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Some more bad news...couple weeks ago before the CEO of LEGO step down. LEGO®, Carrefour in French Price-Fix Probe Oct. 8, 2004 FORBES (associated press) French competition authorities are investigating Danish toy maker LEGO Systems AS and (...) (22 years ago, 24-Oct-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Announcing X-Pod World
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"Allan Bedford" <AllanBedford-DELETE...otome.com> wrote in message news:I61J2z.1nC4@lugnet.com... (...) Thanks Allan! For starters why not go out with yours and photograph against something local to you in Canada! Huw (22 years ago, 23-Oct-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Are *we* part of TLG's problem?
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(...) I've been wondering about this for a while. I've played with LEGO my whole life, but I didn't get my first Legoland set (Space Dart I Value Pack from 1984) until my 7th birthday. It wasn't until 1986 when I was 9 years old that I really got (...) (22 years ago, 24-Oct-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Are *we* part of TLG's problem?
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(...) I agree. It's the "Kool Kids" culture that Madison Avenue advertising (can you say "low-carb food") and Hollywood (TV/Movies) propogate. No wonder the rest of the world hates the USA (well that and our current president). But I don't think (...) (22 years ago, 24-Oct-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Are *we* part of TLG's problem?
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(...) All good points! And while we (AFOL) might be contributing to the overall problem like you show we are a small percentage of the problem. AFOLs for all their wallet power (AKA $$$) are only a very tiny fraction of the total sales of LEGO. The (...) (22 years ago, 24-Oct-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Lugnet, Peeron, Brickshelf, Bricklink in upcoming Lego CD
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(...) What about the sterling silver and white metal Krana-Kal? The silver version is far less common, and use a slightly altered mold with rounded tips at the upper end of the mask. The white metal (think gaming miniatures) version was produced in (...) (22 years ago, 23-Oct-04, to lugnet.general)
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I've been reading the recent articles about The Lego Group's financial problems. Its sad to see a company with a long history of good practices in trouble. But, it has occurred to me that we AFOL's might be part of the problem. What do we do? Well, (...) (22 years ago, 23-Oct-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | Lugnet, Peeron, Brickshelf, Bricklink in upcoming Lego CD
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As part of the Lego CD that I (and my helpers) are still working on, I wanted to add a chapter about the major AFOL Lego sites. This chapter would talk about Lugnet, Peeron, Brickshelf and Bricklink (as well as a few others such as 1000steine). I (...) (22 years ago, 23-Oct-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.announce)
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| | Re: SWEDISH TOWN PLAN BOARD (was Re: New (Old) Town Plan sets discovered.)
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(...) Thanks Anders, It really is an interesting story! Boy did I get the year wrong on that one. But I was basing that on my memory from something I read a few years ago. Well, at least we know that they made the Swedish Town Plan board #200 until (...) (22 years ago, 23-Oct-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: 4679 tub in old grey?!
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(...) In the two 4679 tubs I purchased, everything in the tubs was in old colors. The only new colors I got were a couple of new dark grey (URL) teeth plates> in both of the bonus boxes. Marc Nelson Jr. (22 years ago, 23-Oct-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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