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(...) OK Clark, Here we go..... (...) Yes, the white/off white inner boxes are of parts packs from 1955-59. The black inner boxes are 1960-62. The full color with flap and no inner box (tray) are from 1963-65. The monochromatic blue boxes are from (...) (22 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Gary, Thanks for the pictures and information. There is an interesting variety to these boxes: (URL) have a few questions: 1) Most of the boxes are colored sleeves that surround a white or black box with mono-colored graphics. But I've seen (...) (22 years ago, 28-Oct-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) It was when they juniorized the palm trees. In my mind, that's hard to top. - Mike (22 years ago, 27-Oct-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Hmm.. Is there any "truly" redundant brick in that respect? There's 1x1x5's which have a big hollow in them, usable for SOME things that a stack of 1x1 brick couldn't do (not to mention the hollow stud on the top). And IIRC the 1x2x2 brick (...) (22 years ago, 27-Oct-04, to lugnet.general)
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Eric Strand wrote in message ... (...) Aha! BUT, you can't put a technic pin up inside a stack of 1x1 plates like you can a 1x1 brick, so they are not functionally identical :-) Kevin ---...--- Farmhouse kit: (URL) TOWN PLANNING information: (URL) (...) (22 years ago, 27-Oct-04, to lugnet.general)
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Is there anybody out there...? Well, wrong album, however. Last night in the chat at 1000steine.de we chatted about this and that, it went from "Dark Side Of The Spoon" (Ministry) over "Atom Heart Mother" to "Battersea Power Station". I researched a (...) (22 years ago, 27-Oct-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build.microscale, lugnet.build, lugnet.town, FTX) !!
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EBAY recently had some German seller selling a lot of 50's and 60's Lego parts and spare parts boxes. Here is a nice picture (go to the larger picture below) of Lego spare parts boxes from 1955-59. (URL) 2 boxes in the bottom row are from 1955-56. (...) (22 years ago, 27-Oct-04, to lugnet.general)
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Reminds me of the Simpsons seen on the underground escalator at Legoland Windsor. "Nathan Todd" <njt@london.com> wrote in message news:I5uM2M.1oD4@lugnet.com... (...) I got (...) amongst the (...) the (...) continuing (...) (22 years ago, 25-Oct-04, to lugnet.general)
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Visit the De Bouwsteen-site, organizer for the builders,collectors and volunteers of LEGO®WORLD. (URL) I was looking through the galleries of images from Zwolle, there are some (...) You misssing a lot;-) (...) Its a 1:100 scale model of the new (...) (22 years ago, 25-Oct-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.nl, FTX)
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Sorry about those I missed! (URL) Natha> (URL) donadvance> (URL) wimpie99> (URL) pirrelli> (URL) Markassius> (URL) Brickbuilder> Tim (22 years ago, 25-Oct-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.nl, FTX)
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I was looking through the galleries of images from Zwolle, there are some great MOCs pictured there. Can anyone give a report on the show, apologies if I have missed one. Galleries (that I have found so far) (URL) AndreasTretbar> (URL) Tweety501> (...) (22 years ago, 25-Oct-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.nl, FTX)
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(...) After all this here's an article from Friday's union Tribune. Some speculation on who could buy LLCA. etc. (URL) (22 years ago, 25-Oct-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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(...) Excellent (and very funny!) observation. Eric (22 years ago, 25-Oct-04, to lugnet.general)
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1x1 brick. Can easily be made with 3 1x1 plates. :-) James Wilson Dallas, TX (22 years ago, 25-Oct-04, to lugnet.general)
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Has anyone tred using a more powerful battery pack in the Dirt Crusher. it ships with a 7.2V 1400 mAh unit, but as this is a standard RC pack, you can get lots of more powerful ones for not a lot. I've seen one that holds 3500 mAh. Has anyone tried (...) (22 years ago, 25-Oct-04, to lugnet.general)
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| | Re: MADE IN CHINA?!?!!?!?! that's IT Lego Re: Lego changes CEO...
