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Re: Have they done it again?
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Thu, 22 Nov 2001 05:15:19 GMT
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"Allan Bedford" <apotomeREMOVE-THIS@altavista.net> wrote in message
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> I'm just curious... not trying to sound ungrateful, but I'm just wondering
> if they've done it again?
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> What I'm referring to is the seemingly repeat performance by LEGO Direct
> this past Friday (Nov 16, 2001).
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> Now call me critical, call me whatever you like, but I find it a bit odd
> that they drop these announcements just before a weekend, let everyone go
> ga-ga over them, then just let them hang out there like corks bobbing in • the
> ocean. They start a conversation, but never finish it. Where I come from
> that's a bit rude.
Interesting observation. I don't know exactly what to make of it, because
for one Brad doesn't strike me as the person who would set stuff up like
that. To me it could be, on a Friday, after finalizing plans for a release
throughout the week, he posts it when his other work is done and is about to
go home. These posts were made in the afternoon, NY time (GMT-5, IIRC).
As it stands now, even though these posts were made on Friday afternoons, I
think I'll give Brad the benefit of the doubt. In all my contact with him
he's also been extremely busy, traveling a lot and with a lot of work to do.
> Now I know that Brad can't possibly respond to each and every reply to his
> postings... that would be quite unreasonable. But, if you look at all the
> original postings from the company, you'll see that many many people took
> time and effort to provide honest eager answers and feedback. But the
> company doesn't seem to have time to even say "thanks".
Yeah, I noticed that too. It would be nice if they had a person dedicated
to being a community liason. Engaging in dialogue in a somewhat official
capacity. The person who could be responsible for replying to the comments
to the announcement - engaging conversation and letting the conversation get
somewhere and develop some solid ideas. Then run with them.
I understand that almost everything they do internally has to remain secret
until it is ready for release - so that could be an issue for someone
participating in online discussions in an official capacity.
> Is this supposed to be one-way communication? If so, perhaps Brad needs • to
> finish each posting with a disclaimer indicating that they will read any
> replies to the posting, but won't comment or participate in follow-up
> discussions. I think that's only fair.
There's a thought.
> Signed,
> Looking for meaningful dialog with the LEGO Company
Same here. And, I'm also looking for some meaningful cooperation between
the AFOL community and LEGO. Yep, we've gotten stuff - LTC support, token
event support, but there's so much potential for mutually beneficial
activities and its untapped. For the sake of time, I'll save going into all
of that for another post.
-Tim
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| (...) Actually.... I suspect it's just co-incidence. But it happened to strike me after the two most recent posts. I wasn't trying to be "conspiracy guy". :) And it wasn't the meat of the issue I was trying to raise anyway... my apologies for not (...) (23 years ago, 22-Nov-01, to lugnet.general)
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| I'm just curious... not trying to sound ungrateful, but I'm just wondering if they've done it again? What I'm referring to is the seemingly repeat performance by LEGO Direct this past Friday (Nov 16, 2001). Here's the posting: (URL) find it (...) (23 years ago, 22-Nov-01, to lugnet.general)
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