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In lugnet.events.brickfest, Larry Pieniazek writes: Part 3 Suz: the BSB won recently... there was apparently some concern about how that BSB won.. can you describe the process? A: The BSB won the "if you had to pick one, which would you pick" (...) (22 years ago, 20-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) Why is it smart to discontinue an accessory pack that has sold out? -- Hop-Frog (22 years ago, 20-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) Gee Hop, have you stopped beating your wife yet? They neither said it was smart or stupid, just that it was. James (22 years ago, 20-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) Are they sold out, or just discontinued? I bought two packs earlier this week. John (22 years ago, 20-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) They are no longer able to manufacturer them. LEGO found some old molds and produced all of the cypress trees that they were capable of producing (i.e. "We used all the shots in the molds"). Molds have a finite life. There were never any plans (...) (22 years ago, 21-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) just to add to the discussion, Lego Direct's business plan is to never (unless ABSOLUTELY required) to develop new molds. It saves on development costs, and thereby increasing the overall bottom-line for TLC. Ben (22 years ago, 22-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) You did? I called a week or two ago and was unable to order any. (22 years ago, 22-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) I didn't say they said anything of the kind. I think I am allowed to characterize their actions in whatever manner I care to; just as you are allowed to pose inane, well-known, trick questions. I am going to guess that very few people imagined (...) (22 years ago, 22-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) week. (...) They sent the cypress trees on Monday and I received them Wednesday. They sometimes (usually?) tell me when they have a low stock of something that I order, so I assumed that they had some more left. Did anybody else order some (...) (22 years ago, 22-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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"Benjamin Medinets" <bmedinets@excite.com> wrote in message news:GzMozz.6vx@lugnet.com... (...) [snip] (...) and (...) (i.e. (...) Interestingly, Brad mentioned in his discussion on Saturday morning that the original LD directive was that they (...) (22 years ago, 22-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) However, one could reasonably interpret "no new molds" as "no newly designed molds" rather than "no newly manufactured molds". They already have the Cypress Tree mold designed, so it would be a matter of manufactureing new molds rather than (...) (22 years ago, 22-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) Good point, I forgot about that...I was made aware of this in a follow-up message by Jake. Benjamin Medinets (22 years ago, 22-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) I have to agree big time here. I only ever got one pack. I was planing on ordering at least a dozen more IF TLC ever decides to offer the only bulk pack I NEED. (everything else is just nice to have) Since I was about 8 years old the bigest (...) (22 years ago, 22-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) Which may be precisely the reason they chose not to say so. They knew the item was in demand. They knew they could only make a limited number. They wanted as many people to get in on it as possible. So, they didn't mention the limited number, (...) (22 years ago, 23-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) His question was no more inane than your comments, and perhaps a bit less, since it's illuminative of some doubletalk on your part. (...) I disagree strenuously that it was mismanagement. If they had done that, some small number of people (...) (22 years ago, 23-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) I guess that makes sense. Maybe I should be thinking well at least I got one pack. Then again TLC(not just LD here) is in the buisness of making plastic parts as Hop-Frog points out. If there is demand for a product and profit to be made it is (...) (22 years ago, 23-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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Larry: Nothing personal, but this is the usual TLC/LD apologist stuff, so I will just ignore it generally. 1) Profiteering -- I don't care if they offer it as the official reason for some actions -- it's logically specious. Profiteering is an issue (...) (22 years ago, 23-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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In lugnet.events.brickfest, Richard Marchetti writes: <snip!> "There's no pleasing some people." ;) Jeff (22 years ago, 23-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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This all comes down to "Wah, I can't have what I want". I wonder, who are the adults and who are the children here? In the light of "promises" from LD that didn't come to pass after several years (massive bulk program), and evidence that LD is not (...) (22 years ago, 23-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) No, actually I got most of the trees I wanted -- I could go for more though... ...and the people that write to me privately could go for more too. I get this funny idea that my views are very popular with a silent majority from the private (...) (22 years ago, 23-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) I think TLC does care *somewhat* about our market segment. After all, they did send 7 people for two days. (...) My sense is that most brand-loyal LEGO fans are willing and able to evangelize LEGO whether we get anything in return or not. (...) (22 years ago, 23-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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It was a rhetorical question. Present audience excepted, but if the shoe fits, wear it. I'm sorry I got into this. The thing that gets me angry is whingers who reason like "it's so easy, X must be stupid for not doing it." (example: molding parts.) (...) (22 years ago, 24-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) Brad Justus referred to the book, _The Tipping Point_. What if LD's point of view is that the AFOL market is not ready... yet? It was connected to Time's article, and some other book I haven't read. -Erik (22 years ago, 24-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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"Erik Olson" <erik@olson.pair.com> wrote in message news:Gzq9tA.E90@lugnet.com... (...) a (...) things we (...) those (...) the (...) they (...) of (...) I think it was in Larry's transcription of the Q&A/Brad's talk that there was mention of (...) (22 years ago, 24-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest)
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(...) No, you began with a statement that I think was intended to imply quite specifically that I am a whining child. It was also in direct reply to my own post. As it turns out, I don't take offense because I don't even know you nor do I care what (...) (22 years ago, 24-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Ok guys, take this to another group -- like .off-topic.debate or something. This part of the thread isn't about BrickFest anymore... --Todd (22 years ago, 24-Jul-02, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Hmm. I didn't intend it to be a statement of your character - I've seen enough of your posts to know you're intelligent enough to see it for exactly what it was - "a famous trick question". I was highlighting, admittedly in an oblique way, (...) (22 years ago, 24-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) That's pretty sketchy. My question was essentially rhetorical. I didn't expect to get any kind of reply at all -- the fact that I got replies from some of the usual persons makes those replying apologists (the negative connotation this word (...) (22 years ago, 24-Jul-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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