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| | | (...) Very true, as I have said. I don't want to switch. No getting around this unless we are willing to switch brands. Most of us are not. So you are a LEGO enthusiasts? Mindstorms/Technic or something else? Out power comes from the simple fact (...) (25 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | Re: LEGO Pirates! D-Day Approaches! —Matthew Miller
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| | | | | [I got this response first by e-mail, so I replied that way. I don't remember all of what I said, but here's some of it over again, plus other comments that have occured to me in the last five minutes. :) ] (...) Sure, but bad publicity isn't (...) (25 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | Re: LEGO Pirates! D-Day Approaches! —John Neal
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| | | | | (...) Ian- We all feel your pain; we all live with the frustration surrounding life as an AFOL. We are stupid; we are fiercely loyal, we keep coming back, and we won't switch. Be that as it may, I don't think an embarrassment campaign is the (...) (25 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | Re: LEGO Pirates! D-Day Approaches! —Mike Stanley
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| | | | | | (...) That would help. Bulk ordering, and I mean true BULK ordering would make it better. Set a 10,000 piece minimum for all I care - we'll find a way to make it feasible for everyone. (25 years ago, 2-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | Re: LEGO Pirates! D-Day Approaches! —Ray Sanders
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| | | | Ian, A few points of thought... o The Lego Group is privately held (if I understand it correctly). There are no public traded shares and/or shareholders. That is really a shame. Shareholders meetings are a good place to sound off. o Where does TLG (...) (25 years ago, 3-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | Re: LEGO Pirates! D-Day Approaches! —Mike Stanley
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| | | | | (...) I've seen numerous Lego television ads... (...) Not so sure. I've seen many a parent and kid pick up MegaBlok (sp?) sets and actually say something like, "well, these look just the same and you get twice as much for the money." Now maybe those (...) (25 years ago, 3-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | Re: LEGO Pirates! D-Day Approaches! —Ian Sinclair
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| | | | (...) True. (...) I haven't seen any LEGO commercials on Canadian television channels. Unfortunately, if there was any on US channels, they often get pre-empted by local stuff. And I don't watch children's programming, especially Saturday mornings, (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | Re: LEGO Pirates! D-Day Approaches! —Kya Morden
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| | | | (...) I recall about a year ago when Mindstorms came out (guessing there) they showed LOTS of Mindstorms ads on tv, if I remember correctly, I either saw them on Discovery or on TNT during Babylon 5, but alas, all my season 1 B5 tapes are in a box (...) (25 years ago, 5-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
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