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Re: LEGO Pirates! D-Day Approaches!
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Date: 
Sat, 2 Oct 1999 17:13:23 GMT
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Matthew Miller <mattdm@mattdm.org> wrote:
One hole in all of this is that no Lego system clone I've seen or heard of
comes near to the manufacturing standards Lego has. They're just not as
good. There may be market room for a high-quality clone, but I think it'd
actually be difficult to produce bricks (let alone sets) at an equal or
higher quality without being more expensive.

Yeah, true. :((((

We will force the surrender or capitulation of The LEGO Group.
TLG doesn't like bad press...
That is their weakness.  We will exploit it to maximum effect.
`The LEGO Pirates' will give TLG something to really think about.

Or, we may come across like spoiled, loony adults who haven't Grown Up.

Maybe, maybe not.

I think this would have much more impact on the largest shopping day
of the year, don't you?  The Friday after Thanksgiving?

--
The parts you want and nothing else?
http://jaba.dtrh.com/ - Just Another Brick Auction
Why pay eBay? Run your own LEGO auctions for free!
http://www.guarded-inn.com/bricks/



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(...) Really? I didn't no that was the case. Thanksgiving is a different day in the US; I live in Canada. What date would that be? <ICS> (25 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)

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(...) One hole in all of this is that no Lego system clone I've seen or heard of comes near to the manufacturing standards Lego has. They're just not as good. There may be market room for a high-quality clone, but I think it'd actually be difficult (...) (25 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)

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