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Thanks, you feel my pain!, your right I forgot about those shrubbery packs,
yep there gone too. Yes I'll round up the posse too, we'll storm the gates,
and demand what's ours!, I can just see your 1200 strong Army right behind us!
Instead of chanting Kill - Kill, it'll be Bulk packs - Bulk packs!
READY THE SIEGE TOWER - were going in!!!
Ok I'll warm up the Mechs!!!
Eric
In lugnet.general, Richard Noeckel writes:
> Eric,
>
> I too am experiencing the same dilemma as you. I assure you that you are not
> alone. Except, it's not the ‘Black Technic beams’ that I need it’s the
> ‘Horse & Saddles’ pack! I have a standing army of well over 1200 troops,
> and I require about another 150 horses and saddles! The same dilemma
> afflicts those that require the shrubbery packs that vanished a while back.
>
> The ONLY logical explanation is that Lego Direct will launch its bulk buying
> system with all the prior discontinued accessory packs reintroduced.
>
> If this does not occur, I'll endeavor to organize some private investors and
> venture capitalists and stage a hostile takeover of TLG and force the
> production of these sought after expansion packs!!!
>
> Aggravatedly,
> --==Richard==--
>
>
> You can reach me @
> Shroud_of_Kung_Fu@Hotmail.com
>
>
> . -Lego good, Canada great-®
>
>
>
>
>
> In lugnet.general, Eric Sophie writes:
> > My ultimate pet peeve is the discontinued Bulk packs of Technic Black Beams!
> > Ahhh! Why o Why????!!!???? This really upsets me! I worked for 8 months to
> > develop a rather great Mechanical Arm (Left Arm) It is comprised cheifly of
> > Black Beams. After working so long on perfecting the design. BOOM LEGO
> > DISCONTINUES BLACK BEAMS IN BULK!!! I would curse but this is a public
> > forum. Come on, 8 months worth of hard and tedious work and no forewarning!!
> > RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR......This took considerable time and effort to create!!
> >
> > So when it was time to begin the Right Arm I was dissed by TLC!!!! Infact I
> > called Shop at Home and they said only 9 service packs were availible in the
> > inventory! Yikes! I'll take 'em all! So when my order arrvied, I got
> > everything except the Black Beams with a Product not availible letter! UGH!!!
> >
> > So I was hard pressed to find them on the Internet. I think TLC did me a
> > diservice by discontinuing these Black Beams by forcing me to find and pay a
> > relativly higher price from dozens of people I did'nt know than I would have
> > paid otherwise.
> >
> > So I essentially bought and built the entire Right Arm thru the Internet!
> >
> > What really erks me is that for 3 years while building the Praying Mantis
> > (which used a tremendous amount of Blue Beams) I stared at the Black Beam
> > Assortments and I could'nt justify buying them since I needed Blue at the
> > time. I had the chance back then, but they were'nt the color I needed! Agh!!!
> >
> > PLUS...The Robot I am building now is so big that the Shoulders and Arms are
> > as big as mine. This is the ultimate constuction of all my experience
> > building Lego. (what else do you do after you've built a 6 foot Praying
> > Mantis)And for a time I was'nt sure if I would be able to complete this
> > piece. This is very important to me. Overcomming design limitations,
> > money,time,effort and logistics was my problem. This Robot could take Years
> > and Thousands of dollars to complete. But now with a scarcity of materials!
> > My Ultimate effort thus far is in jeopordy. RRRRRRRRRRRRRR.....
> >
> > That's not right. And I'm Peeved!
> >
> > This what I have been building:
> >
> > http://brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?m=Legomaster
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