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(...) Understandable. I feel the same way, especially since I have had no replies from TLC to customer service regarding the color change. (...) Didn't someone post a photo to LUGNET? I remember Jake saying something in defense, but I dont' remember (...) (22 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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(...) Is there even a realistic chance of change? I read the other day that TLC had sold (URL) ~1,000,000> Hogwarts Castle sets; that made me realise how small the AFOL market really is. This, together with new "vibrant" greys hitting the shelves, (...) (22 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Jake, thanks for giving us the opportunity to be heard. Honestly, at first I didn't care about the color change because I didn't think it would be a big deal, but now I am concerned. I don't buy LEGO at the same pace as some of the people (...) (22 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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I have two main concerns with the color change. 1. The brown bothers me more than the greys. Brown needs to look like wood for so many creations and themes (Castle, Pirates, and Wild West, just to name a few). Even though I tend to be a historical (...) (22 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) "Small" in Germany is "big" in our context. A more significant portion of our VAT goes to Brussels, the fact that it later comes back notwithstanding. (...) You can sentence that in the plural. If I once thought agricultural subsidies were a (...) (22 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Then I stand corrected, regarding Denmark and possibly other memberstates too. Thanks to Arne as well for his input. Out of curiosity: where is the danish contribution for the EU drawn from? Of course I now have to ask exactly why we're paying (...) (22 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.general)
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Jake, You are a brave soul. I was going to stay out of this issue, however after seeing the colors in person I have one thought. THESE NEW GRAY COLORS ARE MEGABLOCK COLORS! I have refrained from making this statement in the past weeks. We have an (...) (22 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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The press release specifically mentions the following products as "products the company wants to stake on." Harry Potter Mindstorms Clikits Bionicle Not specifically mentioned: Star Wars. Although I would speculate that this will continue on. Bryan (...) (22 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.general)
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I've already addressed why I don't believe the reason given for the new colors, so I won't get into that here. However... My wife is going be very happy this year as a direct result of the new colors, because I'll be buying much less new lego. For (...) (22 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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I like the introduction of new colors (light yellow, sand colors, dark red), but to replace colors is something else. As far as I know, LEGO has only discontinued one color in the past (Maersk blue) and that is solely because it was a promotional (...) (22 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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I do not own any of the new colors, but one of my friends do, so I have seen them first hand. First off, I am annoyed at the REPLACEMENT of colors, due to the fact I have just about built up enough Dark Gray and Brown to build an entire creation in (...) (22 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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1/15/04 To The LEGO Company: Thanks for addressing this publically. I really hope what we have to say doesn't fall on deaf ears. As a consumer, I have a choice on what I pay for, and right now I don't feel as though The LEGO Company's latest (...) (22 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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Saw this (URL) link> on slashdot. Paraphrased: Mindstorms is a 'core' product that the company will continue to develop and support in the future. Oh happy day! JohnG, GMLTC (22 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) LOL! (lots of sub-6-year old kids will tend to disagree with you!) James Wilson Dallas, TX (22 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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Jake, Thanks for the "official" opportunity to be heard. I'll spare you the history, but suffice it to say that LEGO has been a part of my life for the past 34 years, and is one of the things that keeps me young. I posted a poll on LUGnet about this (...) (22 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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As I have not seen the new colours up close and personal, I cannot give a full assessment. However, what concerns me is this - I don't mind if LEGO introduces new colours. New colours are fine, as long as we don't expect to see down the road a (...) (22 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) "You can tell us until you're blue in your faces"... LOL! Lindsay, if that was intentional, it's brilliant. If it wasn't intentional, it's still brilliant! JohnG, GMLTC (22 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) I do not care for the new colors. If I say anything else I will violate your "nicely" request. JohnG, GMLTC (22 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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As a child, I was frustrated that dark grey pieces consisted of pick axes, shovels, and castle helmets. Same for green trees and baseplates. I like color. And in general I prefer cool tones to warm- so I'd say I like the new greys. Will I miss the (...) (22 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Erik, If you are not a member, you cannot post to the News Groups. Otherwise, you can read the posts and seach the database, etc. Membership simply means that you are contributing to the community through posts and/or small financial (...) (22 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.general)
