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In lugnet.castle, Bruce Schlickbernd writes:
> have a bone rather than nothing; 4) The divisions in Lego may be autonomous
> to the point that one area is listening to us, and another isn't.
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> I rather suspect #4. Brad (or whomever - I'm crediting Brad for convenience
> sake rather than endlessly speculating)) may not be able to directly affect
> the design philosophy, but does have the pull to reissue an old set.
#4 is correct Bruce.
As Brad pointed out to me, what people don't seem to realize is that when
Lego Direct started a year or so ago, LD consisted of Brad and just Brad.
He had to come up with a business plan and figure out a way to implement it.
Personally I think he is doing a great job so far and I hope he gets more
influence in the future. But as of right now, he has to financially justify
everything he does and so far I think he's been right on the mark!
Jimmy
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| (...) I have to ask (others may be wondering too), how you can know all this stuff. I recall about a month ago you stated that you do not work for Lego, but here, you are listing, what I would consider, company organization processes. You even refer (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jun-01, to lugnet.general, lugnet.castle)
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| (...) Yes, there are always production costs - my bet is that this cost them considerably less to put back into production than designing a new set. As to production logjam - this is only significant if they are currently at their maximum (...) (23 years ago, 11-Jun-01, to lugnet.castle)
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