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(...) I can't belive this is true. Perhaps you meant "Parents have less time to spend with their kids." Everything I have heard, from kids, parents and various toy store employees that interact directly with them, is that "this set doesn't have (...) (26 years ago, 6-Nov-00, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) of (...) LEGO (...) are! True, many AFOLs are buying Lego on-line but they are probably a group well-suited to e-tailing. Why? AFOLs will usually know exactly what they want to buy -- they know they want Lego, they know they want certain (...) (26 years ago, 6-Nov-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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In lugnet.general, Kerry Raymond writes: (snip) (...) My first bulk purchase was in 1986 or so, and was from the UK. Sampsonite here had a crummy selection!. I got, IIRC, 25 quid worth of lego, including the (brand new) double acting pnumatics, and (...) (26 years ago, 6-Nov-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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Yep, my first bulk purchase was in the late 70s, so I was around 10 at the time. I still have a couple of accessory packs from that purchase, still unopened ;-) (...) -- Tom Stangl ***(URL) Visual FAQ home ***(URL) Bay Area DSMs (26 years ago, 6-Nov-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) "appropriateness." <snip> (...) These words seem somewhat hollow to me. I emailed Brad at Lego Direct over a month ago and asked for a reply indicating receipt (since I knew he was busy) and have yet to receive anything. But the server did not (...) (26 years ago, 6-Nov-00, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) I hope you read all the ideas as well ;-) (...) Not to mention the age old issue of 'comerical' confidentiality. (...) Commerical Fanzine? Might need some new staff and an editor but I feel this might be a way of explaning things. It worked (...) (26 years ago, 6-Nov-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Not just on LUGnet, but with any real-life kids and parents I've ever talked to. (26 years ago, 6-Nov-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) I'm sure we're a poor representation of the general public, but we might also be a poor representation of the AFOL public. Basically, to hang out on LUGNET, you have to (a) like LEGO a lot, (b) have a computer, and be online, (c) *want* to (...) (26 years ago, 6-Nov-00, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.dear-lego)
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"Matthew Miller" <mattdm@mattdm.org> wrote in message news:slrn90dpme.mvs.....bu.edu... (...) talked (...) I second that. I was even talking to a prospective student of Gordon here who is a FOL in his Dark Ages about the product...we couldn't agree (...) (26 years ago, 6-Nov-00, to lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.dear-lego)
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(...) Indeed. Case in point: Conan. ++Lar (26 years ago, 6-Nov-00, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.dear-lego)
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