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Believe it or not, as outspoken as I sometimes am, this is my very first post on the color issue, here and on other forums. I'll word it so you'll be able to directly pass it on to colleagues/Billund. Dear Lego, I applaud the fact that you have come (...) (22 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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Thanks for asking us for our input. I know it's pointless, but it allows us to actually tell you about how the color change has affected us. I have been receiving and purchasing LEGO products for 25 years. I got my first Classic Space set when I was (...) (22 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) To Jake and the LEGO Company, I do not mind the color changes. I realize that there are public reasons, which have been stated, and private reasons for the change in colors and I have no negative feelings toward this decision. I personnally (...) (22 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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Others have responsed to your post and have expressed similar concerns to mine far more eloquently than I could, but I would just like to add three points that sum up my views: 1. The change makes my collection of old grey 'obsolete'. Ignoring (...) (22 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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(...) From my own point of view, there are a great many different shaped pieces and most people have accumulated diverse collections in specific colors best suited to their building interests. To me a 2x4 brick in a new shade of gray is an (...) (22 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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Hello Jake, Personally, I especially despise the new reddish brown, it doesn't look brown at all. The new grays look OK, but I would still prefer it if the old grays were still in production. Regards Stephane S. (22 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) True, it is a tax used for all kinds of expenditures. (...) That's not true. The EU gets a cut from VAT, but only a small part. I found figures for Germany in 1998 where the amount transfered to EU is about 20% of the total of VAT, and this (...) (22 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Jake, Thank you asking these questions. If I had the chance to send a message to the folks at your company, it would be in the form of two questions: 1) Did the focus groups understand the potential ramifications of their decisions? For (...) (22 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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Hi, Jake, will Kate do an "official" translation of your posting (or her version for that matter) for www.1000steine.de? Or could you grant me the permission to translate and post it there? yours, Christian Treczoks (22 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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(...) I dont like the "new" colors because they dont match the "old" ones. That is basically the whole reason I dislike them. I dont hate them but I certainly would keep the "old" ones too. A good idea would be to make both colors but I still would (...) (22 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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Without going too far down the 'I remember when' line. We all agree colour and colour range are an important aspect (even if the word is incorrectly spelt). Too me the Lego colours have also been a source of the charm of the product. The simple (...) (22 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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In a rather round about way the colour changes have worked out rather well for me. When I first read about the changes here on lugnet I felt an almost physical stab of pain. It was quite irrational. At the time I couldn't really articulate why I (...) (22 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) I have to disagree here. They can be used for anything. It might be true for Portugal that the bulk of VAT is used to finance the Portugeese contribution to EU, but that is the choice of Portugal, it is not the case in Denmark. What is common (...) (22 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.general)
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"Tobbe Arnesson" <StPnAtM@lotek.nu> wrote in message news:HrIyFx.1DCu@lugnet.com... <snip lots to think about> The only thing about the 16x16 baseplates that bothers me is most of them are in green. It's very hard to get these in gray and somewhat (...) (22 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.general, lugnet.org.scibrick, lugnet.space)
