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(...) Well, I still don't see why they shouldn't equalize the playing field...If they can afford to be selling the sets at $X in North America, then why don't they try and INCREASE sales by selling sets at this price EVERYWHERE. After all, Megabloks (...) (22 years ago, 28-May-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: So TLC can build and sell decent sets if they really want to...
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(...) Possibly. However I've been burned by that before. :-) Ben made up some parts in colors never before done using spray paint as part of his big spoof, IIRC. (22 years ago, 28-May-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: minifig guitar, how to make?
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(...) (URL) one of my fav designs done by nathan wells -lenny (22 years ago, 27-May-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) (URL) BRICKENROCKERS REWL, DEWD!!> (22 years ago, 27-May-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Well, it's a little large, but I've made a cello: (URL) You might be able to modify it to be more guitar-like. (22 years ago, 27-May-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: teachhing Lego Class -- Need Syllabus Help
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Hey Paul, It sounds like fun. Check out these Dacta sets: (URL) seem like the sort of thing you might be looking for. There are instructions for simple machines that teach kids about different mechanical principals--gears, levers etc. Hey, I just (...) (22 years ago, 27-May-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) If I don't make a mistake, the door is a black 'Door 1 x 4 x 5 with 6 Panes' (73312) According to peeron, this door doesn't exist in black (URL) could be a sign that this set is not a fake. -- Erik / brickerik (22 years ago, 27-May-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) the students are Ages 7-9 (15 kids) I've got a general idea of what I want to do, I'm just looking for lots of ideas and then I can parse them and compare to what I think already. I'll probably call PITSCO's free syllabus help line, and lego (...) (22 years ago, 27-May-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: deutsch LUG?
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(...) Du kannst ja von 15:00 bis 19:00 kostenlos auf 1000Steine.de posten. Aber dein Hobby sollte dir schon etwas Wert sein und 1 EUR pro Monat ist doch wohl nicht viel oder? (...) Für lau? Und wer bezahlt den Server/Homepage, du etwa? Da kannste (...) (22 years ago, 27-May-04, to lugnet.loc.de, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.de.by.mue)
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Es heiss 100steine.de und fgltc... i hob koa zuag net und 1000steine ist VIIIIIIEL ZUU kommerziell (naja ,aber da heisst es geld...mitgliedsbeitrag...). Mit offen hab' ich gemeint: jeder darf rein, kostenlos, konfessionslos ;)... Man koennte sich (...) (22 years ago, 27-May-04, to lugnet.loc.de, lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.de.by.mue)
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| | Re: New Product Announcement - 10152
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(...) I'd encourage this subthread to migrate away from the current groups and into off-topic.debate if it goes too much further into comparative analysis of countries... I XFUT there already. (22 years ago, 27-May-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) And all this doesn't take into account other taxes Americans pay yearly. * personal property tax * vehicle tax * sin tax (cigs, alcohol, and other "non-necessary things) * gasoline tax (30-40 cents per gallon?) * Medicaire (not a tax) * Social (...) (22 years ago, 27-May-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.general)
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(...) Add Czech Republic to the list. I wrote a small script to recompute the czech MSRP (price / 1.19 / 27 ) = 19% is the tax, 27 Kc per 1 US dollar. Then I divided czech price by US MSRP price and got: 1.00-1.20x = Orient Expedition, Belvile, (...) (22 years ago, 27-May-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.general)
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<snip> (...) Benjamin, I believe that the answer is (at least) twofold: 1. LEGO's way of setting prices for different markets is very complex (I believe that Jake has stated this before), and the price only partially depends on what the given market (...) (22 years ago, 27-May-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.general)
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(...) First, it's unclear if you are teaching adults how to teach children, or if you are teaching children? In either case, the below gives some ideas (I hope). I've been teaching (or trying to teach) Lego robotics for two years now to 5-12 year (...) (22 years ago, 27-May-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) What I was actually referring to was more along the lines of 200x sets arriving in stores in the US in November 200x-1 while to the rest of the world it is a 200x release date. [Out of curiosity: 1) is it now officially a 200x-1 set as it was (...) (22 years ago, 27-May-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.general)
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(...) Well I have actually noticed that although new products may show up on NA S@H first, often they start shipping to Europe before NA, as was the case with the Maersk ship. Still doesn't explain the price discrepancies though. ROSCO (22 years ago, 27-May-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.general)
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(...) I was wondeing...how do LEGO work out their prices? By my calculation, 10152 is being sold at the following: $74.99 US is roughly $105 AUS £54.99 is roughly $140 Aus EURO 79,99 is roughly $136 AUS $144.95 AUS (About 30% higher outside North (...) (22 years ago, 27-May-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.loc.au, lugnet.general)
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| | The Skrylitch - Technic Mecha
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(URL) The Skrylitch> - Technic Mecha (URL) Enojy! (URL) e (cross posted to .general, because I would like to hear feedback from other builders and Lugnetter's) (22 years ago, 27-May-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.technic, lugnet.general, FTX) !
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(...) Well (URL) this site> only has electrics, but you might get some ideas. ROSCO (22 years ago, 27-May-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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