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In lugnet.lego, David Eaton wrote: SNIP (...) surprise-overpaid upper mananagement cutting labor to save costs. we can still have the best product without keeping the perception that more management is better. Jeff (22 years ago, 23-Oct-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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I appologize for replying to my own post, but my newsreader didn't x-post to all the newsgroups that this thread was reaching : ( (...) (22 years ago, 22-Oct-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.space, lugnet.castle, lugnet.build.mecha)
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(...) (URL), when 161 waged production workers in Billund were laid off, and 1500 was the number cited as being employed in the affected departments. (URL), when 43 administrators were in Billund were laid off, and 2000 was the number cited as being (...) (22 years ago, 22-Oct-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Lugnet Member Data (was: Re: Lego changes CEO after new losses)
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I made some quick calculations on these numbers (population numbers taken from (URL) and rounded to half millions), and it seems Denmark and Netherlands have the most number of lugnet members/population (Countries with small populations and 1-2 (...) (22 years ago, 22-Oct-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Although that may be your observations, in the time that I have been with LEGO Brand Retail, PaB cups have been top sellers in many stores nearly every week. I know that at Tyson's Corner, there are some bins that we are always refilling. (...) (22 years ago, 22-Oct-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) I've worked with China before. I hate dealing with them. They wanted me to do all this work, then trying to get paid was like squeezing blood from a stone. Took me six months to get paid. Chinese people are smart--but I have found a rather (...) (22 years ago, 22-Oct-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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(...) Yeah, it does admittedly sound low to me-- where are you getting the cite? Of course, I guess I also didn't include packaging and shipment, either-- and that's not necessarily just the "final" packaging, but shipping to other areas to be (...) (22 years ago, 22-Oct-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Yeah, well, the joke stopped being funny about three years ago. About the time when they had to start up an entirely new production line just to keep up with consumer demand for BIONICLE product (don't worry, they upped the price on Toa by a (...) (22 years ago, 22-Oct-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) 2x4 bricks are in 8-part molds, yes. I'd venture a guess that 1x1 molds produce more parts per shot, and that some really large parts might even be single-part shots. Now that's all because you want to use the full volume capacity of the (...) (22 years ago, 22-Oct-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) I'd have to agree there. (...) That's possibly a big problem with their location. Firstly, they're in California, one of the two biggest concentrations of amusement parks in the nation, along with FloriDisney World. Secondly, they're not right (...) (22 years ago, 22-Oct-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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(...) I would agree here. Maybe they are looking to take advantage of a newer, cheaper ABS supply? Is there a tax write-off in Denmark for relocation expenses like these? Its gotta cost a pretty penny to move the stuff. Jeff (22 years ago, 22-Oct-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Any true apology would be coupled with an effort to correct what you did wrong. I have asked you privately to cancel that post, and now I ask you publically. Situations like this continue to hurt the prestige and appearance of SciBrick by (...) (22 years ago, 22-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.scibrick, lugnet.general, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, lugnet.castle, FTX)
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(...) So, are you saying that only irrational actors read .aquazone ? :-) (...) That's exactly my point. I believe there is an interest in the topic - regardless of "theme". As Larry indicated, time will tell. (...) Doesn't that apply to any (...) (22 years ago, 22-Oct-04, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Is the article off-base, or just not specific? I mean, it sounds completely accurate to me. Most kids who grew up in the 70's and 80's in the US (who are becoming parents now) had some experience with Lego. As a kid, almost everyone I knew had (...) (22 years ago, 22-Oct-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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(...) I've spent a lot of time at Pick-A-Bricks (LLCA, DDT Anaheim, Glendale Galleria) and my observations suggest they are great for us, but not the average customer. My eperiences is that the average visitor says "wow" when they see all the items, (...) (22 years ago, 22-Oct-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) I don't know. It would nice to have one closer to Detroit, but there's also the overhead of operating a bunch of physical stores. What are people's impressions as to the success of these new stores? I do think that PAB is a nice low investment (...) (22 years ago, 22-Oct-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Here's an overview of the MB display at my local TRU: (URL) (22 years ago, 22-Oct-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Supposedly, it's around 7 seconds to cool and eject a new element from the mold (obviously differs according to piece size, etc). So if you count injection time, it's probably around 10 seconds or so? And I believe the number of elements (...) (22 years ago, 22-Oct-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) I'll have to agree with this as well. It wouldn't be so bad if each store had ONE, but there seem to be 4 or 5 of them all in a row, all at eye level. Does seem to eat up a lot of shelf space. MegaBloks also had 4 or 5 of them, although not as (...) (22 years ago, 22-Oct-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) I thought this part of the article was completely off base: Dennis Speigel, president of International Theme Park Services, a consulting firm, said Legoland has a high-quality product but it appeals to a limited segment of the population: (...) (22 years ago, 22-Oct-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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