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Funny, but with all the fuss on lugnet these last couple of days about shop.lego.com in Europe selling old service packs and stuff, and demands that lego do same in USA, or start making them again, I have to observe that the reason they stopped (...) (23 years ago, 5-May-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Huh? I fail to see any reason for them not to keep listing the accessory packs in the catalogue until they are sold out (what's it take up , an inch or two per item?). You are asserting that they pulled these packs from sale so they could do (...) (23 years ago, 5-May-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Agreed. You can't turn a profit if no one is buying your goods. However, I feel that what is offered to Lego customers in Europe should be available to Lego customers elsewhere in the world. If it costs a little extra to ship to the US, then (...) (23 years ago, 5-May-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
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On Sat, 5 May 2001, Richard Marchetti (<GCuy5F.n25@lugnet.com>) wrote at 10:22:27 (...) Between approx. 22:30 BST on Wednesday and 17:00 on Friday, 192 online orders were placed at S@H Europe. This is based on my order numbers. Given that many (...) (23 years ago, 5-May-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Agreed. Guild of Bricksmiths probably accounted for at least 15-20 of those orders (I put in three, expect to see a new design from MTW using garage doors if I get filled). No doubt a lot of US fans did not have the infrastructure (i.e. a (...) (23 years ago, 5-May-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) They whole reaseon that I never ordered before when they were available waay back when they were "new" was that I did not have the available cash or a general trust in mail ordering from Shop @ Home. When the 1999 assortment hit, I became a (...) (23 years ago, 5-May-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) I think it's quite plain and simple: back then, nobody needed the service packs. All you had to do is buy a set - at that time you would get a good set with a lot of good parts. Now, however, since the parts are ridiculous, there is a high (...) (23 years ago, 5-May-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) I'm sure I'm not the only castle fan who was really brought out of their Dark Ages (in my case, since 1984) due to the introduction of the Star Wars line, just as Castle was slipping into it's "mini-ice age." The only Castle I saw on the (...) (23 years ago, 5-May-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) My suspicion is that if these parts were available in the US that there potentially would have been fewer total buyers. Why? The deep pockets eBay resellers would have snapped them up pretty quick. The quantities are pretty low (one of the (...) (23 years ago, 5-May-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Note, very importantly, that the online order numbering system and the telephone order numbering system differ; online is "X00018nnn0000" and online has been "P002nnnn". I did my ordering, and proxy ordering, by telephone; in part this was to (...) (23 years ago, 5-May-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Very true, no sales = no profit. LEGO is going to offer what they want , where they want. The best that most of us can hope is the better stuff gets to where we are. I'd love for everything to be available everywhere, I don't know if that will (...) (23 years ago, 5-May-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct)
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