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Nice work, Joe! You are certainly quite prolific! Hey, you're one of those secret LEGO guys posing as an AFOL sent here to rally the troops, right? :) John Joe Davenport <jdavenport@mid-tech.com> wrote in message news:3735EACF.C75CD2...ech.com... (...) (26 years ago, 10-May-99, to lugnet.general)
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Thanks John. Sorry to say, but I don't work for Lego. :-( Though it would be a neat job! As for rallying the troops: From most of the messages posted here and on RTL, it looks as though most of the Lego fans are disappointed with almost all of the (...) (26 years ago, 10-May-99, to lugnet.general)
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Joe Davenport wrote in message <37376550.D26E59CC@m...ch.com>... (...) Did LEGO US ever have bulk sales? Was it possible to buy any piece in current production at the time? With a market as big as the US I can imagine the difficulty LEGO US would (...) (26 years ago, 11-May-99, to lugnet.general)
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I thought someone stated here or on RTL that they did at one time (20yrs ago?). I'm not sure of the selection though. Megabloks (dare I utter the word) has or had bulk sales. Again I'm not sure of the piece choices. If they can do it, why couldn't (...) (26 years ago, 11-May-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) The answer is yes TLG at one time did have bulk sales. But the process was not easy. TLG discontinued it in the late 80's. Here were a few details: There was 100 pieces per type/color minimum order. The price (regardless of whatever piece you (...) (26 years ago, 11-May-99, to lugnet.general)
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Joe Davenport wrote: <snip> (...) I agree. Products for children should not be dumbed down. My seven year old always wants working doors on vehicles... he wants stairways (or ladders) to the upper floors of buildings, and he can reconstruct sets (...) (26 years ago, 11-May-99, to lugnet.general)
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Gary Istok wrote in message <37382DAB.9902B6BD@u...ch.edu>... (...) of (...) to (...) If this service were still available in the US I'd imagine that sending a list of pieces with matching pic (from say the LCad database) would ensure the process (...) (26 years ago, 11-May-99, to lugnet.general)
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Maybe LEGO could sell bricks in lots of 100 only. That would simplify the ordering a bit. (...) (26 years ago, 12-May-99, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Why would this be a bad thing? Instead of spending time and money guess-timating what themes people <b>may</b> be interested in, why not allow them to decide what parts <b>they</b> want to purchase? No more inventory problems (ref. Western (...) (26 years ago, 12-May-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Nice idea, but I doubt very much that it would have any success. First of all, there are many (probably more than you think) people who buy LEGO just for the sets that come with instructions. They just want play sets and/or the fun of building (...) (26 years ago, 13-May-99, to lugnet.general)
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On Wed, 12 May 1999 21:26:21 GMT, "William Wong" <ywong01@akula.com> wrote: [Big snip] Interesting idea. I don't see TLG being able to commit to such a long-term plan, unfortunately. :( No vision in the company currently. Darn those (...) (26 years ago, 13-May-99, to lugnet.general, lugnet.dear-lego)
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