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I wonder if LEGO has considered how that would affect prices in various countries. For example in Canada LEGO is duty free since Denmark is considered a preferred trading partner, but I am not sure on the situation with China, will see if I can find (...) (22 years ago, 25-Oct-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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(...) The key words to search for are "ALPS printer" and "Hammermill" See these: (URL) went out and bought the ink jet transparencies on James Mathis' advice. They were fun and messy to print, and then the hard part started. Cutting the stickers (...) (22 years ago, 25-Oct-04, to lugnet.general)
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All, HELP! I've tried to track down through searching the database info/posts on how to make stickers for a special project I'm trying for my kids. Some useful stuff, but haven't found exactly what I need. Questions are: - What's the best material (...) (22 years ago, 25-Oct-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I don't believe that's true. LEGO targets the yound children with "cool" products that are all fresh and new. Most kids would rather have the newest theme than an old set they saw in a catalog a year ago. And if these kids wanted these sets in (...) (22 years ago, 24-Oct-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I used to think the same, until I came to build the drawbridge mechanism. (URL) stack of five 1x2 bricks has 4 more "ridges" than a single 1x2x5 brick which puts just enough extra friction on the beam that it will not fall under gravity. So (...) (22 years ago, 24-Oct-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Hi Gary, if you stack 5 bricks together it will not be quite stably, so the 5 high bricks make a sence for me. But i cannot see any sence in this two bricks: (URL) and (URL) Specially if you stack 3 2x2 bricks together it will be very stably, (...) (22 years ago, 24-Oct-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) How about (URL) 'Panel Double Wall 3 x 6 x 6' It appears in one set (apart from a brief Dacta appearance) and whilst its a handy part to have, the function it performs in the only set it is in could equally well be done by 2 of these (URL) (...) (22 years ago, 24-Oct-04, to lugnet.general)
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Do you ever wonder sometimes why Lego developed some particular part and say to yourself "what were they thinking?". The one piece that comes to my mind is the 1x4x2 arch. I mean it is virtually identical to the 1x4 arch plus two 1x1 bricks attached (...) (22 years ago, 24-Oct-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) A lot of you do that, but a lot of us still buy new sets at new set prices (okay, I'm guilty of taking advantage of a few conveniently timed sales to pick up brand-new releases at 20% off a few times, but...). Besides, once a store buys the (...) (22 years ago, 24-Oct-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Okay... They will be using the same molds so part quality should remain similar. (This says nothing for color consistency or actually getting the right parts in each bag/box) They probably won't save much money because they've often said that (...) (22 years ago, 24-Oct-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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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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| | 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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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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(...) 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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| | Re: Lego changes CEO after new losses
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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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| | Re: SWEDISH TOWN PLAN BOARD (was Re: New (Old) Town Plan sets discovered.)
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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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(murfl) (22 years ago, 23-Oct-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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(...) Well I just found out why this board is different. Kurt Richter, a German collector friend (who is also helping with the Lego CD) told me today that this was the Swedish Town Plan board. It seems that in Sweden they were driving on the left (...) (22 years ago, 23-Oct-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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First a possible move to china! …Now the chance of a takeover? WoW, the future of our beloved brick should certainly be interesting... Astoundedly, --==Richard==-- (...) (22 years ago, 23-Oct-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2005, FTX)
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Toy maker to divest four parks including the one in Carlsbad Struggling to regain its financial footing, toy maker LEGO® Company said Thursday that it plans to transfer its LEGOLAND parks, including the one in Carlsbad, to a separate company as the (...) (22 years ago, 23-Oct-04, to lugnet.general, FTX) !
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| | Re: MADE IN CHINA?!?!!?!?! that's IT Lego Re: Lego changes CEO...
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(...) It's really easy to look at it that way, but the evidence suggests otherwise. I cited a few press releases (URL) elsewhere> in this thread, most of which dealt with layoffs. Within a month of announcing 161 production layoffs last year in (...) (22 years ago, 23-Oct-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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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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| | Re: MADE IN CHINA?!?!!?!?! that's IT Lego Re: Lego changes CEO...
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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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| | Re: MADE IN CHINA?!?!!?!?! that's IT Lego Re: Lego changes CEO...
