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In lugnet.general, Michael Hall wrote: SNIP (...) I've noticed recently that a few of the nearby KB locations (in Baltimore/Central MD) have looked really empty. My guess is that these stores are on the chopping block for closure - although this has (...) (21 years ago, 28-Dec-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Oh, what the hay. I don't want to get any of the employees at the stores in trouble, because they are all really friendly and great people, but I will release the store name anyway. The assistant manager, who is my favorite, is leaving anyway. (...) (21 years ago, 28-Dec-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) For a while, they were sending lots of sets and I was buying a good deal of them. The shelves weren't close to empty and I would leave some for the kids to buy. For some reason, that changed about three or four weeks ago, when they stopped (...) (21 years ago, 28-Dec-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) I agree with Dave, this is crazy, I think it might even be considered silly or rediculous. If you are actually paying retail as you say I can't see why they would care how much you bought. From your description I have to assume this is either (...) (21 years ago, 28-Dec-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
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(...) Wow, that's CRAZY. I guess maybe I could see them worried about the stocking situation-- since IIRC Toys R Us managers can't control their inventory, they just get what's sent to them (assuming this is TRU or some store with a similar policy). (...) (21 years ago, 28-Dec-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping)
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Okay, here’s a kicker for you and I’m wondering if anything like this has happened to anyone else. I just got back from my local toy store (I won’t name which one yet) and was told that I couldn’t by large amounts of Lego from them anymore. This (...) (21 years ago, 28-Dec-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.shopping) !
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LUGNET administration has always had the ability to temporarily or permanently suspend the posting privileges of a user or member. In the past this has been only very rarely used. The mechanism for doing so was such that only Todd (or for a time, (...) (21 years ago, 28-Dec-04, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.admin.terms, lugnet.announce, lugnet.general, FTX) !!
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(...) for me [LEGOSet 7317] for my son [LEGOSet 4561] (21 years ago, 27-Dec-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2004, FTX)
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(...) Holiday Greetings! I pre-spent anticipated Christmas money and bought a 10133 Burlington Northern Santa Fe GP-38 Locomotive and a 10029 Apollo Lunar Lander for myself from S@H. My 7 year old son got the Lupin's Classroom and Sirius Black's (...) (21 years ago, 27-Dec-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2004)
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(...) Hmm... Perhaps I should mention that (URL) "Just Build"> is a MegaBloks trademark. Not that I'm complaining! Dave! FUT: lugnet.don't.flame.m...ing.a.joke (21 years ago, 27-Dec-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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None for me :-( but my son (age 8) received the 8781 Castle of Moricia from Santa. Pretty cool for an 8-year old, but WAY juniorized IMO. While he's at grandma's this week, I think I'll show him how the gate-top arch POOP should be done. He's also (...) (21 years ago, 27-Dec-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2004, FTX)
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SNIPPY (...) a few more to the list from one of the Trains folk (Though I bet there'll be others wanting to add more): 1 x 2 tile grille 1 x 6 plate with train wagon end technic flex straw train bases (the split-level one in particular would be (...) (21 years ago, 27-Dec-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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I got #10124Wright Flyer, #10133 BNSF Locomotive, #10029 Lunar Lander, and #10157 High Speed Train Locomotive. A very sweet haul!! A short list of comments now that I've already built all four models. #10124 Wright Flyer A nice model that's very (...) (21 years ago, 27-Dec-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2004)
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OK, TLG angered a number of AFOL's. TLG won't go back and tell Maersk that they cannont commit to their order. So they will produce more of the 10152's. Without getting into the dark blue controversy, is there anything that they could do for AFOLs (...) (21 years ago, 27-Dec-04, to lugnet.general)
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I almost forgot to mention flesh colored minifigs and all these minifig painted heads. Two dots and a smile was all I needed... (21 years ago, 26-Dec-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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(...) I don't think the mood here is "LEGO can do no wrong", nor should it be. Constructive feedback is good and LEGO should welcome it. However the mood here, (my read only on this) is that there is less tolerance for people repeating the same (...) (21 years ago, 26-Dec-04, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Between the three of us this year, we made out pretty well. To Me: 628 - Extra Large Grey Baseplate (Can't have enough of these) + 630 - Brick Separator (Handiest piece ever made) + 4790 - Alpha Team Robot Diver (In my stocking) + 4851 - The (...) (21 years ago, 26-Dec-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2004, FTX)
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(...) We should make our voices be heard, because even if we're not Lego advisors the company thinks enough of us to have some presence here. If they change things and no one says anything, then they will take it as a sign that everything's ok or (...) (21 years ago, 26-Dec-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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In short, I agree with most of the things written in the post, and agree that perhaps the best way to deal with everything is to "Just Build" but the one thing that I am having a problem with is the following: (...) The many problems that have (...) (21 years ago, 26-Dec-04, to lugnet.general)
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Looky here, I have sat here and read all these posts about how we need to stop whining about The Lego Company. The latest is that we should "just build". That is all fine and dandy, but it is painfully obvious the changes in TLC all seem to be (...) (21 years ago, 26-Dec-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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