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Having placed a substantial shop at home order earlier today, I remembered references to a $39 price on the Droid Development Kit, so I asked what the current price was for that item. I was quoted the $59 price so I passed. Lo and behold, I received (...) (26 years ago, 5-Jan-01, to lugnet.lego)
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G'Day Looks like this auction has been pulled by eBay, I guess the lawyers have been busy..... Cheers Oliver Play Well "r2" <lego@r2eng.com> wrote in message news:G6Fy7w.EsK@lugnet.com... (...) (26 years ago, 5-Jan-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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LEGO is giving you the opportunity to build something you love and to show it off to everyone while they stand proudly behind you. You want to moan and complain about that? Ashamed you all should be. Build On! (or not, if the Official Rules say you (...) (26 years ago, 5-Jan-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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"Suzanne D. Rich" <suz@baseplate.com> wrote in message news:<G6MMIy.MrI@lugnet.com>... (...) here (...) contest (...) for (...) see (...) Suz, I mentioned something about an "MOC of the Year Award" type contest a few weeks back. See (URL) . When (...) (26 years ago, 5-Jan-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) It's not deliberate on their part. All the catalogue offers are keyed to the catalogue code (on the back, in the yellow brick). If they don't have that code, then they will see only the default price, and not the special offers from that (...) (26 years ago, 5-Jan-01, to lugnet.lego)
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I do not think most of us want to make any money off our creations, but should we have to give up all rights to our work? Do other contests that judge artistic creations require that the artist relinquish all rights to the creation? (Really, I (...) (26 years ago, 5-Jan-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) big (...) fine (...) to (...) I think the issue with TLG may be litigation avoidance. If LEGO receives a bunch of ideas and designs but does not obtain the rights then they must check every new design they market against the entries to insure (...) (26 years ago, 5-Jan-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Although I haven't thought about LUGNET's specific involvement, I couldn't agree with you more about contests. Recently I've been giving this great consideration and I believe such events can do many positive things both for individual (...) (26 years ago, 5-Jan-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Thanks for the insight Suz. I couldn't agree with you more! There is no way I would ever give up ownership on a design I did. Although I am not a train buff, I really do marvel at the wonderful MOC's that they create. Gary Istok (26 years ago, 5-Jan-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Good point. Combining subthreads... would a non exclusive royalty free license granted at entry solve that problem? IANAL so I am just guessing wildly but I think it might. I have to reiterate my opinion that I feel the disparagement of this (...) (26 years ago, 5-Jan-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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Come on, give TLC designers *some* credit. The plastic wheels are not the result of cheaping or dumbing down. They are functionally deployed to allow for sliding sideways, such as when guided by a rail or during battle in your hands. Eric (26 years ago, 8-Jan-01, to lugnet.lego)
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I'm sure the fine print isn't intended to mean TLC would actually consider releasing the winning model as a retail set (if only they would..), but it must be intended to be able to depict the winning model in commercials, press releases and the (...) (26 years ago, 8-Jan-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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Greetings! I have finally gotten caught up after the holiday break and then the mad rush to get back up to speed when you get back to the office! Anyway, I have been sorting through the lugnet.lego.direct newsgroup and wanted to respond to/update a (...) (26 years ago, 9-Jan-01, to lugnet.lego.direct) !!
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(...) That's funny, I've been able to buy them at my local Toys R Us for about 3 weeks now. Thanks for putting them in the store, however. ~Mark "Muffin Head" Sandlin (26 years ago, 9-Jan-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Thanks for clarifying! BTW, I thought the agreement said that by submitting an entry, the entrant agreed to sign over the rights if he/she won. Would a winning entrant be allowed to change his/her mind and keep the rights (giving up the prize, (...) (26 years ago, 9-Jan-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Mark, I was pointing out that *online*, they can only be purchased through shop.LEGO.com. Jake (26 years ago, 9-Jan-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Thank you Jake! The era of friendly communication between the consumer (AFOL) and the producer is at hand! Glad you could clear things up and very impressed to see that you read the stuff that appears here on Lugnet. Personally, I haven't used (...) (26 years ago, 10-Jan-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Thanks for the info. But wait, what about the "unknown" LoM sets? The back of the Alien DIscovery pak clearly shows two more small LoM sets, but absolutely no one has seen them. I know you probably cannot reply to this, but will we every see (...) (26 years ago, 10-Jan-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Ohhh...hhh... Hyuk. ~Mark "Muffin Head" Sandlin (26 years ago, 10-Jan-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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(...) Hi, Jake! [snip] (...) [snippity snip] (...) You've mentioned Europe, and the site now supports several European countries, but I was wondering what the plans are (if any) for Australia. I don't know about actual sales, but if Lugnet's (...) (26 years ago, 10-Jan-01, to lugnet.lego.direct)
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