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(...) You say many good things, but I believe that this is a stretch. When a store decides to carry LEGO products, they make their best guess how much they can sell. This is typically called 'up front buying' and can happen many months in advance (...) (22 years ago, 24-Oct-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Ahhh, Same here. Thanks much for your help. God Bless, Nathan (22 years ago, 24-Oct-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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"Allan Bedford" <AllanBedford-DELETE...otome.com> wrote in message news:I63DLw.q0n@lugnet.com... (...) Thanks... a neat pic! (...) Exactly! Huw (22 years ago, 24-Oct-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Done. :) It's not much, but it's a start. And it was fun to do... which I suspect is half the point of doing it anyway. :) I don't travel much, so I suspect future pictures I take will also be in Ontario, but we do have some beautiful (...) (22 years ago, 24-Oct-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Excellent idea! It will be very interesting to see where the X-Pods go, like an X-Pods guide to the galaxy :-) A travelling X-Pod can certainly provide more action and variation to the image than an i-pod can. Olof (22 years ago, 24-Oct-04, to lugnet.general)
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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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"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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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(...) 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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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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(...) 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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(...) 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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Hi all, I'm sure this has been covered but if someone would be kind enough to tell me: Did all the 4679 tubs ship with old grey IN the tub part?? I know the 500 elements were in old colours but what about the inside. I have bought 12 and so far and (...) (22 years ago, 23-Oct-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) -snipped- Here's the latest- (URL) (22 years ago, 23-Oct-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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(...) Great idea! And a nice easy-to-use site to match. I will be interested to see where pictures get taken. Best regards, Allan B. (22 years ago, 23-Oct-04, to lugnet.general)
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Earlier in the year I was invited to Billund to meet the creative director of the Designer (and other) product lines to hear about an idea he had for a website. The idea was simple: X-Pods are great for taking LEGO with you wherever you go, so (...) (22 years ago, 23-Oct-04, to lugnet.announce, lugnet.general) !!
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(...) In fact it was September the 3:rd, 1967, 05.00AM (Sunday morning). I was only 13 then, so I wasn't allowed to be up at that time of day, but I remember getting out my bicycle as soon as I woke up later in the morning. In 1955 there was a (...) (22 years ago, 23-Oct-04, to lugnet.general)
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