote in message news:FMHtE5.Kp2@lugnet.com... (...) Well. I saw your message, read it, and then sat here in a funk wondering if this could be true. So, I'm going to go on the assumption that it is. That some (...) (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) DYA HAD some 4547 Club Cars this morning. Note I said HAD. I tried to order 10 just minutes after they showed on the site, but only got 5 :-( (at least I got 5 4549s and a TON of 4537s). Now I gotta hope for an affordable 4558 one of these (...) (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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Brad, Welcome! This indeed is great news! (...) I for one would like to see a dedicated channel. If not here in lugnet, perhaps Lego can put something together. (...) It is definitely encouraging to hear from a company that has been so influential (...) (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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HeyHEY! Don't get RID of the pink, just don't expect it to be THE reason a "girl" set sells. I LIKE pink for accent, as do many others. As Gary and I have noted, having pastels in ALL colors would make for a killer Miami layout. (...) -- | Tom (...) (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) I don't think it's fake. Buffie Shervington of the Potomac Mills Outlet Store made veiled references to the Direct to Consumer effort in (URL) it is coming. Perhaps just a little quicker than she was expecting. Adrian -- (URL) (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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As a devotee of Lego for over 25 years, I can only say ... Yeee...eeesss...sss!!!! Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. (...) (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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Brad Justus has better not turn out to be the m*dr*id, or we'll be chartering a bus to Ocala, and it *won't* be a pretty sight when we're finished. 8) Rob (25 years ago, 10-Jun-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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Well, let me be the 53rd to say welcome! With luck this will be the unveiling of a new communicative era for Lego. This is something that the Lego fan community has been longing for quite some time, and as the responses have shown, this is quite a (...) (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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In lugnet.general, James Simpson writes: P.P.S. What would I like to see? Service packs with roof peaks in all possible colors, but preferably in white, dark gray, brown and tan. We need a little bit of variety and realistic colors for our (...) (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Let me be the 52nd person to thank you for looking to us as a legitimate customer base. I look forward to working with TLC to make your products and services the best they can be. Oh, and THANK YOU for bulk ordering. No longer will we have to (...) (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Like for kvetching or a whinging/whining? :-) (...) Hmm, sticky point. (...) If Brad has no objections and could suggest a couple (or more, if he wants) sub-group topic areas that he and/or his colleagues would find most helpful, I'm all for (...) (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) <snip> Yahoo!!! I am going to be in debt forever now. Should I just transfer owner ship of my house to TLC now or wait and auction it off later to pay my debts? My wish list: 1. Metroliner (Metroliner, Metroliner, Metroliner) 2. Cars for above (...) (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) I'll second that! Working for Lego? In Manhattan? My dream has been realized. Er, you guys hire geographers, right? Right? Doh! (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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Eric Kingsley wrote... (...) ... (...) Belville (...) product. I (...) and (...) make (...) I second that and my wife said just the same. // Eric (too) -- "The great thing about Lego isn't that you can build something out of it, the great thing is (...) (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) P.S. What do I love? Legos. My life would never have been the same without them. I love everything Lego that is not juniorized. What do I hate? Juniorization. You may have designed it for kids, but this adult has, and will continue to have, a (...) (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Sure they will. As long as you buy the other 99,999 that they need to offset the cost of rebuilding a tool that was probably scrapped many years ago :) Adrian -- (URL) (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) I agree totally :) (...) I think a new group is certainly warranted for this occasion. It would indeed allow a "fresh start" and open a serious channel of communication. I would sugegst a brand-new group too. (...) -- Thomas Main (...) (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.admin.general)
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I appauld the Lego Company for initiating a relationship with online adult consumers. I imagine that it is very overwhelming to find that hundreds of discussions about a product you produce have taken place in both the LUGNET newsgroups and the (...) (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Not an objection, just a suggestion... Until now, lugnet.dear-lego has been used as (to quote someone else) essentially a "Dear Santa" group. No doubt there will still be times that somone wants to say (scream, whine, throw) something at TLC (...) (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.admin.general)
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I would like to see the folowing cleared up by TLG. 1.their stance on ldraw and ldrawing of parts, including decorated parts whether there are any parts that for any reason cant be done? if there are any rules about this (e.g. all parts made for it (...) (25 years ago, 10-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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