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(...) People may have been just as upset about the introduction of the minifig[1] and many other product changes over the years, but just didn't have such an efficient means of letting TLC know that they were unhappy. TLC should thank their lucky (...) (22 years ago, 25-Nov-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Yes it does, just in the form of a certain mouse¹... Jason Railton ¹ I'm still curious how much it costs to license a trademark that, according to the law at the time it was registered, should have expired two decades ago... (22 years ago, 25-Nov-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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I wonder if people complained as bitterly when Lego came out with the modern minifig. If you want the same toy your grandparents played with - go buy Lincoln Logs. What a bunch of crybabies. "Marc Nelson Jr." <legomarc@hotmail.com> wrote in message (...) (22 years ago, 22-Nov-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I seriously don't think cleaning 1000 parts with Brasso is at all realistic. My understanding is that you're looking at at least a minute or two per part if you are really lucky. I would identify the rare parts, brasso those, and replace the (...) (22 years ago, 25-Nov-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Well, I can only second that. Even though I have the next LEGO shop more or less around the corner (half an hour drive+searching for a parking lot ;-), I usually do not buy there. The more interesting sets have been available only through S@H (...) (22 years ago, 25-Nov-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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"James" <thug@nc.rr.com> wrote in message news:How2FG.1yCq@lugnet.com... (...) mutilation of (...) The (...) ... (...) display on (...) settling on (...) base (...) transparent, (...) parts (...) that can be offered. How much elbow-grease is (...) (22 years ago, 25-Nov-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) In case you haven't noticed - Gray is one of the primary colours when it comes to castles ;-) Seriously - Tom raises an important point here: "How reliable is TLC?", and I see close connections between changes in bricks/colours and changes in (...) (22 years ago, 25-Nov-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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In lugnet.lego, Anne Carasik wrote: snip (...) Hi Anne, for what it's worth, and from what I recall reading, the profanity was not directed at Lego, it appeared to be a spat between two posters that got out of hand, one guy (can't remember who, and (...) (22 years ago, 25-Nov-03, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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Dear Jake, dear Kate (if you are still among us), (...) Thank you for your efforts to help us. Time and again it seems that the internal communication within TLC seems to be the problem. How about using the force of this consumer reaction storm to (...) (22 years ago, 25-Nov-03, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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In lugnet.castle, Jake McKee wrote: snip (...) snip While I greet this news with some relief, I would like to voice some concern over this, some of the recent posts (no, I'm not going to bring them all up again) mentioned that castle has had some (...) (22 years ago, 25-Nov-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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(...) You're absolutly right. I fell off the edge when I wrote my message and sunk to an uncivil like tone. I apologize. -Orion (22 years ago, 25-Nov-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I'm closer Mark :P ... but not by much :D I don't see pink or dk-pink listed at peeron or BL for that brick at all. I do see a few of the 2x3's in dk-pink, so it must exist, but not in pink AFAIK. Which leads me to the next question (...) (22 years ago, 25-Nov-03, to lugnet.market.shopping, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Holy cow! What a great refernce to one of my favorite movies. You rock! My wish is that what happened to the boy who suddenly got everything he wanted wil happen to the AFOL community as well. -Orion (22 years ago, 25-Nov-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Orion, Agreed. Whining, bellyaching, smart-alecking, name-calling, profaning, baiting, arguing, patronizing, and just general stupidity. Little eloquence. Little organized and gentle nudging of our friend to point out possible error. Much (...) (22 years ago, 25-Nov-03, to lugnet.general)
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I agree. It's nice to see a company like Lego pay attention to the less than 200 adults who build plastic castles. I hope the new sets in 2004 are worthy of the special post! -Aaron "Rocco J Carello" <rogue27@mac.com> wrote in message (...) (22 years ago, 25-Nov-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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Sounds like the wife should be putting in the elbow grease. ;) -Aaron "James" <thug@nc.rr.com> wrote in message news:How2FG.1yCq@lugnet.com... (...) mutilation of (...) The (...) ... (...) display on (...) settling on (...) base (...) transparent, (...) (22 years ago, 25-Nov-03, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I want to say that it is very cool to have a representative of a large company personally post responses to the concerns of a minority of a minority. (Castle builders as a subset of adult builders who themselves are a small percentage of (...) (22 years ago, 25-Nov-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Did the existence of Jack Stone prevent LEGO from ever making regular minifig scale City sets again? I would guess that there will probably be regular minifig scale pirate sets again someday. However, they have to give the 4 year olds (...) (22 years ago, 25-Nov-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) There are already a bazillion threads about the color changes. This isn't one of them. (22 years ago, 25-Nov-03, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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(...) Fun! (...) Understandable. (...) Ok, so this is a real concern amoung many of us. We (those who have) worried about this with real cause and personal history know a few good things to shoot for: Aside from the custom case and ultimate packing (...) (22 years ago, 25-Nov-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.storage, FTX)
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