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Jake McKee wrote: > But I know that you don't like this answer, so please use this opportunity (as > well as continuing to direct complaints and feedback through LEGO Customer > Service) as a way to have your voices heard. First things first. Forget (...) (22 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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(...) Putting some pressure on me to do that translation huh? I'll get to work. (and for those of you who don't want to wait, here's the write-up from that meeting in Swedish: (URL) and a direct link to the page about the moonbase (Månbas): (URL) ) (...) (22 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.general, lugnet.org.scibrick, lugnet.space)
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Here are my current concerns about the color changes. Note, I define the isssue as 'replacing existing core colors with slightly different colors', so my opinion would be very different about new colors that clearly differ from existing ones. Also (...) (22 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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Hi! Michael Hopkins wrote to me as below. I do admit that I was a bit tired/unpacient and upset at the moment, and did not want to harm anyone. Ma apologioes for that. It is good that people post pictures etc. On the other hand, posting a 1 Mb (...) (22 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.promo, lugnet.general, lugnet.org.us.baylug, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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(...) Thank you for requesting our input on this issue. If you can tell us, what is your opinion as an AFOL of the color change - both the colors themselves, and the manner in which the change was handled? (...) Ah, but two months ago, TLC would (...) (22 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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Hello Jake, thank you for this opportunity. I was part of the crowd that was infuriated by the color change. Since the change, however, I have taken an objective approach to evaluate exactly how the new colors (especially light and dark gray) will (...) (22 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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First off, has anyone verified the accuracy of the claimed reason for the color change, i.e. to make the grays more "in line" with the other colors? I know very little about color theory, but naively, I'd say gray is 1/2 white and 1/2 black, or (...) (22 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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(...) Firstly, I'll qualify my response by saying I haven't actaully seen the new colours yet. I expect it'll be a few more weeks before the '04 sets reach our shores. My concern is that the change to me seems a bit pointless. The pertinent question (...) (22 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) I'm not quite sure if this is really the case. In Denmark our VAT (its called MOMS here) have been 25% on all sales, all commodities since before we joined the EEC in 1972, and it still is. It is used as a part of the state finances together (...) (22 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Jake- Brave man, you, broaching this, and I appreciate it a great deal. I made my feelings understood in the informational bit regarding the restructuring moves, but I'll put it here again for reference. As with so many things, our criticism (...) (22 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general) !
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Hi Jake, I haven't actually seen the new colors yet; my buying has slowed down a lot in the last year or two, mostly driven by other factors rather than less interest. However, the new colors *have* contributed to my not buying any new sets yet this (...) (22 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX) !
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(...) I'll rescind the bit about health care, but there are still other services that VAT and other taxes pay for. Remember, we don't know what kind of taxes your retailers are paying. If they have to make up some of that burden on the retail price (...) (22 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Jake, As an AFOL, I feel the color change impacts me on a basic, root level. Parts will come and go, themes will come and go. The one constant, to me, was the 5 or 6 original colors of the product I grew up with. This is a change at the (...) (22 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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Calmly, and rationally.... It is my opinion that the new grays look more... uhmm... "mechanical", and although I'll admit it is absolutely _superb_ for modelling stuff that is supposed to be steel or some sort of metallic alloy, it won't cut it for (...) (22 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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Well personaly I like the new colors, yes, they may be annoying on the issue of people who invested alot in one color, but... The only issue i have, which Lego can't solve anyways, is, & has been, the naming of the colors on BrickLink, lol, come on, (...) (22 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) I don't like the new grays simply because they do not match my existing grays. Since I am primarily a Castle builder/collector, I have a substantial supply of OLD gray pieces (both light and dark). The new dark gray has too blue, but the new (...) (22 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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It's only a couple of weeks in the new year, and it looks like it's going to be an interesting 2004! I have a request, but before I go any further, let me say that personally, I understand the concerns surrounding the color changes. I know many of (...) (22 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX) !!
