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Re: Bulk Ordering Allowed in USA!
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Date: 
Thu, 21 Oct 1999 21:37:40 GMT
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> IT ISN'T WORTH IT!!!
> 
> I was told that no specialized pieces were available.  Only basic bricks and
> plates were available. • [...]
> available.  At all.  Bulk ordering would only be possible for bricks that are
> available in a freestyle bulk brick tub.  Only available in the primary
> colors. (Not even green!)  At 6 cents per piece.

No plates at all - did you point out this significant changing
of the rules?

> So here I am, one of the only people that could buy bulk from Lego and I would
> rather go shopping at Toys R Us.

Did you point this out to them?

> They mentioned that they might do this through Shop at Home.  I said that I
> would rather see them offer 400 piece or larger buckets of colors that you
> can't get elsewhere.  Light blue, clear, brown, tan, etc.  I told them that
> once they wer posted on the Internet, they would sell like hot cakes.  I
> informed them of Busy Bee selling 300 hopper cars in 2 days after a newsgroup
> posting.  I told them that we are out here, all looking for what I am asking
> for - bricks and plates in bulk in colors that are next to impossible to
> find.  Perhaps, if we are lucky, the message might have finally reached the
> right place.  Maybe, just maybe, we will soon be able to buy light gray
> plates, buckets of tan or light blue elements, packs of clear bricks, etc.

Thanks for the effort of finding the right people to talk to.

-gbr



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  Re: Bulk Ordering Allowed in USA!
 
[snipped] (...) No point in really pointing out the lack of plates being available. Really, I wasn't looking for red and blue plates. Apart from yellow, all the other colors are available through S@H already. At that point, we are not really talking (...) (27 years ago, 21-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)

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  Bulk Ordering Allowed in USA!
 
I have finally received the "priviledge" of ordering bulk from Lego USA. I know that to all Lego fans in the US, this is THE Holy Grail. Well, as far as grails go, it is the cup of a carpenter and not laden with jewels. I had spoken with several (...) (27 years ago, 21-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)

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