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(...) OK, I filled out the survey honestly, thanks for the chance to input again. But where _can_ we make a statement about color change that might help the AFOL position. I have already called Customer Service and mailed a long letter to Susan (...) (22 years ago, 17-Mar-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: KKK described latest restructuring as "last chance" for Lego in FT article
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(...) Indeed. A WM toy dept manager I know, told me about an encounter between her and a LEGO rep... Rep: I want to take all that LEGO product down off the riser and replace this (other-branded) stuff with it. WM-TM: ahhh... you don't sign my (...) (22 years ago, 17-Mar-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) April is the official rollout, and that's generally the best you'll hear until your eyes tell you otherwise (I bought the TECHNIC R2-D2 two weeks before the official release month, and when I called Consumer Affairs to get an incorrectly (...) (22 years ago, 17-Mar-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) It's not as difficult as it sounds. Well, assuming your recycled material maintains a consistent color (clearly, that's not happening). Plastic colors are minutely fine-tuned, so as long as you know the specific color of the batch (a lot less (...) (22 years ago, 16-Mar-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) First of all, they don't go after LEGO fans for simply using the word on their website. They go after them for illegally using a trademarked word in their domain name, and rightly so. Use of a trademark within the domain name implies that the (...) (22 years ago, 16-Mar-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Actually, Kmart is worse. In the stores I visit, the few Lego sets are interspersed among the vast quantities of MegaBloks, BTR, and K'nex. Not just on the same shelf, but with the competition above and below Lego product, and sometimes on (...) (22 years ago, 17-Mar-04, to lugnet.general)
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I would like to respectfully request that when posting, don't refer to Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen as "KKK." Thanks (22 years ago, 17-Mar-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Excellent, I can make labels for those parts that Jeff Boen didn't make. How does Parts Catalog detect the LDraw directory? Maybe I missed something in the program but I had to manually edit the PartsCat.ini file in order for Parts Catalog to (...) (22 years ago, 17-Mar-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.storage, lugnet.db.inv, lugnet.inv)
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"Allan Bedford" <ExpertBuilder-DELET...otome.com> wrote in message news:Hup0CC.16w4@lugnet.com... [ ... snipped ... ] (...) stock. So (...) things. (...) that has (...) I brought a couple of these (the red one and greenone) home from the LEGO Store (...) (22 years ago, 17-Mar-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) make Onyx-style labels, but it seems to have disappeared. I'll have to use this this weekend (when I visit my parents, they-who-have-a-printer). There are some additional features that would be nice: The ability to customize each label (...) (22 years ago, 17-Mar-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.storage, lugnet.db.inv, lugnet.inv, FTX)
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(...) I've noticed the same thing. I generally take a minute to spread the offending material as far as possible from the good stuff, so it's clear what's what, but it's a losing proposition in the long run, since it gets mixed up before I leave the (...) (22 years ago, 17-Mar-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Since TLG is family owned, I would presume that this is referring to whomever TLG has lines of credit with (banks, etc). What happens in DK... is bankruptcy there at all like the US ? (peering over the edge into the abyss) (...) (22 years ago, 17-Mar-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) You're not alone. The TRU stores in the Vancouver area (BC, Canada) are like that too. LEGO used to take up one entire aisle, but now their space has decreased to about 50% with the remaining space being taken up by Megabloks or Best Lock! (...) (22 years ago, 16-Mar-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I've been bugging stores in my area to find out when these will be in stock. So far I'm being told April at the earliest. I am giddy about these little things. They just look like so much fun. Am I crazy to think that kids will appreciate not (...) (22 years ago, 16-Mar-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
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| | Re: KKK described latest restructuring as "last chance" for Lego in FT article
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(...) TLG needs a better Lego police force. Here in upstate New York, my local North Utica Walmart has both Lego and megabloks sets on the shelves. The thing is, unlike a year ago, when there was a clear distinction between an aisle of Lego sets and (...) (22 years ago, 16-Mar-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Go up (to (URL) )and you'll see that the owner of that page doesn't give credit to much of ANYTHING he has in his collection of links/images. That doesn't make it right (far from it) but at least BPS isn't being singled out. ++Lar (22 years ago, 16-Mar-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build.ancient)
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(...) This is something I've been debating about. The only 2004 sets I've bought so far are the x-pods. They are just way too cool to pass up, new color or no. I have not integrated them into the rest of my collection though. I've kind of started a (...) (22 years ago, 16-Mar-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) (URL) as far as I can see, any attribution of credit. Bruce (22 years ago, 16-Mar-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.build.ancient)
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| | Re: KKK described latest restructuring as "last chance" for Lego in FT article
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(...) This is what I think is happening here: Even though MB has nowhere near the quality of product as Lego, they have improved somewhat over the years. At the same time, there has been a perception among Lego fans that Lego quality has been (...) (22 years ago, 16-Mar-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | Parts Catalog 0.0.37 can now make labels
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Parts Catalog 0.0.37 can now make labels for your part bins. i just finished adding label printing to Parts Catalog. Incase you don't know Parts Catalog is a program used to make inventories. it imports and exports lots of different formats and is (...) (22 years ago, 16-Mar-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.storage, lugnet.db.inv, lugnet.inv)
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