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  Re: A change in attitude: was Big Brother is Watching (and reading, too!)
 
Mike, let me be clear in case I wasn't, I'm not disagreeing with you. A number of people at TLG DO have rose colored glasses on. I'd rather just see if a well reasoned business case NOW could avoid the hundreds of millions in losses that would wake (...) (25 years ago, 24-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: A change in attitude: was Big Brother is Watching (and reading, too!)
 
Everyone should pay attention to the shelf-space penetration of Mega Blocks. All the K-Marts (and to a slightly lesser degree WalMart) seem to have large quantities of Mega Blocks product available for purchase. My take is that Mega Blocks are (...) (25 years ago, 24-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: A change in attitude: was Big Brother is Watching (and reading, too!)
 
(...) If Mega Blocks gets their quality control and tolerances worked out to within 90% of TLG's level, AND if they offer the type of bulk ordering service we talk about, I bet a lot of people will jump on it. I know I would. (25 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: A change in attitude: was Big Brother is Watching (and reading, too!)
 
What is it about TLG??!! How _can_ they be so obtuse? Or, are _we_ missing something? Because *somebody* is WAY off here. _Why_ can't TLG understand this point: WE WANT YOU TO SUCCEED!!!! WE WANT YOU TO TAKE OUR MONEY!!! WE HAVE HUNDREDS OF (...) (25 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: A change in attitude: was Big Brother is Watching (and reading, too!)
 
(...) It makes me toy with the idea of liquidating the whole shebang and moving on to something else. :/ I could get almost as much enjoyment out of a good virtual Lego building package for free, recover the use of an entire room, and spend the (...) (25 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: A change in attitude: was Big Brother is Watching (and reading, too!)
 
(...) I don't know that that is a generally true statement. I'm sure a good number of people will continue to buy TLG products until such time as the quality of the bricks themselves goes to pot, but it's bound to be true that other people will slip (...) (25 years ago, 25-Oct-99, to lugnet.general)
 
  Re: Name that movie, was: A change in attitude
 
(...) "The Shawshank Redemption" (25 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
 
  Re: Name that movie, was: A change in attitude
 
(...) "Let's see how you like a month in solitary!" (Or something like that.) Name that movie! (25 years ago, 26-Oct-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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