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Re: COMPLETE LIST OF NEW SETS FOR 2000
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lugnet.general
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Wed, 8 Dec 1999 02:18:13 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Mark Lindsey writes:
> In lugnet.announce, Huw Millington writes:
> > A correspondent has sent me this list, taken from the international
> > retailers catalogue.
> >
> > Scans of interesting pages showing new sets can be seen at:
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> > http://www2.pncl.co.uk/~huw/lego
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> > There are a few not shown on the scans there, which will be added hopefully
> > by the end of today, to the 2000 page at www.brickset.co.uk
> >
> > Huw
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> Hooray for Huw for posting the scans! I think they were great, and anybody
> that had a problem with them has too much time on their hands. TLC doesn't
> need any of us to be concerned with protecting them. They are a very wealthy
> multi-national company that would not fold even if every LUGNET user all of
> the sudden decided Mega-Blocks were better and bought only Mega-Blocks. For
> those of you thinking that acting timid will get TLC to release certain parts
> assortments or whatever GET REAL. TLC does not need to customize their plans
> for 500 AFOLs who want a certain assortment to come out. For all the power of
> the Star Wars juggernaut even its official fan club has trouble getting things
> thousands of fans clamor for and millions would buy. AFOLs don't have near
> those numbers or buying power, so acting timid is the worst thing you can do.
> If you want something stand up for yourselves and yell for it; be it scans of
> a catalog or parts assortments or continuation of a theme or whatever it is
> you want. For those of you thinking that TLC needs us to protect their
> marketing strategies, has LEGO posted on this? Will they ever? Do they even
> care? I think the answer to all of the above is a resounding NO! The sets
> will be on the shelves in my town, I am told, in two weeks so who cares if a
> scan of a set is posted. TLC should be called to task for a website so
> worthless in terms of real information that a TRU stockboy is more informed
> about upcoming stuff (no offense stockboys). What Huw and Kevin Loch and Todd
> Lehman and many others do is take matters into their own hands and share info,
> provide a forum for disscussion, etc. rather than wait for TLC to do it, which
> they never will. This is my two cents on it and I welcome all comments from
> those that think I am crazy or right on the mark, and if any TLC employee is
> actually out there and reading this PLEASE post as to why your job is now in
> jeopardy because of Huw's post. Again people this is LEGO not life. They are
> plastic bricks. If you think this is a problem email me and I will forward
> about a hundred real news stories that will have you in tears because of real
> human suffering. This is insane and has gone way too far.
I agree. LEGO definitely doesn't need our support, because otherwise they
would've taken us much more seriously.
I mean, c'mon, TLC can find LUGNET easily - it's probably the second that
comes up in -any- search motor, after themselves, but obviously, they don't
care. So why should we take in account what they might or might not think,
when, I'm pretty sure, they don't think anything, because they haven't even
considered reading LUGNET?
I think putting up info about new sets does no harm to TLC. In fact, probably
the opposite - people plan ahead, and save money for sets they know they'll
want... people see sets are about to be discountinued (maybe that wasn't
included, I don't know) and rush to buy them... I think you get the picture.
All in all, I don't see a *real* reason for Huw removing the pics and info
from his site. (and even before I had a chance to see them... :-( )
Well, that's just my opinion.
Bye,
Shiri
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| (...) There is significant circumstantial evidence, and numerous reports that Lego *does* read Lugnet. It is also rumoured (by people uninclined to hyperbole) that there are people in the Lego Company hierarchy who read/monitor Lugnet and RTL as (...) (25 years ago, 8-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) of (...) things (...) Todd (...) info, (...) which (...) are (...) Hey, everyone I have been collecting legos for years myself and I have never complained about their service. I had friends that work for lego and they said TLC does what they (...) (25 years ago, 8-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Hooray for Huw for posting the scans! I think they were great, and anybody that had a problem with them has too much time on their hands. TLC doesn't need any of us to be concerned with protecting them. They are a very wealthy multi-national (...) (25 years ago, 6-Dec-99, to lugnet.general)
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