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Re: What would happen if ... TLC bought Lugnet ?
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lugnet.general, lugnet.market.theory, lugnet.off-topic.debate
Date: 
Fri, 12 Jan 2001 18:33:07 GMT
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I probably shouldn't even reply to this thread, but it just caused me to choke
and spit Quaker oatmeal [1] at my Mac.

three words:
  Ain't
  Gonna
  Happen

But if it did, I can imagine... the news cameras surrounding us, microphones, a
reporter screaming, "Suzanne! you just got a check for a million dollars! What
are you going to do now?!"
   "I'm going to Legoland!!"

and take you all with me. That'd be one heck of a party.
-Suz

1] still collecting those packets for my LoM sets.


In lugnet.general, Kevin Zwicker writes:
Hello,

**Warning: Hypothetical situation only!**

I was speaking with a friend last night and we were wondering what would
happen if TLC bought the rights to Lugnet?

Given:

1. The recurring examples of TLC staff refering customers to Lugnet,

2. TLC personnel using the Lugnet database as an internal tool for research,

3. Many succesful enterprises have been bought by or merged with their
competition (The Hotmail/Microsoft example comes to mind),

4. That practically every Lego-related webpage (most of the big ones anyway)
on the net are linked to Lugnet,

5. Lugnet has succeded (where the official Lego site has not) in becoming
the center (I know there are others, 1000.steine comes to mind) of the Lego
Community on the Web.

How long before TLC decides they want in?

Say, tomorrow morning, TLC went to Todd and Suzanne with a check for 10
million dollars (Hypothetical number) and said we wish to purchase the
rights to your website. How would we, the community, react?

I wish to reiterate that this post is *hypothetical* and was not written to
start flame wars or to demonize anybody, but to simply ask what if...?

KZ
#142



Message has 2 Replies:
  Re: What would happen if ... TLC bought Lugnet ?
 
(...) <snip> (...) <snip> To get off track here slightly but... I'm just curious, because I've seen the Mania mag reference for collecting the specially marked packets of Q-O to get the LOM set, but I haven't seen the Q-O boxes yet that have TLC (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.theory, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
  Re: What would happen if ... TLC bought Lugnet ?
 
(...) Well, *good*! (...) ROFL!! And, it sure would!! -Shiri (24 years ago, 18-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.theory, lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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  What would happen if ... TLC bought Lugnet ?
 
Hello, **Warning: Hypothetical situation only!** I was speaking with a friend last night and we were wondering what would happen if TLC bought the rights to Lugnet? Given: 1. The recurring examples of TLC staff refering customers to Lugnet, 2. TLC (...) (24 years ago, 11-Jan-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.market.theory, lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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