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(...) Oh, hey. Don't double-post -- crosspost instead. (22 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.general)
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I have a question, What are the benefits for someone if they are a LUGNET member as apposed to not being one and using this website? Can someone please answer my question? Erik Bush (22 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) You boys (and girls) over in the US and UK have got it easy - I'm in australia (yes, that little island down there) and getting well and truly fed up with Lego's inflated prices. $299 for a star destroyer is beautiful - in fact, If it cost (...) (22 years ago, 15-Jan-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Have a look at: (URL) (22 years ago, 14-Jan-04, to lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.town, lugnet.general, lugnet.promo, FTX)
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(...) It was known as "EEC" from 1957 until 1992, then "EC" until 1995 - so technically, you're correct: the "EU" isn't that old. :-) Is it possible that this is a mere coincidence? Before we joined the EEC we had a similar sales tax (with a (...) (22 years ago, 14-Jan-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) The apparent reason is the market. If the US buyers expect Lego to cost X, Lego can not charge too much over that because they will lose market shares. In EU the clones are not such a big threat (yet), so Lego can charge a bit more. Plain, (...) (22 years ago, 14-Jan-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Sure did! And that was only a little part of the fun we had, even though I didn't win the ULV competition (my non-lego-building wife did!). (...) Well, we don't have too much Lego (only Tobbe can build in 48x48 size), and this was our very (...) (22 years ago, 14-Jan-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.general, lugnet.org.scibrick, lugnet.space)
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(...) (URL) So what's the difference, excepting color and module size :-) -- Anders Isaksson, Sweden BlockCAD: (2 URLs) (22 years ago, 14-Jan-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.general, lugnet.org.scibrick, lugnet.space)
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(...) This is not strictly true, as we have had VAT in Sweden since the fifties, and EU is not that old :-) The VAT is a tax on sales, and the money drawn in can be used for anything by the government. OTOH, EU has regulated VAT for its member (...) (22 years ago, 14-Jan-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) To cut a long story short, VAT is not meant to fund healthcare. VAT is used for "financing" the EU and is redistributed in the form of (mainly) agricultural subsidies, but also the "convergency funds" that have allowed for infrastructural work (...) (22 years ago, 14-Jan-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Yes, that is my experience. For instance, the supermarket bill has the full price of every item, with the VAT percentage ahead of it. The total then has another line to say how much VAT is being paid. VAT can be returned if you're reselling (...) (22 years ago, 14-Jan-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Dear All, Recently I have received the following answer from LEGO: "Dear Mr. Schlei, We have no plans of discontinuing the production and sales of LEGO Mindstorms and LEGO Technic products. On the contrary, we consider these products core (...) (22 years ago, 14-Jan-04, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)
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The picture is to big, it only opens partly. When do people learn to resize their pictures? S Russell Clark <rclark@telis.org> wrote in message news:HrEBEH.Kzr@lugnet.com... (...) the (...) only (...) databases. (...) (22 years ago, 14-Jan-04, to lugnet.promo, lugnet.general, lugnet.org.us.baylug, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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In lugnet.general, Pedro Silva wrote: <snip> (...) I just came across this site: (URL) around here, and one finds that health care is paid for (I think my health plan co-pay just went up to $25 per visit, in addition to the premium taken out of my (...) (22 years ago, 14-Jan-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) That could go a long way to explaining your price differences. Government supported monopolies always charge higher prices because they can. Around here, the lower priced clones seem to get about equal shelf space, which exerts a significant (...) (22 years ago, 14-Jan-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Weeeeelll... Yes and No. It is basically a patent issue handled by a certain danish company that prevents clones and therefor competition in the european markets. If you violate the patents, the courts get involved, so if seen from a certain (...) (22 years ago, 14-Jan-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Well, if I take out the local sales tax of 16%, I still get a EUR 13.79 price tag, and even if the dollar would come up to parity again (where he does not belong, economically), it would still be more expensive. Chances are, that TLC will have (...) (22 years ago, 14-Jan-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) That's interesting. So, in the EU the tax is included in the price tag/sticker, but disclosed in the receipt? Things tend to be a bit more dynamic here in the US so that's not as easy to implement. The sales taxes actually vary from state to (...) (22 years ago, 14-Jan-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) The valuation of the Euro vs. the USD changes over time, and very few international companies ever vary their local list prices based on these fluctuations. At times in its brief history, the Euro has had parity with the dollar, and indeed was (...) (22 years ago, 14-Jan-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) with Mark that that isn't a Moonbase. (a tighter color scheme, or some "neighborhoods" could help too) However, to spin this into something positive I'd like to talk about the long discussed Micro Moonbase standard. Maybe we could even have a (...) (22 years ago, 14-Jan-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.general, lugnet.org.scibrick, lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) Hi! The Brand Stores like the one in Cologne, Germany, get the bricks for the Pick-A-Brick wall in boxes sized for about 1000 2x4. Loads of AFOLs asked to buy these boxes instead of filling the tubs, to no avail, as the store management is not (...) (22 years ago, 14-Jan-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Yes. Have a look at the pricetag on a large tub of LEGO in their Brand Stores. Cologne, Germany: EUR 15.99, i.e. with the Euro at $1.25 this is a whopping US$19.98 Solomon Pond Mall, Marlboro MA, USA: US$12.99 Same for allmost all sets. You (...) (22 years ago, 13-Jan-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Clarifying a bit: The tax you're referring to in the EU is VAT (Value-added tax), which is a percentage of every item you buy; it varies among countries and items, in my country it is currently 19% for LEGO - I would not be surprised if it (...) (22 years ago, 14-Jan-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: The Brickfest PDX Moonbase Build Up!
