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Re: Ideas and Suggestions for LEGO S@H
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lugnet.general
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Fri, 23 Sep 2005 06:31:33 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Kelly McKiernan wrote:
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The LEGO Ambassadors have been asked to provide some suggestions to the LEGO
Shop at Home people about what types of things we AFOLs would like to see
offered or available from S@H. This is a good opportunity for you to make a
serious suggestion that will get passed on to those who are in charge of S@H.
Of course, this in no way guarantees that any of the suggestions will
necessarily bear fruit, but you never know until you suggest. I’ll collate
the results by the end of the weekend, although that doesn’t necessarily mean
later posts will be excluded.
This is a theoretical discussion, so there are no limitations on suggestions.
Of course, things like “free bricks for everyone” and other implausible
suggestions are likely to not make it through the review, if you get my
drift. But as far as topics go, this is a “sky’s the limit” discussion.
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Well first and foremost THANK YOU for asking and providing a positive thread on
lugnet.
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- What do you think LEGO would never do that you’d love to see?
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- Additional % off on bulk packs- up to 25% would be preferable for 50+ packs
- New metal rail train track geometry!!!!!!!!!!!! stubbies, crossovers, half/ 1/4 sections of straight track...
- 10-15-color mosaics
- A steam engine with drive rods! novel concept I know =)
- Anything remotely resembling a structure bulk pack “windows doors detail elements...”
- The reintroduction of the old grays for remade sets i.e. classics
- The return of any classic space set
- The reintroduction of technic sets with more than 10 studded beams in them
- Dark green brick and plate bulk packs
- I have to say it .......AN 8-WIDE TRAIN ENGINE even if it’s only a display piece
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- What types of themes/concepts should LEGO stay away from?
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Anything that disconnects from the core of the Lego building system i.e. bricks
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- Are there any community projects/products (Moonbase? Great Ball?) that you’d like to see turn into a LEGO set?
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- castle system “CCC” has tons of promise and could become a great theme that’s expandable.
- BBB wheels!
- Improved geometry train track - I’m good at making them but I would rather buy them.
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- (And as a follow-up to the last question – are there any projects/products that LEGO should stay away from?)
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Unfortunately I have to say the moonbase because to truly appreciate the concept
you need a lot of modules and they all have to be different. Not to mention the
price point would likely be well over $50 per module.
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- What types of products/themes/concepts do you think are missing from the assortment over the years?
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UCS anything that isn’t Starwars. A fire truck or a globe would be cool.
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- Are there things missing in general? On box? In the instructions? In the box materials?
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In general I think the company is doing better than previous years but as with
all company’s there is room for improvement. Quality is becoming an issue. More
and more parts are showing up with defects. Now this could just be information
traveling faster due to the Internet or it could be a molding issue.
As for the boxes the images are almost too detailed and some customers have
problems distinguishing what is actually in the box.
Instruction quality has all but disappeared. Dark gray and black are frequently
hard to distinguish and the images in some cases are blurry and or pixilated.
The large mars rover set is a great example.
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Thanks for your contribution!
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your welcome =)
ondrew
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Kelly McKiernan
LEGO Ambassador
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Message has 2 Replies:
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| Not really shop@home specific, but I thought it was worth commenting on: (...) I agree .. it's very difficult to tell the difference between the model and the background on some sets. Often I don't notice smaller parts of the set because they get (...) (19 years ago, 23-Sep-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
| | | Re: Ideas and Suggestions for LEGO S@H
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| (...) SNIP (big time) (...) Maybe S@H could offer a moonbase part pack which would allow the fan to make several connections. or one generic modules that could be easily connected Alternatively the factory could include some base module parts as (...) (19 years ago, 24-Sep-05, to lugnet.general, FTX)
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