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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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| | Re: A Day in the Life (was:Re: Lego changes CEO after new losses_
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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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| | Re: MADE IN CHINA?!?!!?!?! that's IT Lego Re: Lego changes CEO...
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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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| | Re: Request for .vignette group
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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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| | Re: Lego changes CEO after new losses
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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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| | Re: Lego changes CEO after new losses
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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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| | Re: Lego changes CEO after new losses
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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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| | Re: New LEGO displays at TRU
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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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| | Re: MADE IN CHINA?!?!!?!?! that's IT Lego Re: Lego changes CEO...
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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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| | Re: New LEGO displays at TRU
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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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| | Re: Lego changes CEO after new losses
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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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| | Re: Lego changes CEO after new losses
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(...) I think they'd have better spent the money on LEGO stores throughought the US. I think stores where you can "pick a brick" would do much to increase sales. More widespread "pick a brick" sales could be part of an overall strategy to make TLC (...) (22 years ago, 22-Oct-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: A Day in the Life (was:Re: Lego changes CEO after new losses_
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(...) Well, I meant that as a joke. I am aware that Bionicle is extremely sucessful. But your post did get me to thinking. Bionicle is such a strong brand by itself that as long as TLC is looking to sell properties to (I assume) raise (...) (22 years ago, 22-Oct-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: Lego changes CEO after new losses
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(...) Local news has gotten the story- (URL) (22 years ago, 22-Oct-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: MADE IN CHINA?!?!!?!?! that's IT Lego Re: Lego changes CEO...
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(...) I would like to see exactly how much more expensive per anum to make the stuff in Denmark than it is to make it in China. And what the extra expense is going towards (taxes? wages? electricity costs? what?) (22 years ago, 22-Oct-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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| | What is the fun here?
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on this picture? (URL) is Hungarian... S (22 years ago, 22-Oct-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.loc.hu)
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| | Re: SciBrick is looking for you!
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(...) snip (...) *apologize LOL, always just slightly off, story of my life! Spell boy spell! e (22 years ago, 22-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.scibrick, lugnet.general, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: SciBrick is looking for you!
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(...) org, I posted a .txt file that has been sitting in my computer. Later I realized I had already posted the same (URL) message> a year ago. In the process I offended Lenny, and I apologoze for that. I felt the core reasons and goals for the (...) (22 years ago, 22-Oct-04, to lugnet.org.scibrick, lugnet.general, lugnet.build.mecha, lugnet.space, lugnet.castle, FTX)
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(...) I got so worked up that i forgot to sign my name at the bottom of this post! Oh, and just for Ka-On Lee, i only meant "labor intensive slave system" in terms relative to the developed western nations ideology towards humane treatment of (...) (22 years ago, 22-Oct-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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(...) Could some one clarify, didn't TLG plan-on, or already move some production/ warehouse facilities to Eastern Europe to cut-costs?!? Anyways, i'm betting quality standards will slip in China... (i know, this nation is making better products (...) (22 years ago, 22-Oct-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.year.2005)
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(...) That is some rather ignorant ranting. Why would you expect those single kids, spoiled by two parents and four grand parents, would be forced to work? And what is this "slave labor"? Some cold war garbage? Yes you really tick me off too. (22 years ago, 22-Oct-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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(...) Yup, it's a darn shame that he put money into a non-licensed product that so took the world by storm that while it was still fairly obscure it ranked as the top selling ACTION FIGURE line (beating Star Wars, Power Rangers, etc.), all by (...) (22 years ago, 22-Oct-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) That's right, those 12 people in the production facility are what led you to two consecutive years of heavy losses. I swear, this world is being ruined by the decisions of MBAs and accountants who have no natural talent for their occupation, (...) (22 years ago, 22-Oct-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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I sang to it, one of the best songs on Sgt. Pepper. --- Member 1893 (22 years ago, 22-Oct-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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(...) Actually, I don't think it will save them much at all. Sea transport will now be across the atlantic, they have built the factories in Hungary, have the ones in Bulland (sp), ect. Cost to run the actual factories is relatively low in terms of (...) (22 years ago, 22-Oct-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) As sad (wrong depending on how ones sees it) as it may sound that TLC is moving production to China it *IS* the way of this century. Expect to see a lot of this occuring for the rest of our lifetime! 1st world countries *CAN NOT* compete (...) (22 years ago, 22-Oct-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Re: MADE IN CHINA?!?!!?!?! that's IT Lego Re: Lego changes CEO...