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(...) Ew, there's some Pooh on that table! (2 URLs) Tony Hafner (URL) www.hafhead.com> (22 years ago, 13-Jan-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.general, lugnet.org.scibrick, lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) As I already said, maybe I don't correctly understand the work electionneering, but what I meant was that I don't want people linking to my site with the express message to "vote for Mr. X". Of course, here on Lugnet as on other websites, I (...) (22 years ago, 13-Jan-04, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.general, FTX)
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Hello all, Here is a pair of images I've trimmed or composed featuring the three Clickits trademark/icon figures: (2 URLs) Just like most of their target audence the're desparatly trying to look more grown-up than they realy are :-) I actualy do (...) (22 years ago, 13-Jan-04, to lugnet.clikits, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Then there is certainly a problem. I have often seen posts in specific forums urging people to vote for a fig in their particular theme. You almost encourage that yourself by posting to the different Lunet newsgroups saying "these figs from (...) (22 years ago, 13-Jan-04, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: The Brickfest PDX Moonbase Build Up!
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(...) This is what a moonbase looks like, right here: (URL) -Grand Admiral .space Curator (URL) P.S. Help! I'm trapped in an 3vil petting zoo! (22 years ago, 13-Jan-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.general, lugnet.org.scibrick, lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) In fact, we built a moonbase with 64 modules at the latest meeting of Swedish Lego Nuts, but that was cheating as we used my half-scale standard (16x16 modules): (URL) Isaksson, Sweden BlockCAD: (2 URLs) (22 years ago, 13-Jan-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.general, lugnet.org.scibrick, lugnet.space)
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| | Re: test
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(...) they all seem to work well but they are a little jumpy (22 years ago, 13-Jan-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Lego's in Mass Bulk?
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(...) Sure it probably WOULD be possible for TLC to product 1000 piece bags of individual parts. And it might cost less to do than ten 100 piece units. However, VERY few buyers would be interested in 1000 of something as compared to a much greater (...) (22 years ago, 13-Jan-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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| | Part number for old style 1x2 hinge
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I am doing an inventory of my loose parts and cannot find the part number or the description of the following part: 1x2 hinge plate, a lot like the 2 and 3 fingered hinge plates, but with only two end fingers on the recieving plate and one thick (...) (22 years ago, 13-Jan-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.cad)
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| | Re: set 7221
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(...) See (URL) for more info. I didn't go to an AMC theater during the holidays, dang it! James Wilson Dallas, TX (22 years ago, 13-Jan-04, to lugnet.promo, lugnet.general, lugnet.org.us.baylug, lugnet.loc.us.ca.sf)
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(URL) this is a test for a pic? if it didnt work what am i doing wrong? (22 years ago, 13-Jan-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | LEGO on NPR's "The Connection"
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Today's (Jan 13, 2004) second hour description is: For the Love of Lego The joy of the toy. After suffering record losses, the Danish toy maker Lego announced it is abandoning newfangled marketing strategies and returning to its mission of producing (...) (22 years ago, 13-Jan-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.mediawatch)
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| | Lego's in Mass Bulk?
