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Re: It's Time AFOL Take Action!
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Date: 
Thu, 30 Sep 1999 17:29:47 GMT
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In lugnet.build, Ian Sinclair writes:
> It is time AFOL (`Adult Fans Of LEGO' for the new readers) take action
> that prompts a change in the business practices of The Lego Group
> (TLG).
> 
> ...
> 
> How about a web page attached to Lugnet where you can answer these
> questions that every company on the planet DOES WANT TO KNOW.  Leave
> blank any questions you don't wish to answer.
> 
> You Name
> Your Age
> Your Occupation
> Your Household Income
> Your Address
> Your Country
> Years Collecting LEGO
> Number of Children
> Number that play with LEGO
> Total Set Count
> Current Piece Count (Estimate)
> Estimate how much you spent last year on LEGO
> Estimate how much you will spend this year on LEGO
> Themes collected
> Old Themes/sets most wanted again
> 
> And one short paragraph that explains how The LEGO Group could best
> meet your needs as an adult purchaser of their products.
> 
> No bitching, just constructive criticism of their products, the themes
> and the companies business practices.
> 
> ...

What you are proposing sounds sort of like the Dear Lego newsgroup.  It just
needs to be used more frequently by a lot more of us.  I'm not aware of any
hard evidence that TLG reads (or reacts to) Dear Lego, but it couldn't hurt to
vent politely up there about these issues.

Me first...



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  Re: It's Time AFOL Take Action!
 
Most of the demographic info that Ian suggests we collect is part of the roll call form. I'd suggest people post or update their forms rather than reposting this info... Here's a searchable entry point: (URL) Larry Pieniazek larryp@novera.com (URL) (...) (27 years ago, 30-Sep-99, to lugnet.general)

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  It's Time AFOL Take Action!
 
Originally this message was about some LEGO train cars. It is time AFOL (`Adult Fans Of LEGO' for the new readers) take action that prompts a change in the business practices of The Lego Group (TLG). This message started out as a posting about some (...) (27 years ago, 30-Sep-99, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general, lugnet.robotics, lugnet.space, lugnet.technic, lugnet.trains)

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