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Re: COMPLETE LIST OF NEW SETS FOR 2000
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lugnet.general, lugnet.publish
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Sun, 5 Dec 1999 22:12:15 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Jeremy Rear writes:
> Suzanne-
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> I acutally have to disagree with your comment here.
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> If they wanted to keep this information confidential, then they would not
> have released ANY of the information given to us, by means of a thrid part
> correspondent, or by someone directly within the company.
There are layers of confidentiality, obviously. I believe this is a breach
of the layer between the retailer and the customer.
BTW, I wouldn't assume that sending out retailer catalogs qualifies as
"releasing" information. Retailer catalogs contain private information
intended for retailers only and are quite different from consumer product
catalogs.
> I don't think
> that our reputation as LEGO® users is, at any degree, in jeopardy due to
> the release of information.
You don't think it makes fans on the net look bad when something like this
happens? Illegally leaked scans on the net? What then, do you think it
makes fans look good? All the net-enabled employees at LEGO sitting around
all impressed by how quickly fans can amass and distribute information? Is
that how it looks?
No. Again, the retailer catalogs contain private LEGO Company information,
shared under certain conditions with retailers.
Retailers aren't even supposed to show these catalogs to customers. In fact,
employees at the MoA LIC have said in the past that they could even lose
their *jobs* for showing a retailer catalog to customers. Obviously, these
are things that TLC does not want wide out in the open, much less prior to
product delivery and launch.
Perhaps a lurking TLC or ex-TLC employee who has worked retail could shed
some light on this debate if it didn't involve divulging any TLC-confidential
information.
> Besides, the adult LEGO® user group arena is so insignificant to the number
> of children who use their product, that it probably would not effect their
> marketing goals or strategies.
c /effect/affect
The adult fan base may be insignificant compared to the total number of
purchasers of LEGO products, but it certainly isn't insignificant in the
realm of the Internet. Not when potentially any number of people can come
visit a site. In any case, even if it had no impact, does that make it
right? (Again, Huw deserves benefit of the doubt that his correspondent
neglected his/her responsibility to inform Huw that the information passed
along was confidential.)
In my *personal* opinion as a fan (and not as a representative of LUGNET),
I think that seeing these appear is truly wonderful for fans. But in my
professional opinion -- for what it's worth -- this is NOT a good thing
to jump the gun like this.
--Todd
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Message has 2 Replies:
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| (...) Huy's scans contain the following information: i) set name ii) set number iii) picture of set This information seems to be exactly the same as what's in the consumer catalog. One notes that he did not post scans of the entire retailer catalog, (...) (25 years ago, 5-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish)
| | | Re: COMPLETE LIST OF NEW SETS FOR 2000
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| Ok, I haven't read the whole thread yet, though I've gone to the site, looked at the pictures, read a little more... looked a little more.. tell me just how is this any different than the pictures of the catalog we've already gotten a look at? the (...) (25 years ago, 6-Dec-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.publish)
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| | Re: COMPLETE LIST OF NEW SETS FOR 2000
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| Suzanne- I acutally have to disagree with your comment here. If they wanted to keep this information confidential, then they would not have released ANY of the information given to us, by means of a thrid part correspondent, or by someone directly (...) (25 years ago, 5-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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