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(...) I do not know where you are from so I can't make any assumptions based on your market but in the US you almost never see either Belville or Scala in stores and usually when you do see it its in a specialty store (in my experiance anyway). I (...) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Junior, Juniorized, Juniorization
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Shiri: (...) You can create a hollow effect with other bricks (but you might need a bit more than two pieces :-) (...) I don't really mind the raised base plates because they are a nice cheap solution for building mountains. I have a strong dislike (...) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.faq, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Introducing LEGO Direct
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(...) Yeah, yeah and Finland too! Windows and doors for trains and buildings, transparent, gray, dark gray, brown, orange and green coloured basic bricks, please! Mika (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Brad Justus is real
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(...) Not to spread paranoia, but... offhand, I can think of three different ways to forge the IP in Todd's logs. Supposing someone wanted to pose as Brad Justus: one could a) break into Brad's machine and post from there b) break into Todd's (...) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Introducing LEGO Direct
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(...) My wish list: a c-3p0 minifig a chewbacca minifig a stormtrooper minifig some "army men" an emporor minifig more film licences e.g. ghostbusters saving private ryan titanic apollo 13 tron and more... -- Jonathan Wilson wilsonj@xoommail.com (...) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Introducing LEGO Direct
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Wow! Sounds like you guys are trying to take over the world! Starting in 2005 inhabitants of Earth must restrain themselves from the use of their elbows and knees (like 50's B-movie robots). Just joking! GREAT news! Yes, I've got the gall to (...) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: "If it were my toy company..."
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(...) mean, (...) stuff (...) LEGO could easily prevent this by not selling the key parts (pantographs, flags, landing stilts, etc) for individual sale. Just my .02 worth... Will (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: "If it were my toy company..."
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(...) It's true. A "Lego Classics" (not to be confused with "Lego Classic"!) line would do extremely well. (...) A lot of pieces aren't being made anymore -- I doubt you'll be able to order those. (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: "If it were my toy company..."
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Wow! Todd, those were GREAT ideas! The only things I might add if it were my toy company are: 1) To (maybe) re-release discontinued items that are exteremly wanted. I mean, think Demand and Supply - people are willing to pay a heck of a lot for (...) (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Re: Horrible quote from the Scala web catalog
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(...) Of course. But is that the message you see being presented by Lego? (25 years ago, 13-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.scala)
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