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Hi All, I was just thinking...Is it possible for TLC to produce and sell lego sets in mass bulk (over 1000 pcs of the same type in a contaner) and print a catalog maybe even every 3 to 4 months with only these sets/part bags in it? If TLC sold parts (...) (22 years ago, 13-Jan-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Lego prices?
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(...) When one adds in the (URL) very weak dollar>(1), there is a real mismatch with prices right now. This is also partly due to tax (which pays for the public services our American friends don't value as we do), but also due to our willingness to (...) (22 years ago, 13-Jan-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: HELLO?!, LEGO CO. ! was: Will the educational arm of Technic & Mindstorms continue?
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Lego haven't said they are dropping it. Some journalist suffering from premature extrapolation decided thats what Lego's original statement meant. (22 years ago, 13-Jan-04, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.general, lugnet.technic)
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| | Re: MHoF : Harry Cane might be disqualified
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"James Wilson" <wilson_j_s@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:HrEB4q.Iow@lugnet.com... (...) You'd loose that bet. A brief scan of the members country page tells us over 800 members are non US (compared to around 1500 US), and bearing in mind the site (...) (22 years ago, 13-Jan-04, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.general)
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| | How'd I do?
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Hey Pirate guys! I'm working on a new article for Classic-Castle.com - Volume 2 of my Torso Sticker article. This new article will include mainly non-castle torso designs and their variations, but designs that are still very usable in a castle (...) (22 years ago, 13-Jan-04, to lugnet.pirates, lugnet.general, lugnet.castle, FTX)
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Well, I would gladly encourage people to talk about the election of the MHoF and the candidates. I've posted many messages here to let people know about it and I am glad to see referrers to my site that I had never heard of before, some from Japan, (...) (22 years ago, 13-Jan-04, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: The Brickfest PDX Moonbase Build Up!
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(...) I'm working on at least one module for PDX, in conjunction with Mark Sandlin and 3vil. First con, first moonbase. Should be fun :) --Ryan (22 years ago, 13-Jan-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.general, lugnet.org.scibrick, lugnet.space, FTX)
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(...) But if you like big modules: (2 URLs) j o n (URL) zemi.net> (URL) moonbase> (22 years ago, 13-Jan-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.general, lugnet.org.scibrick, lugnet.space, FTX)
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| | The Brickfest PDX Moonbase Build Up!
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You have about a month to get your Moonbase Modules ready. If you are coming to the Fest, bring a Module! Remember that the standard was changed last summer to rase corridors by 2 bricks. Check out the website for more info: (URL) still need to work (...) (22 years ago, 13-Jan-04, to lugnet.events.brickfest, lugnet.general, lugnet.org.scibrick, lugnet.space) !!
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| | Re: MHoF : Harry Cane might be disqualified
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(...) Terry, Sorry - I re-read my last post and it came off a bit, er, grouchy... Bad day at work. But, the point was, A, this (Lego hobby, MHoF, etc) is all in fun, and B, people on LUGNet are going to lobby, electioneer, whatever you want to call (...) (22 years ago, 13-Jan-04, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Has the 4400 tub been discontinued?
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Fred Meyer sold these before Christmas. Some stores may still have some left. Rosemary "Bryan Kinkel" <helpdesk@loseyourmind.com> wrote in message news:HrDxH8.226K@lugnet.com... (...) (URL) (...) (22 years ago, 13-Jan-04, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
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Hi All, I was just thinking...Is it possible for TLC to produce and sell lego sets in mass bulk (over 1000 pcs of the same type in a contaner) and print a catalog maybe even every 3 to 4 months with only these sets/part bags in it? If TLC sold parts (...) (22 years ago, 13-Jan-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Since you don't live in the US, you probably don't know that Qwest is a fairly large ISP. This means that the person abusing your voting system is probably a customer of Qwest. Another quick search yielded this email address to thier abuse (...) (22 years ago, 13-Jan-04, to lugnet.adventurers, lugnet.general)
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