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(...) I'm just shocked...I can't even begin to say what this means to me....other than I guess the market for old Lego collections will just continue to go through the roof. <sigh> When will it ever end? (22 years ago, 22-Oct-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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(...) Good one Thomas, That really cracked me up. Now I know I'm showing my age here, but I have to wonder, how many ppl actually sang that to themselves instead of reading it??? Apparently the creativity around here is not just limited to building. (...) (22 years ago, 22-Oct-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Lugnet Member Data (was: Re: Lego changes CEO after new losses)
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(...) Wow, I was surprised by the state breakdown. The top 6 states for Lugnet members are: California (278) Washington (98) Michigan (83) Texas (83) Massachusetts (76) Virginia (75) Gary Istok (22 years ago, 22-Oct-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Yes all that and now the possibity that MegaBlocks and Lego being made in the same manufacturing plant. They'll just take the better ones and put them in the "Lego" bin with the poorer ones going to the other knock offs. -Patrick (22 years ago, 22-Oct-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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(...) i read the news today, oh boy about a lego man who lost his job and though the news was rather sad well i just had to laugh i saw the photograph he blew his resources on bionicles while mega bloks had just released na-no a crowd on lugnet came (...) (22 years ago, 22-Oct-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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(...) It should be said that Eric officially resigned as a member of SciBrick shortly after BrickFest. His message is not endorsed, requested, or approved by the SciBrick leadership and does not necessarily have anything to do with official SciBrick (...) (22 years ago, 21-Oct-04, to lugnet.general)
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In lugnet.lego, Arne Lykke Nielsen wrote: Snip (...) Snip (...) well, i weathered the color change, & lego ultra-juniorization/B.U.R.P etc. garbage, but this might break it for me. Lego, you darn well better absolutely NOT use slave labor & (...) (22 years ago, 21-Oct-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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(...) Jake, Looking at the organizational chart, wouldn't "stepping up" be a more appropriate term, as he is leaving the CEO position but remaining Deputy Chairman? -Brian (22 years ago, 21-Oct-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) Saw them at my TRU. The drone I spoke to about them hated them because they ate up so much prime shelf space, and I have to agree. Adrian (22 years ago, 21-Oct-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Yes, I've noticed these kind of "aquarium cases" as well.. Very attractive; I like how they've incorporated the LEGO studs into the design. I'm thinking of reproducing one of them in *cough* wood. It would be a neat way to display built (...) (22 years ago, 21-Oct-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Interesting that you mention this, I was concidering an Ambasador Pass for myself this year, but now I'm not so sure it's worth it. I remember when Marine World was sold to Six Flags. It lost most it's charm and became a Magic Mtn clone. Mat (22 years ago, 21-Oct-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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| | Lugnet Member Data (was: Re: Lego changes CEO after new losses)
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(...) According to Lugnet membership statistics, your average AFOL is nearly halfway between 32 and 33, male, probably white (that's a guess rather than a stat), and living in California (ok, really just living in the USA). Of course the Lugnet data (...) (22 years ago, 21-Oct-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Follow-up: In the Danish TV News, in two interviews, the new CEO said, that most of the production would probably be moved to China (where Click-its and many parts are already made) and KKK said that the trouble for LEGO was that they had (...) (22 years ago, 21-Oct-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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(...) But does he LIKE the product, or is this just a job for him? Ditto the CFO... I have opined in the past that I wonder how many Danes view working at LEGO as just another job rather than as a passion.... Also, I have to say I was puzzled by (...) (22 years ago, 21-Oct-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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(...) I hope you're right, but the two top guys in TLC now have a combined 5 years experience with the company and it's all on the financial side. Spinning off the parks, or selling them outright, sounds ominous. It suggests a level of distress (...) (22 years ago, 21-Oct-04, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general, FTX)
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