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(...) I believe that LEGO Direct wants to "own" the accounts wherever they choose to sell the shirts through (i.e., they keep the password to the account and they receive all the cheques at their own mailing address). That way, (1) they know all the (...) (26 years ago, 27-Nov-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) I would expect that LEGO Direct will want to pick the company who prints and ships the shirts. If you know of alternatives to CafePress.com, be sure to let Brad Justus know! --Todd (26 years ago, 27-Nov-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Well, we could set up a special newsgroup/mailing list if that would be helpful. A email address at lugnet.com for design submissions would kinda be a bottleneck, plus I won't really be getting involved in this except to set up an order page (...) (26 years ago, 27-Nov-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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Your mosaic link from the pull down menus don't work (main page). I was able to get to the mosaic, but only by going to shopping first. Rose r2 wrote in message ... (...) will (...) (26 years ago, 27-Nov-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) I have yet to be able to use Mosaic. I am using Internet Explorer 4.0 (ver.4.72 w 128bit) on an NT workstation from behind a proxy/firewall. Do I have to upgrade to version 5.5 of IE? I asked one of the ladies at customer service - she didn't (...) (26 years ago, 27-Nov-00, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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ENFIELD, Conn. (AP) -- Toymaker Lego Systems Inc. said Monday it would close its molding and processing operations in Connecticut as part of a global restructuring. The move will mean the elimination of 94 jobs at Lego Systems, the North American (...) (26 years ago, 28-Nov-00, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general) !!
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(...) Thanks for the article, great info! Maybe this means a price break is coming. Yeah....right! Seriously though, if someone wanted to write a letter to Lego Big Wigs that would get noticed, what should he do? Any suggestions? Bill (26 years ago, 28-Nov-00, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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"Will Middelaer" <betamale@REMOVE.yahoo.com> wrote in message news:G4pv4G.GEt@lugnet.com... (...) close (...) Swedish? regards lawrence (26 years ago, 28-Nov-00, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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(...) "ENFIELD, Conn. (AP) -- Toymaker Lego Systems Inc. said Monday it would close its molding and processing operations in Connecticut as part of a global restructuring. The move will mean the elimination of 94 jobs at Lego Systems, the North (...) (26 years ago, 28-Nov-00, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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I want to be the first to congratulate TLC on its shrewd marketing techniques. Obviously more computer-based sets, more varied merchandise, expansion of amusement parks, and juniorization have all been a resounding success!!! There is clearly no (...) (26 years ago, 28-Nov-00, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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(...) (URL) seem to mention the specifics of the restructuring though, since it doesn't even mention Enfield's plant... any further news now that it's Tuesday? (And probably late afternoon in Denmark already) DaveE (26 years ago, 28-Nov-00, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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(...) Yike's!!! What does that mean for 3033 Tubs? Don't those come from Enfield? I can't see those being sold if they have to import them! (...) From a fan POV this should scare the pants off you! That is a lot of money and can't be a good thing. I (...) (26 years ago, 28-Nov-00, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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(...) If this is any indicator, every year when those Salvation Army Christmas angels come out (at the mall they have a tree and each ornament has the first name and age of a local needy kid and a list of what he or she would like for Christmas-- (...) (26 years ago, 28-Nov-00, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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(...) I think this is good news overall. Especially this part: What did we learn? First of all, we have learned that we must run a healthy business with focus on healthy growth. This means that our important business area, Play Materials, must also (...) (26 years ago, 28-Nov-00, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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(...) On the speculatively plus side, didn't we (LUGNet at large) identify a potential problem with economic competition between bulk sales of bricks and the brick tubs themselves? Perhaps if the 3033 is discontinued TLC will be able to devote more (...) (26 years ago, 28-Nov-00, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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(...) pond) good for the USians, too? Hmm... This is not good, huh? Low US prices are a good thing for us, since even including shipping overseas, they still be lower than prices here for many of the sets. Selçuk (26 years ago, 28-Nov-00, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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(...) It might have something to do with the value of the US Dollar so being so high right now. (26 years ago, 28-Nov-00, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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(...) It will not make much of a difference. I don't know how many machines Enfield has, but I would suspect less than 25 injection molding machines (if they are laying off 100 people...) The cost of shipping Lego would not be very high, at least, (...) (26 years ago, 28-Nov-00, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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(...) Really! I would think that 100 people (per shift) could support 3-400 molding machines. The machines don't need full time attendants. Do we have an industrial engineer from the plastics industry in the house? I'm guessing. ++Lar (26 years ago, 28-Nov-00, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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(...) The last time I was in the factory, there was probably 75 - 80 moulding machines. There was also the decorating and assembling lines, along with the various packing lines. One thing this will do is make it a LOT more difficult for groups to (...) (26 years ago, 28-Nov-00, to lugnet.lego, lugnet.general)
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